Research on acupoint selection for ancient moxibustion in the treatment of fever
Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history of treating fever with moxibustion.Through exploring and analyzing the contents of ancient moxibustion treatment of fever,it is found that moxibustion has application in both medical fever and surgical fever.Dàzhuī is a commonly used acupoint for moxibustion treatment of fever,which is widely applied to various types of external and internal injuries associated with fever.Moxibustion at dàzhuī and píshù can treat fever caused by malaria;moxibustion at dàzhuī to treat malaria should be applied before the attack,and moxibustion should exceed attack time;for the treatment of hectic fever,back-shu point,guānyuán,sihua point or a combination of points are commonly used;moxibustion at fèishù can treat the deficiency fever combined with chronic cough;moxibustion at xīnshù can replenish qi and blood and treat the exertion heat caused by qi and blood deficiency;moxibustion at guānyuán can treat deficiency fever caused by deficiency of kidney qi and deficiency of yin and yang;moxibustion at sihua point to treat hectic fever requires longer time and larger dose of moxibustion;it is recommended that gāohuāng,qìhǎi,dantian and zúsānlǐ combined moxibustion treatment,and moxibustion at zúsānlǐ has the effect of leading the fire down.Fever caused by surgical abscesses and ulcers is commonly treated with garlic moxibustion on local lesions to detoxify,reduce swelling,expel toxins and relieve heat,and combined with herbal medicine for oral administration.
MoxibustionMoxa-wool moxibustionFeverAncient literature
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