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The meridian tropism of acupoints is an important academic way to recognize and deal with the relationship between acupoints and meridians in acupuncture medicine. The Huatuo Jiaji (EX-B 2) (Jiaji for short) acupoint family consisting of 34 points has long been considered to be an important extra-acupoint since the ancient times of China and is widely employed in clinical practice through continuous development in Chinese past generations. The present paper introduces 1) historical origin and development of EX-B 2, and 2) intercorrelation among the EX-B 2, spine and the Governor Vessel in anatomical positions. On the basis of these, we also discuss the possibility of that EX-B 2 is assigned to the Governor Vessel, its academic significance including common features and actions in physiological and pathological aspects and clinical significance in diagnosis and treatment of disorders.
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Objective To investigate the efficacy of warm needling moxibustion at Huatuo jiaji (Ex-B2) points in treating subhealth for lack of its specific treatment. Method Sixty subhealth patients were randomly allocated to treatment and control groups. The treatment group received warm needling moxibustion at Huatuo jiaji points and the control group, warm needling moxibustion at conventional points. In the two groups, the therapeutic effects were evaluated and the clinical symptom score was recorded before and after treatment. Result The therapeutic effect was better in the treatment group than in the control group (P<0.05). The clinical symptom score decreased in both groups after treatment (P<0.05) but decreased more in the treatment group (P<0.05). Conclusion In comparison with warm needling moxibustion at conventional points, warm needling moxibustion at Huatuo jiaji points has a unique advantage in treating subhealth.
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This article sorts out and analyzes recent years’ literature about experimental studies on Huatuo jiaji (Ex-B2) point acupuncture treatment for spinal cord injury (SCI), discusses the mechanism of Huatuo jiaji point acupuncture treatment for spinal cord injury from three aspects:improving microenvironment for nerve repair, inhibiting apoptosis and promoting nerve repair and tries to explore the possible direction of its future development.
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ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of gentle moxibustion on hemorheology in cervical spondylotic vertebral arteriopathy of qi-blood deficiency type.MethodSixty patients diagnosed with cervical spondylotic vertebral arteriopathy of qi-blood deficiency typewere randomly allocated to treatment and control groups, 30 cases each. The control group received conventional acupuncture at cervical Huatuo jiaji(Ex-B2)points and the treatment group, gentle moxibustion in addition. TCD was performed before and after treatment to observe hemorheological changes in the two groups. The clinical therapeutic effects were evaluated.ResultThe total efficacy rate was 96.7% in the treatment group and 90.0% in the control group. There was a statistically significant difference in therapeutic effect between the two groups (P<0.05). There were statistically significant pre-/post-treatment differences in TCD indicators in the two groups (P<0.05). Vertebrobasilar blood flow was improved more in the treatment group (P<0.05).ConclusionGentle moxibustion can improve vertebrobasilar blood flow to a greater extent in cervical spondylotic vertebral arteriopathy. It is clinically an effective way to treat cervical spondylotic vertebral arteriopathy.