According to Lu Peiwan, transient hiccups (commonly known as hiccups) in healthy people often disappear on their own, or they can be eliminated by simple methods such as stimulating the pharynx and holding their breath, but they are ineffective for intractable hiccups. Mr. Wang had hiccups after cold infusion treatment, mainly because the patient's stomach was weak, cold pathogens easily attacked the stomach, and the cold went straight into the meridians, which led to the disorder of qi movement, which led to the upward rush of stomach qi and hiccups. Modern medicine believes that hiccups are stomach diseases or excitability disorders caused by physical and chemical stimulation of central and peripheral nerves, dysfunction of autonomic nerves of vagus nerve and spasmodic contraction of diaphragm.
Acupuncture combined with infrared radiation can achieve immediate results in treating hiccups. The acupoints are selected from Zangzhu, Neiguan and scalp acupuncture in the chest area. Neiguan point is the point of pericardium meridian and the intersection of eight meridians, which has the functions of dredging yin and yang to protect meridians, regulating middle qi, calming the heart and stopping vomiting, calming the heart and calming the nerves. Cuzhu point belongs to the chest point of nasal acupuncture, and Cuzhu point is the second point of bladder meridian of Foot Taiyang. Because the bladder meridian of Foot Taiyang is ridged and connected with diaphragm and spleen and stomach, it has remarkable effects of regulating the ascending and descending of qi. Scalp acupuncture in chest area is a special point for treating chest diseases, and local infrared radiation can directly achieve the effects of warming stomach, dispelling cold, relaxing muscles and stopping hiccups. If the syndrome differentiation is proper, the treatment will naturally be appropriate.