Jumat, 29 April 2011

Press acupuncture points to treat alcoholism 1

The acupuncture protocol for the treatment of alcoholism presented in this article was authored by ganglin Yin and Liu Zhenghua and was published in their book Advanced Modern Chinese Acupuncture Therapy. Another article had referred to the protocol of acupuncture. This article serves to indicate the location of the points mentioned.
The acupuncture protocol referred to by the authors of this book was:
SP6/Sanyinjiao
SP9/Yinlingquan
ST40/fenglong
ST44/Neiting
LV3/Tiachong
PC6/Neiguan
1CV2/Zhongwan
HT7/Shenmen

In this protocol we found five acupuncture points located in the lower limbs (SP6/sanyinjiao, SP9/yinlingquan, ST40/fenglong, ST44/neiting and LV3/taichong), 2 acupuncture points in the upper limb (PC6/neiguan and HT7/shenmen) and a point in the abdomen (CV12/zhongwan).

Of points located in the lower limb, three are located in the leg (SP6/sanyianjiao, SP9/yinlinquan and ST40/fenglong) and two are located in the foot (LV3/taichong and ST44/neiting).
To find two acupuncture points on the leg (SP6/sanyinjiao and SP9/yinlingquan) we have to get in line with two anatomical landmarks (prominence of the inner ankle and lower edge of medial tibial plate) and the cun measurement system . The distance between these two anatomical landmarks is 13 cun.
Now finding the two acupuncture points is easy. SP9/yinlingquan point is at the lower edge of the medial/internal tibial condyle at the level of the anterior tibial prominence.
The point SP6/sanyinjiao is 3 cun superior to the internal malleolus proeminence, one finger behind the inner edge of the tibia bone. Besides the normal divisions, cun measurements can also be made by using a person´s hand. The distance of four fingers together makes about 3 cun.
Then you have another point in the leg, I speak from the point of acupuncture ST40/fenglong. Unlike the two previous points, this is in the antero-external face of the leg and not in its inner edge. So you must give attention to other anatomical landmarks. In this case, the most important anatomical landmarks are: the knee joint line and the prominence of the external malleolus.
The distance between these two anatomical landmarks is 16 cun and acupuncture point ST40E//fenglong is 8 cun below the acupoint ST35 (which is approximately the level of the knee joint line). That is midway between the knee joint line and the external malleolus and two fingers lateral the iliac crest we find the point ST40/fenglong.

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