<b>The Pathophysiological Mechanism of the Kyokyokuman : On the Relationship between Kyokyokuman and Tense Condition of Diaphragm</b> / 日本東洋医学雑誌

ABSTRACT

In the previous article, the author reported on the relationship between shinkahiko and transport points. However, acupuncture manipulation to these points never diminished fullness in the chest and hypochondrium (kyokyokuman). Thus the author searched a new lump of back muscles and finally discovered that the infraspinatus muscle is a critical point which is closely rerated with kyokyokuman. The author also discovered that this point improves hiccup. It is well known that this lump is present in patients with shoulder stiffness and so on. Some patients with kyokyokuman present this lump simultaneously. This report intends to clarify a kyokyokuman that appears related tense condition of diaphragm, by means of both two concrete clinical cases and fifteen cases discussing to the pathophysiological background of this phenomenon.