In life, massage is commonly used to treat various illnesses. Now let's follow the editor to learn about the effectiveness of the External Ankle Point and the massage of the External Ankle Point to treat throat pain.
【Causes of Throat Pain】
The formation of this disease is mostly due to careless living, weak lung defense, and invasion of wind and heat evil due to vulnerability. It enters the throat through the mouth and nose, causing redness, swelling, and pain in the throat, known as wind-heat throat pain. If not treated properly, or if there is accumulated heat in the lungs and stomach, it can progress to a severe condition of excessive heat. In individuals with weak constitution and coldness, the wind-cold evil attacks the skin and hair, affects the lungs, and stagnates in the throat, leading to wind-cold throat pain.
【Clinical Manifestations of Throat Pain】
1. The onset is relatively sudden, with dryness, burning, pain, and pain when swallowing. Swallowing saliva is more painful than eating, and general symptoms are generally mild. However, the severity may vary due to age, immune function, and the virulence of viruses and bacteria, and may include fever, headaches, loss of appetite, and limb pain.
2. When the uvula is swollen, swallowing pain becomes more pronounced. Speech often becomes nasal, and mucus accumulates in the throat, easily causing coughing. When the infection spreads to the throat, coughing worsens and hoarseness occurs. When inflammation spreads to the Eustachian tube, hearing loss can occur.
【Introduction to the External Ankle Point】
1. Standard positioning: The External Ankle Point is located on the lateral side of the foot, at the prominence of the outer ankle.
2. Acupoint selection method: Sit upright or lie supine, and select the acupoint at the highest point of the outer ankle. Quick acupoint selection: Sit upright with the feet hanging down, and the highest point of the outer ankle is the External Ankle Point.
3. Anatomy of the acupoint: The External Ankle Point is covered by the skin, subcutaneous tissue, and the membrane of the outer ankle bone. It is innervated by the superficial peroneal nerve and the lateral cutaneous nerve of the fibula, and its blood supply is provided by the network of the anterior tibial artery and the peroneal artery and the outer ankle branch.
【Effects and Functions of the External Ankle Point】
The External Ankle Point has the effects of clearing heat, detoxification, and relaxing tendons and activating collaterals. It is mainly used to treat spasms of the gastrocnemius muscle, beriberi, toothache, etc.
【Diseases Treated by the External Ankle Point】
The External Ankle Point is mainly used to treat gonorrhea, acute gonorrhea, beriberi, foot inversion sprain, cramps in all ten toes, toothache, dental abscess, mouth ulcers, wind-fire toothache, throat pain, Baihu Joint pain, ankle joint swelling and pain, severe tongue in children, tonsillitis, spasms of the lateral leg muscles, etc. Anterior genital disease: acute gonorrhea. Foot disease: sudden toe cramps, ankle joint swelling and pain, beriberi. Oral and throat diseases: throat pain, mouth ulcers, wind-fire toothache.
【Massage Techniques for the External Ankle Point】
1. Massage: Use the pad of the thumb to apply gentle pressure and knead for 3-5 minutes. Massage daily to relieve spasms of the gastrocnemius muscle, beriberi, toothache, etc.
