Vocal cord damage, is acupuncture effective?

[Prescription] Naohu Fengfu Yamen [Operation] Silver warm needle Qizhuang, 6 times as one course of treatment. Vocal cord paralysis is caused by the inability of the yang energy in the throat to stretch, and the evil attacks the throat collaterals, making the voice organ unfavorable. Therefore, the method of warming and unblocking the Du Yang is used, and the acupoints on the three Du meridian of Naohu, Fengfu, and Yamen are used. , the Du Meridian is the key link of Yang. Its pulse branches at the Yamen Gate and Fengfu behind the nape and enters the tongue. It manages the functions of the mouthpiece and other organs of the voice. Therefore, these three points are taken and warm acupuncture is applied to warm and unblock them. After the yang energy is restored, the paralyzed vocal cords gradually tend to recover. [Recipe 2] Taixi Dazhong Taiyuan Lieque [Operation] All adopt the Yingsui tonifying and purging method. [Treatment Test] Li ×, male, 32 years old, member of the society. First diagnosis on March 13, 1966. The patient had a history of gastric disease. He was diagnosed with duodenal ulcer complicated by bleeding by a hospital in Shenyang, and a major gastrectomy was performed. He lost his voice after the operation, and the treatment was ineffective for more than 2 months. After consultation and general anesthesia with ether three times, the patient only improved for 2 days and then relapsed. Diagnosed as "functional vocal cord paralysis." Physical examination: dark complexion, thin, slightly whispery and silent. The two pulses are thin and weak, and the tongue is light with slightly gray and white coating. The patient felt his throat felt itchy 5 minutes after the injection, and 10 minutes later, he was able to pronounce and speak. Another injection was given the next day, and the patient recovered immediately. [Note] "Lingshu·Nine Needles Theory" says: "When evil enters Yin, it will turn into pain". "Su Wen Pulse Jie Pian" says: "Internal seizures and syncope are dark haiku, and this is caused by kidney deficiency." This pulse syndrome conforms to the purpose of the scriptures, and it is appropriate to take the original collaterals of the kidney meridian for treatment, and long-term disease enters the collaterals. , the throat is passed by the kidney meridian, and the kidney meridian is indispensable. The kidneys are the roots of sounds, and the lungs are the gates of sounds. The symptom of the lungs is deficiency, which is also consistent with the saying that "the metal does not sound when it is broken", so the original collaterals are taken. One is to nourish the lungs, and the other is to nourish the kidneys (if deficient, nourish the mother), both of them are tonic, and the effect is remarkable. Vocal cord lesions include vocal cord hypertrophy, vocal cord nodules, vocal cord paralysis, etc. Since they have similarities in acupuncture and acupoint selection, they will be discussed together. Vocal cord hypertrophy refers to the swelling or thickening of the vocal cords. Vocal cord nodules are symmetrical nodules that occur at the junction of the front and middle 1/3 of the vocal cords on both sides. Both are caused by chronic laryngitis. Vocal cord paralysis is a motor nerve disease of the larynx. Caused by nerve damage. All three have hoarseness as the main clinical manifestation. At present, modern Western medicine still lacks ideal treatment methods for the above-mentioned vocal cord lesions. In modern times, as early as the 1950s, some people had published articles introducing acupuncture treatment for three diseases in publications such as "Chinese Journal of Otolaryngology". In the 1960s, more detailed observations were made, and it was found that after acupuncture, while improving symptoms, vocal cord polyps could shrink and a few vocal cord nodules disappeared. Ear acupuncture has a similar effect. In the 1970s, acupoint injection was carried out to treat vocal cord diseases, especially the traditional silver needle used to treat unilateral vocal cord paralysis, which was very effective. At present, the main treatment method is acupuncture, but there are more explorations in the techniques, which has improved the efficacy. Abroad, the former Soviet Union and Japan have clinical articles on the treatment of vocal cord diseases with acupuncture. For example, Japanese scholars acupuncture acupuncture points on both sides of the lower end of the thyroid cartilage, retaining needles and briefly applying electricity to make the vocal cord nodules disappear in more than half of the patients. The efficacy of acupuncture in treating vocal cord disease is over 85%.