Exploring the Acupuncture Treatment Approach for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Based on Fu-yang Theory
As a rare clinical disease,amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has attracted much clinical interest owing to its rapid progression and poor prognosis.Currently,there is no radical cure in clinical medicine.The syndrome is mostly characterized by muscle atrophy and weakness of the limbs and tongue muscles,and is accompanied by emotional problems such as anxiety and depression.Fu-yang theory takes yin and yang as the general outline,which has important guiding signifiicance for acupuncture treatment of this disease.Select acupoints related to the governor vessel,yangming meridian of the hands and feet,andthe bladder meridian of foot-taiyang to disperse and stimulate Yang Qi,supplemented by liver qi-soothing and spirit-regulating acupuncture.lt aims to disperse and stimulate yang qi while regulating the mind and calming the mind.Therefore,the body and mind can be treated simultaneously,so as to delay the deterioration of the disease,prolong the patient's survival time,and provide new ideas for clinical treatment of the disease.