The Secret of Acupuncture Treatment
for Vertigo
The acupuncture point selection and acupuncture prescription
methods for vertigo from the ancient acupuncture literature were explored. The
data were collected from acupuncture literature for vertigo from the pre-Qin period
to Qing dynasty and then database was established. Frequency statistics method
and comparison of support degree were applied to analyze and explore
application rules of acupoints and meridians, while association rules in data
mining was used to extract combinations of acupoints. As a result, for
treatment of vertigo, according to frequency of use and support degree, the
most selected acupoints were Fengchi (GB 20), Shangxing (GV 23), Yanggu (SI 5),
Jiexi (ST 41), Zulinqi (GB 41) and Shenting (GV 24); the most frequently used prescription
methods were combination of adjacent acupoints, combination of same-meridian
acupoints, combination of the superior-inferior acupoints, combination of
yang-meridian and yang-meridian acupoints and combination of child-mother
meridians acupoints; the most selected meridians were bladder meridian of
foot-taiyang, gallbladder meridian of foot-shaoyang and du vessel. Compared
between the ancient and modern literature, it was found out that the ancient
and modern clinic has same points in selection of acupoint-meridian and prescription
methods. However, the use of Yanggu (SI 5), Jiexi (ST 41) and Feiyang (BL 58)
as well as combination of child-mother meridians acupoints were less seen in
modern clinic, which could provide new reference.
Source: Zhan Q,
Chen HD.
Study on rules
of acupoints selection for vertigo in ancient acupuncture. Zhongguo Zhen
Jiu. 2014 Apr;34(4):359-62.
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