Professor 's experience in the treatment of vascular dementia with acupuncture and moxibustion / 中国针灸

In the aspects of the acupoint prescription, acupuncture techniques and typical cases, the characteristics and experience of professor in the clinical treatment of vascular dementia with acupuncture and moxibustion were introduced. Vascular dementia is treated on the base of etiology, focusing on the brain as the root cause, with the reinforcing and the promoting as the dominant principle of acupuncture. The treatment is emphasized on tonifying the kidney to fill up marrow, strengthening the spleen to nourish the brain and promoting the collateral circulation to improve the intelligence. Concerning to the general situation of the disease, regulating mind stressed in treatment. In clinical practice, Baihui (GV 20) is the chief acupoint to benefit the brain. -source points and the eight influential points are predominated to tonify the functions of organs and fill up vessels. Moxibustion is adopted to resolve the stagnation and promote circulation in meridian as well as regulate and blood circulation. Specially, the moxibustion technique for resolving the stagnation and promoting circulation in meridian achieves the satisfactory therapeutic effects in clinical treatment.

's experience in the treatment of insomnia / 中国针灸

Professor's experience is introduced in insomnia treated with the acupuncture technique for regulating the governor vessel and calming down the mind.'s acupuncture technique is in one of the series of character techniques in the acupuncture academic school in the region of Hebei province. Professorbelieves that insomnia resultes from the disharmony of the nutrient and the defensive and the dysfunction of spleen and stomach. The acupoints are selected on the basis of regulating the governor vessel, calming down the mind, nou-rishing the water and the wood to harmonize the mind, strengthening the spleen and stomach to calm down the mind, in which the acupoints of the governor vessel and theprimary points are used in combination. For regulating the governor vessel, Baihui (GV 20) and Shenting (GV 24) are used, combined with Zhongwan (CV 12) for regulating the nutrient and the defensive and calming down the mind. The-primary points of the heart, liver and kidney meridians are selected to nourish water and wood and harmonize the mind. Tianshu (ST 25), Zhongwan (CV 12) and Yinlingquan (SP 9) are used to strengthen the spleen and stomach and for the treatment of the root cause of disease. Additionally, the sequence of needling, the needling techniques for reinforcing and reducing, as well as needle withdrawing are considered. The idea of regulating the governor vessel and calming down the mind as well as the needling techniques for insomnia are considerably introduced in the paper.

Experience ofpreventing bronchial asthma by blistering therapy of dog-day moxibustion / 中国针灸

Professorowns unique experience of preventing bronchial asthma by the blistering therapy of dog-day moxibustion. He believes that the method has the action of festering moxibustion without its adverse reaction, the pathogenesis of asthma is the impairment of the dispersing and descending of the lung. When the lung,the spleen and the kidney are deficient,pathogenic factors,such as phlegm,damp and the cold,twist in the lung and the air passage is blocked, then asthma happens. Blistering therapy with little but fierce medicines acquires the features of specific but overall acupoints and more big blister. Meanwhile,with the emphasis on communication and nursing service,the therapy is apparently effective and worth widely using.

Professor SHI Yu-min's experience in treating chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura / 中华中医药杂志

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a common hemorrhagic disease of child,and the chronic type of it is easier to recur.This paper introduces Professor SHI Yu-min's experience in treating chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura with methods of strengthening kidney,benefiting qi and activating blood flow combining with tonification and regulation.In addition,this paper expounds Prof.SHI's characteristics and laws in herbal prescription.And a case is presented.