Acupuncture to treat shingles complications
Depending on the stage and the patient's physical condition, appropriate medication should be used. In case of nerve sequelae causing pain and burning after treatment, acupuncture should be used for treatment.
Herpes zoster, commonly known as herpes zoster, herpes simplex, 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 the meridian
Main acupoints: Quchi, Shenzhu, Yanglingquan, Sanyinjiao. Associated acupoints: Forehead area add Taiyang, Dauwei, Yangbai. Upper cheekbone area add Sibai, Qingming, and Xiaguan; lower jaw area add Jiaxa, Dishang, and Daying; armpit area add Jianzheng and Jiquan; area above the navel add Hegu; area below the navel add Zusanli.
For young people, use purgative acupuncture, for the elderly, should 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 acupoints: Acupuncture above, below, right, left of the injured area, acupuncture diagonally 15-30o towards the injured area. When the qi is strong, leave the needle for 30 minutes, rotate the needle once 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 acupoints: Gandu, Quchi, Zhigou, and Ashi acupoints. Combination: Due to wind-fire, add Qimen, Ququan, and Foot Qiaoyin; due to damp-heat, add Neiting, Waiguan, and Xiexi; if there is a lot of heat, add Hegu, Yinlingquan, and 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 Shenmen, endocrine, sympathetic, occipital, allergic, liver and spleen. 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 Zusanli, Sanyinjiao and Ashi acupoints. Tap the plum blossom needle around the affected area.
According to Dr. Vo Tuong Kha - Knowledge - NT
