A Shallow Analysis of the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation with Conventional Selection Combined Compatibility of Eight-Meridian Crossing Points
Lumbar disc herniation is mainly characterized by lumbar pain with posterior and lateral pain,numbness and discomfort of the lower limbs.From the perspective of meridian circulation,it is mainly related to the bladder meridian of foot greater yang and the gall-bladder meridian of foot lesser yang.Therefore,conventional acupuncture treatment is mainly based on local acupoint selection and me-ridian-based acupoint selection,which selects the bladder meridian of foot greater yang and the gallbladder meridian of foot lesser yang,or uses the special function of some extraordinary acupoints.Because lumbar disc herniation often involves symptoms of the waist and lower limbs,and the lesion range is wide,in addition to the above meridians,it is also related to govern vessel(GV),yang heel vessel,yang link vessel,and belt vessel in extraordinary eight acupoints.Based on the clinical manifestations of lumbar disc herniation,besides conventional acupoint selection,meridian syndrome differentiation,and the theory of the eight extraordinary meridians are adopted,so Shenmai(BL 62)-Houxi(SI 3)in meridian of foot greater yang,Zuilinqi(GB 41)-Waiguan(SI 3)in meridian of foot lesser yang are selected to improve the clinical efficacy.Acupuncture should be targeted at the lower limbs first,and then the upper limbs.Therefore,in the Shenmai-Houxi compatibility,Shenmai should be selected first in the clinical acupuncture,then Houxi.In the Linqi-Waiguan com-patibilit,Linqi should be selected first in the clinical acupuncture,then Waiguan.Acupuncture should be done first at the eight-meridian crossing acupoints,and then at the conventional acupoints.
eight-meridian crossing acupointslumbar disc herniationbladder meridian of foot greater yanggallbladder meridian of foot lesser yangShenmai(BL 62)Houxi(SI 3)Zuilinqi(GB 41)Waiguan(SI 3)