Analysis of acupoints for treating nasal conditions in acupuncture verses

摘要

目的

探索治疗类针灸歌赋中鼻部疾病治疗用穴规律。

方法

选择治疗类相关的20 首针灸歌赋, 建立了“治疗类针灸歌赋数据库”, 以“鼻”为检索词进行检索, 对检索结果进行综合分析。

结果

治疗类针灸歌赋中, 涉及鼻部疾病治疗的有12 首, 涉及处方22 张, 去其重复, 共有处方14 张; 涉及穴位12 个; 涉及经脉5 条; 涉及疾病主要是鼻出血、 鼻息肉、 鼻流涕、 鼻塞。

结论

在治疗类针灸歌赋中, 鼻部疾病治疗主要是循经取穴、 局部取穴、 阳经取穴, 上星、迎香、 合谷三穴组合应用, 可作为治疗鼻部疾病的基础取穴。

Abstract

Objective

To explore the rule of acupoints for treating nasal conditions in acupuncture verses.

Method

The 20 acupuncture verses were selected to build a database, and data were retrieved from the database with the key word of “nose”, and comprehensive analysis was done basing on the search results.

Results

In acupuncture verses, there were 12 verses referring to treatment of nasal conditions, including 22 acupoints prescription, in which 8 were repeated, involving 12 acupoints and 5 meridians. The major diseases included nasal bleeding, nasal polypus, rhinorrhoea and nasal obstruction.

Conclusion

The characteristics of treating nasal conditions in acupuncture verses included selecting acupoint along meridian, selecting acupoint from the local area and selecting acupoints from yang meridian. Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20) and Hegu (LI 4) can be the basic acupoints for treating nasal conditions.