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Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Treatment Techniques for COVID-19
Published in Wenguang Xia, Xiaolin Huang, Rehabilitation from COVID-19, 2021
The meridian system, throughout the body, vertically and horizontally, inside and outside, constitutes the breath and blood and their running pathway and maintains the normal physiological function of the human body. The impassable meridian can lead to stagnation or blockage of breath and blood, loss of harmony between breath and blood, and internal disharmony between yin and yang. Acupuncture can make meridians smooth and passable and restore breath and blood harmony and yin-yang balance. If the breath and blood and meridian are blocked, symptoms such as headache, pharynx pain, chest pain, and body pain start to show up. It is then recommended to conduct acupuncture therapy on acupoints – tiantu, lianquan, zhongfu, and danzhong – to dredge the meridian to relieve pain, smooth channels, facilitate breath and blood, so that the body will heal by itself.
Fascial Syndromes
Published in Kohlstadt Ingrid, Cintron Kenneth, Metabolic Therapies in Orthopedics, Second Edition, 2018
Other: Fascial stretch therapy, which combines assisted stretching with traction and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF); and acupuncture. While not generally recognized as a fascial modality, acupuncture has been shown to interact with the fascia in ways that induce mechanotransduction [43] and influence the behavior of fibroblasts [44]. A preliminary investigation has also revealed the likelihood that the meridian system of traditional Chinese medicine organizes itself along fascial planes [45]. Regional treatment for musculoskeletal disorders are also referred to as dry needling.
Hyperthermia in oncology and nontoxic integrative treatments
Published in Clifford L. K. Pang, Kaiman Lee, Hyperthermia in Oncology, 2015
Clifford L. K. Pang, Kaiman Lee
In the integral view of TCM, the human body is a complete organic integration and all the parts constituting the human body are indivisible, supplementing each other in function and affecting each other in pathology. Meridian is the generic name of channels and superficial venulles and is also a passage running qi blood, connecting viscera and limbs and joints, and linking the up and down as well as the intrinsic and extrinsic. The meridians run all over the human body and organize the viscera, organs, apertures, and flesh and bones into an organic integration. The meridians include twelve regular meridians, eight extra meridians, internal branches of twelve meridians, musculature of twelve meridians, skin areas of the twelve meridians, and collaterals and subcollaterals (including superficial collaterals and minute collaterals). Because the meridian system connects the viscera inside and the flesh and bones outside, appropriate stimulation on acupuncture points, excitation on the conduction and induction of the meridian, dredging of meridian, and regulation of yin–yang and qi blood can strengthen vital qi and eliminate pathogenic factors, rectify the ebb or flow and excess or deficiency of qi blood in the viscera, and regulate the balance of yin and yang, so as to reach the purpose of treatment of diseases.
Acupoint Massage Can Effectively Promote the Recovery of Gastrointestinal Function after Gynecologic Laparoscopy
Published in Journal of Investigative Surgery, 2021
Di Ruan, Jingjing Li, Junchang Liu, Dandan Li, Ning Ji, Cheng Wang, Yujiang Qu, Yongtao Li
According to traditional Chinese medicine, qi, the vital energy of body, circulates in the meridian system to promote the normal functioning of organs. The damage of the meridian system by surgery can cause qi stagnation, resulting in malfunction of the intestine and in turn various postoperative complications. Acupoint massage promotes the circulation of qi in the meridian system, so in this study we hypothesized that acupoint massage would be a potential approach to accelerate the recovery of patients from surgery, which is characterized by the restoration of bowel sound, anal exhaust, and defecation. We clearly showed that the observation group presented shorter time elapsed before the first bowel sound, anal exhaust and defecation comparing to the control group (P < 0.05), implicating the beneficial effect of acupoint massage on patients’ recoveries after surgery.