Stomach pain acupuncture which location does acupuncture for stomach pain work
April 23, 2023
Acupuncture and moxibustion are mainly used to treat diseases through the action of mer idians. It has a unique effect of opening up the meridians, regulating qi and blood, dipping the real and replenishing the deficient, so which location is acupuncture for stomach pain?
Does acupuncture work for stomach pain?
Stomach pain acupuncture has a certain relief effect.
Acupuncture treatment is based on the prescription of the corresponding points, according to the prescription, or acupuncture or moxibustion, or acupuncture and moxibustion. It is a good idea to use acupuncture and moxibustion to help you to balance yin and yang, so as to harmonize the functions of the internal organs and to remove evil spirits and stasis, and to prevent and cure diseases.
Acupuncture for stomach pain
Method 1
Liver qi offending the stomach: take Zhongshang, Shusanli, Shumen and Taichong, and use the diarrhea method for acupuncture.
Liver and Stomach heat: take Zhongbigastric, Foot Sanli, Neiting, Xingma, and acupuncture with laxative method.
Liver depression and spleen deficiency: take the noon stem, the foot three li, the stage door, the stomach yu, acupuncture with flat tonic and flat diarrhea method.
Qi stagnation and blood stasis: take Neiguan, Blood Sea, Gongsun, Di Yu, Foot San Li, and Zhongyu, and use the laxative method with acupuncture.
Spleen and stomach deficiency cold: take Spleen Yu, Foot San Li, Stomach Yu, and Zhong Gui, acupuncture with tonic method, and can add moxibustion.
Insufficient stomach yin: take Zhongyu, Feet Sanli, Stomach Yu, Sanyinjiao, acupuncture with tonic method.
Method 2
Liver qi offending the stomach: Neiguan, Zhongshari, Sansanli, Zhimen, Taichong, acupuncture with laxative method.
Spleen and stomach deficiency cold: Spleen Yu, Foot San Li, Qi Hai, Zhong Guan, Neiguan, Gong Sun, acupuncture with tonic method, and moxibustion can be added.
Method 3
Liver qi offending the stomach: Foot San Li, Qi Men, Neiguan, Yangling Quan, acupuncture with laxative method.
Dietary stagnation: Zhongshang, foot Sanli, Tianshu, Qihai, acupuncture with diarrhea.
Cold evil offending the stomach: Zhongyao, Suosanli, Guanyuan, Gongsun, Shenqu, moxibustion of Shenqu, Guanyuan, acupuncture with diarrhea at the remaining points.
Empirical acupuncture point selection for stomach pain
Method 1
Main acupoints: foot three li, middle epigastric.
Supporting points: liver qi offending the stomach plus nei guan, gongsun; spleen and stomach deficiency cold plus diaphragm yu, liver yu, spleen yu, stomach yu.
Acupuncture: Bo acupuncture, stay for 20 minutes, use the diarrhea method for liver qi offending the stomach; use the tonic method for spleen and stomach deficiency cold; treat once every other day, 2 weeks as a course of treatment.
Effects: Strengthening the spleen and stomach, regulating qi and relieving pain, suitable for weakness of the spleen and stomach, gas stagnation and stomach pain.
Method 2
Main points: Stomach Yu, Zhongyu, Liangqiu.
Supporting points: Yanglingquan for hypochondriac pain; Gongsun for acute gastritis.
Needle technique: rapid needle entry, using the diarrhea method, twisting the needle once every five minutes to enhance needle sensation.
Effects: Stops pain and vomiting, suitable for all types of stomach pain.
Method 3
Acupuncture points: hegu, sesanli, zhongbei, spleen yu, stomach yu.
Acupuncture: the patient should be lying down, and the operator should knead the patient on one side in the order mentioned above, gradually adding pressure to make the patient feel sore, numb, swollen and painful to the extent that the patient can tolerate it, then acupuncture the Hegu, the Foot Sanli, and the Zhongyu points, and keep the acupuncture for 40 minutes after obtaining the qi, and add moxibustion, and perform acupuncture once every 10 minutes, and instruct the patient to lie on his side after starting the acupuncture, and cupping the Spleen Yu and Stomach Yu points for 15-20 minutes, and pressing and rubbing the Spleen Yu and Stomach Yu points after removing the cupping. After removing the can, press and rub the spleen and stomach points for a few moments.
Effects: Relieving pain and urgency, used for stomach pain caused by stomach cold or spleen and stomach deficiency.
Method 4
Acupuncture points: Nei Ting, Foot San Li, Zhong Gui, Xing Ma.
Needle technique: rapid needle entry, using the diarrhea method, twisting the needle once every 5 minutes to enhance needle sensation.
Effects: Draining heat from the liver, harmonizing the stomach and relieving pain, suitable for stomach pain of the liver and stomach stagnant heat type.
Method 5
Acupuncture points: Foot San Li, Zhong Guan, Nei Guan, Qi Men, Tai Chong.
Needle technique: rapid needle entry, using the diarrhea method, twisting the needle once every 5 minutes to enhance needle sensation.
Effects: Diversifying liver and Qi, harmonizing the stomach and relieving pain, suitable for stomach pain of the liver and stomach Qi stagnation type.
Stomach pain moxibustion treatment
Method 1
Main acupuncture points: Foot San Li, Zhong Gui, Liang Men.
Supporting points: liver qi offending the stomach plus tachong, food stagnation in the middle plus stomach yu; cold evil offending the stomach plus hegu; blood stasis blocking plus nei guan.
Method: Apply moxibustion once a day, 3-5 strokes per point, or moxa suspension, 7 days for a course of treatment.
Effects: Strengthening the spleen and stomach, regulating qi and relieving pain. It is suitable for spleen and stomach disorders, gas stagnation and stomach pain.
Method 2
Main acupoints: Foot San Li, Middle Epigastric, Spleen Yu, Stomach Yu, Neiguan.
Companion points: Tianshu for loose stools.
Method: Apply moxibustion once a day, 3-5 strokes per point, or moxa suspension, 10 days for a course of treatment.
Effects: Warming the middle and dispersing cold, regulating qi and relieving pain, suitable for spleen and stomach deficiency cold stomach pain.
Method 3
Main points: Foot San Li, Middle Epigastric, Spleen Yu, Stomach Yu.
Supporting points: Shen Que, Yang Ling Quan, Di Yu for excessive stomach acidity.
Method: 5-7 strong moxibustion for each point, once every other day.
Effects: Harmonizing the spleen and stomach, regulating qi and relieving pain, for spleen and stomach disharmony, qi stagnation and stomach pain.
Precautions for acupuncture for stomach pain
1. Acupuncture should not be performed immediately when you are too hungry, too full, drunk, or overworked, and for patients who are too weak, the technique should not be too strong, and try to use the lying position.
2. Pregnant women should not have acupuncture in the abdomen, lumbosacral region and some acupoints that can cause contraction, such as Hegu, Sanyinjiao, Kunlun, Zhiyin, etc.; acupuncture is also not recommended during menstruation if it is not to regulate menstruation.
3. When the fontanelle of children is not closed, acupuncture points on the top of the head is generally not suitable; in addition, children can not cooperate, the general use of rapid acupuncture does not leave needles.
4. Avoid the application of needles to blood vessels, to prevent and control bleeding, patients with a tendency to spontaneous bleeding or bleeding after injury, should not be acupuncture.
5. skin infection, ulcers, scarring sites, should not be acupuncture.
6. The angle, direction and depth of needling should be mastered in the eye area, collar, chest and back, and the rib cage, etc. Please ask the doctor to operate as required to avoid accidents.