Introduction
Psoriasis is a chronic pruritic skin disease with thick, firm skin lesions such as the cow’s collar. Because it usually occurs on the neck, it is also called “photo collar sore”, which is equivalent to western medicineneurodermatitis. It was excruciatingly tormented. Today, let’s see how He Puren, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, can fix it with 2 acupuncture points.
Psoriasis is characterized by skin lesions that are prone to lichenification, leathery, excessive fatigue, mental Tension and scratching, drinking or mechanical stimulation, etc., can induce or aggravate the disease. Most of the patients are young and middle-aged. The disease often begins with paroxysmal severe itching, followed by the appearance of needle-sized, rice-grain-sized clusters of polygonal flat papules, which are red or light red, and often merge into lichen-like plaques. Skin lesions occur on the neck, elbow, sacrococcygeal, upper eyelid, perineum, inner thigh and other parts.
He Puren believes that the cause is emotional insufficiency, imbalance of qi and blood, long-term consumption of blood and damage to yin, blood deficiency It is caused by wind and dryness; Treatment should focus on expelling wind and dampness, and reconciling qi and blood.
He Puren: Experiences
【Acupoint Selection】Blood Sea, Quchi.
[Efficacy]Reconcile Qi and blood, remove Wind and dampness.
[Indication]Blood deficiency produces wind, Qi and blood stasis. Needle, rice grain-sized clusters of polygonal flat papules, or lichen-like plaques appear all over the body, and the itching is unbearable, especially at night. Pale tongue, white tongue coating, thin pulse.
[Operation]Prick with a needle The sea of blood and the Quchi are 1 inch deep, and supplementation is used. Leave the needle for 30 minutes.
[Experience]The disease is multifactorial Failure of aspiration, imbalance of qi and blood circulation, long-term consumption of blood and damage to yin, blood deficiency produces weathering and dryness; Treatment should focus on expelling wind and dampness, and reconciling qi and blood. Quchi, the combined point of the large intestine meridian of Hand Yangming, is used to clear away heat and eliminate dampness; the sea of blood is the point of the spleen meridian of foot Taiyin, the spleen meridian is the meridian of abundant blood, and the sea of blood is the sea of yin and blood. It can cool blood and regulate blood. Taking these two acupoints for clinical syndrome and adding or subtracting them according to the symptoms can often obtain better curative effect.
Testing
< p data-track="16">Tian Mou, female, 10 years old. Most of the patient had a rash all over his body for more than a year, with a round or polygonal flat papule in the size of a miliary mung bean on his back, and a rash on both elbows, knees, and neck, with obvious itching, and lichen-like changes on the elbows. Scratches, sometimes irritable crying, normal diet, and normal bowel movements. The patient’s complexion was chlorotic, pale tongue, white tongue coating, and thin pulse.
Diagnosis:Psoriasis.
Differentiation: Blood deficiency generates wind, qi and blood stasis.
Treatment: Reconcile Qi and blood, dispel wind and dampness.
Acupoint selection: Xuehai, Quchi.
Operation:Prick the sea of blood and the Quchi 1 inch deep with a filiform needle , using the complement method. Leave the needle for 30 minutes.
The pruritus was relieved at the three visits, and the rash stopped regenerating. After 15 times of acupuncture treatment, the symptoms disappeared and recovered.
The Acupuncture Experience Collection of Chinese Medicine Masters
“Experience of Chinese Medicine Masters in Prescriptions for Specialty Diseases. Volume 2. Acupuncture and Moxibustion”
This book collects the clinical experience of the first and second Chinese medicine masters who are good at using acupuncture to treat common and frequently-occurring diseases in various subjects such as internal medicine, external medicine, gynecology, children, skin, facial features, etc. , using the methods of acupoint selection, efficacy, indications, operation, and experience to focus on the acupuncture point selection ideas and operation techniques of Chinese medicine masters to treat diseases. From the acupoint selection and prescription of Chinese medicine masters, we can see their unique understanding of acupuncture theory and clinical application characteristics.
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