Acupuncture to treat shingles complications

Depending on the stage and the patient's physical condition, appropriate medication should be used. In case of neurological sequelae causing pain and burning after treatment, acupuncture should be used for treatment.

Herpes zoster, commonly known as herpes zoster, herpes shingles, etc., is a disease that often causes complications of sensory disturbances. The manifestation of this disease is nerve pain after the skin lesions have healed (about 50% of patients over 50 years old have neuritis).

Select acupuncture points according to meridians

Main acupoints: Quchi, Shenzhu, Yanglingquan, Sanyinjiao. Associated acupoints: Forehead area add Taiyang, Dauwei, Yangbai. Upper cheekbone area add Sibai, Qingming, Xiaguan; lower jaw area add Jiaxa, Dishang, Daiying; armpit area add Jianzheng, Jiquan; area above the navel add Hegu; area below the navel add Zusanli.

For young people, use purgative acupuncture, for the elderly, use tonic acupuncture. Acupuncture once every two days, 10 times is a course of treatment.

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Select acupuncture points according to the acupoints

Using the ashi point: Acupuncture above, below, right, left of the injured area, acupuncture at an angle of 15 - 30 degrees towards the injured area. When the qi is good, leave the needle for 30 minutes, rotate the needle every 3 - 5 minutes. Acupuncture once a day. 10 days is a course of treatment after that, based on the dialectics, choose the acupuncture points to combine. Main acupuncture points: Gan du, Quchi, Zhigou, Ashi acupuncture points. Combination: Due to wind and fire, add Qimen, Ququan, and Foot Qiaoyin; due to damp heat, add Neiting, Waiguan, and Xiexi; due to excessive heat, add Hegu, Yinlingquan, Shenmen, and acupuncture at the left. Acupuncture once every two days, 10 days is a course of treatment.

Auricular Acupuncture (ear acupuncture)

Select the lung and adrenal acupoints, the corresponding area of ​​the disease, combined with the shenmen, endocrine, sympathetic, occipital, allergic, and liver and spleen points. After acupuncture, leave the needle on for 30 minutes. Acupuncture once every two days, 7 days is a course of treatment. In addition, depending on the diseased area, combine other acupoints such as hegu, quchi; for the foot area, add the zussanli, sanyinjiao, and ashi acupoints. Tap the plum blossom needle around the affected area.

According to Dr. Vo Tuong Kha - Knowledge - NT