Progress in the clinical application of Fang's scalp acupuncture / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Fang's scalp acupuncture is mainly used in the treatment of nervous system diseases, bone and joint pain and mental diseases. It has significant effect on the early stage recovery stage and complications of post-stroke hemiplegia. The selection of acupoint is basically the same in improving patients with neurological impairment and dyskinesia, but differenct in the selection of acupoints in the treatment of complications. In recent years, it has been widely used in the treatment of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and Tourette's syndrome. Fang's scalp acupuncture method was formed quite early with relatively complete theoretical system, but its clinical application is relatively insufficient. There exist some problems such as failing to reflect the theory of viscera and meridians in acupoint selection, the theory of acupoint selection by projection of cerebral cortex function, which needs to be proved further, the operation requirements are strict while the methods and practice of researchers are are differenct, and some clinical research design is not rigorous,etc.