Notes on Huangdi Neijing (9): Treatment of oral and lip discomfort (2)

My niece has been suffering from cheilitis, and she didn't get well after being seen in the hospital for a long time, so my cousin took her to try the internal needle. Just in junior high school, the little girl is taller than me, and she is a bit of a star. But this cheilitis has added a lot of troubles to her. Her lips are white, often dry and chapped, always repeating.

Syndrome differentiation is the upper jiao, and the meridian is the Yangming meridian.

The male is left and the female is right. The palm of the right hand takes Hegu point of Yangming Meridian and switches from the outside to Taiyin Meridian Fish Point.

Then switch up and down to Quchi point of Yangming meridian and Chize point of Taiyin meridian, which means to adjust the middle.

Soon after the needle went in, she felt her lips cool, smooth and comfortable. After two or three stings, the symptoms of cheilitis have improved a lot.

In fact, the most annoying thing about lips is not these, but the toothache that doesn't look disgusting and hurts like hell.

Let's look at the meridians along the toothache:

Yangming Meridian of the Hand, "its branches are from the missing basin through the neck and cheek, into the lower teeth, exit, hand in hand, left to right, right to left, up to the nostrils".

Foot Yangming meridian, "starts from the nose, passes through the heart, receives the pulse of the sun beside it, goes down outside the nose, enters the upper teeth, also exits the lips and passes through the pulp".

Holding Sun Jing in hand, "Its branches are missing from the basin along the neck and cheeks" and "Its branches are not on the cheeks? Reaching the nose, reaching the corner of the eye, and slanting on the cheekbones. "

Foot Jue Yin Meridian, "its branches are from the lower cheek of the eye system and the inner lip of the ring".

Ren Mai, "Stay out of it."

Du meridian, "upper lip"

These meridians are clear, just like holding a battle map in your hand. How to plan and dispatch troops is completely single-minded.

Because of fatigue, my old classmates woke up with swollen gums and couldn't last two days. Come to me quickly. At first glance, the whole right cheek and ear root are swollen, making it difficult to eat and chew.

It is identified as the upper jiao, and the meridians are Yangming Meridian, Taiyang Meridian and Shaoyang Meridian.

Taking the patient's left hand, according to the rule that the left side treats the right disease and the lower side treats the upper disease, one needle is placed at Hegu point of Yangming meridian, Houxi point of Taiyang meridian and Zhongzhu point of Shaoyang meridian respectively.

Later, Yangming meridian changed from the outside to the inside of Hegu point to Taiyin meridian.

Then Hegu point, Houxi point, Zhongzhu point and Yuji point, respectively, switch four needles up and down at Quchi point, Chize point, Tianjing point and Xiaohai point on the elbow.

After the needle retention, the old classmates felt a lot looser on the spot. The next morning, my whole face returned to normal, and my gums showed no signs of redness and pain.

Old classmates used to get this disease. I took anti-inflammatory drugs when I couldn't hold on. If I couldn't hold on any longer, I went to hang water again. This time it was a few stitches.

Aunt Yao came to me because of a toothache. People in their fifties are thin and weak, and they can be blown down like a gust of wind. After two or three days of pain, I was pale and had no spirit at all. Aunt Yao has a toothache in her left jaw.

It is identified as the upper jiao, and the meridians are Yangming Meridian and Taiyang Meridian.

According to the principle of treating the upper disease and treating the left disease right, the right hand takes one needle at Hegu point of Yangming meridian and one needle at Houxi point of Taiyang meridian.

Shortly after inserting the needle, Aunt Yao said that she couldn't find the two teeth in the north, and now she has a feeling of occlusion.

Subsequently, the Yangming meridian Hegu point was switched from exterior to interior to Taiyin meridian Yuji point, and the sun was switched from exterior to interior to Houxi point at least at Shaofu point. Then the three acupoints of Yangming Meridian, Taiyin Meridian and Shaoyin Meridian are switched up and down to Quchi Acupoint, Chize Acupoint and Tongli Acupoint.

For a patient who looks weak like Aunt Yao, it is essential to adjust Yangming Meridian and Taiyin Meridian.

After acupuncture, Aunt Yao's toothache and discomfort improved by more than half.

In Huangdi's Neijing, the treatment of toothache, gum swelling and pain and other uncomfortable symptoms is mostly immediate. However, some patients need more patience and confidence, because the sunshine always comes after the storm.

A friend of mine is not Gao Fushuai, but he must belong to the kind of tall and strong. He usually works very hard and consumes a lot of energy. Work pressure is great, I can't sleep well at night, and I have to drink and socialize. The whole person feels very weak. This is actually the normal state of middle-aged men. Which one is not busy and which one is not social?

But no matter how busy he is, he finds time to play a game every week. Such a strong man can't play with toothache in the end. When he came to see me that night, his face was red as if he had drunk wine, but when he looked closely, he looked haggard and sad, completely losing his old life and spirit. Two toothaches in the right mandible, not only can't chew, but even drinking water will hurt, and the speech is vague, like candy in the mouth.

According to the differentiation of upper jiao, the meridians are Yangming Meridian and Taiyang Meridian.

If the disease is on the right, according to the rule of treating the disease on the left, first take the needle from Hegu point of Yangming meridian and Houxi point of Taiyang meridian on the left hand.

He said there was no response and it still hurt.

I immediately switched the Yangming meridian up and down, adding one needle to each of the three points and two points.

Ask him how he feels. He said that the teeth can be planted, and the feeling of looseness and numbness is better, but it still hurts.

The rearrangement of exterior and interior continued to strengthen, and Hegu point of Yangming meridian and Houxi point of Taiyin meridian switched to Shuji point and Shaofu point of Shaoyin meridian respectively.

It still hurts. These two needles almost touched cotton.

What should I do if I encounter problems? Go back to the original point, return to the law, and re-identify.

Some people are used to thinking about meridians and acupoints when they encounter problems. This kind of thinking is good, but it is wrong to keep turning around it.

There are still some people who are obsessed with needle insertion and needle use, and even put the cart before the horse.

Everything has a process, perhaps this is the only way for every beginner. Meridian points are the starting point, but they are not the key points that play a decisive role. The grip of Neijing needle in Huangdi is yin and yang, and the core is tone. I can't help saying it three times. Be reasonable, be reasonable, be reasonable!

Just a few needles, according to the principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment, focus all your attention on the affected area of toothache.

It suddenly occurred to me that when he came, he told me that he was under great pressure at work, couldn't sleep well at night, and had to drink and socialize. The whole person feels weak. Aren't these all symptoms?

Generally speaking, toothache is just the beginning. In fact, it is his physical and mental exhaustion and his loss of defense in the front.

Therefore, holistic treatment is to help patients achieve the recovery of the balance of yin and yang while considering the treatment of some local discomfort such as toothache, which is also the role of adjustment.

How to embody the tune? Tone is achieved through yin and yang. Yangming Meridian and Taiyin Meridian are the most commonly used pairs of yin and yang (exterior and interior), and the conditioning methods of Shaoyang Meridian and Jueyin Meridian, Taiyang Meridian and Shaoyin Meridian, Du Meridian and Ren Meridian can also be considered according to the symptoms.

In fact, every needle in Huangdi's Neijing falls on Yin and Yang, all of which are in tune. Special emphasis is placed on the exterior-interior relationship of the three Yin San yang, because the human body is dominated by fourteen meridians, and these rivers are unobstructed, and those lakes and streams will naturally be fine.

The Hegu point of Yangming meridian in front has been switched from the outside to the fishbone point of Taiyin meridian, and from top to bottom to two or three; The sun passes through Houxi point and at least reverses Shaofu point of Yin meridian. Starting from the overall treatment, we should continue to consider other pairs of yin and yang.

In order to understand this principle, I quickly inserted needles at Quchi point of Yangming Meridian, Chize point of Taiyin Meridian, Waiguan point of Shaoyang Meridian, Neiguan point of Jueyin Meridian, Tongli point of Shaoyin Meridian and Renmai Lieque point.

Quchi point and Chize point, Neiguan point and Waiguan point, Ren meridian and Du meridian can also play an important role in regulating middle energizer.

According to the control law, these needles are exactly the same as those previously pricked, and Jueyin Meridian and Renmai follow the lips, so the acupuncture intensity can be further enhanced.

Then ask him what's changed.

Sure enough, he said that the whole person was relaxed and comfortable, just like taking off the shell. What about toothache? Much better.

Why do the last few injections suddenly accelerate the effect? In fact, it is from the "local to the whole" to deepen the understanding of symptoms.

Therefore, don't look at the problem in isolation at any time, but prescribe the right medicine. We should not stick to the affected area in such a narrow space, but should correctly understand and comprehensively grasp the manifestations of the disease from the macro and micro levels. Chinese medicine treats patients.

Some toothaches are caused by trauma. Can Huangdi Neijing Needle be tried?

A colleague's lover tried acupuncture because she had her wisdom tooth pulled out and her right jaw ached after operation, so she couldn't control taking medicine.

Again, with the treatment of syndrome, the pain symptoms will be relieved immediately after a few needles are inserted on the meridians, collaterals, Yangming meridians and Taiyang meridians.

Some patients are not very sensitive, and they don't feel much change during the needle retention period, but when they wake up the next day, they suddenly find that the discomfort symptoms such as toothache have left without saying goodbye. Therefore, the mentality of using needles must remain calm, we must grasp the law, and we must grasp the general trend. Everything should be natural and unchangeable, so don't worry too much about the curative effect.

Acupoints are probably the middle way, and the place where acupuncturists stand must also be the place of neutralization.

It is suggested that discomfort symptoms such as lips, mouth, teeth and gums are identified as upper energizer, and the main meridians are Yangming Meridian, Taiyang Meridian, Jueyin Meridian, Du Meridian and Ren Meridian.

Generally speaking, we should treat the left disease right, treat the right disease left, and treat the upper disease next, so as to seek common ground while reserving differences. If the symptoms are on both sides, the relatively serious side is the main symptom; If the symptoms on both sides are basically similar, you can seek common ground according to male left and female right.

Acupoints can be selected according to the acupoints given in the chapters of "the meridians of the head, hands and feet (with the same qi)" and "the head of the hand (palm) with the same qi" in Huangdi Neijing.

The specific point selection can be based on Ashi point. If the acupuncture effect is not good, it can be strengthened by reversing yin and yang.