Acupuncture and tuina clinical thoughts of "treating the back from abdomen" for low back pain.
- Author:
Jinlong LIU
;
Rui LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
anatomy & histology;
Acupuncture Points;
Acupuncture Therapy;
history;
China;
History, Ancient;
Humans;
Low Back Pain;
history;
therapy;
Massage;
history;
Medicine in Literature;
Meridians
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2015;35(7):715-717
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
In clinical treatment, it is found that certain patients always have some positive reaction points those are relevant with low back pain in the abdomen area. When the simple treatment on the low back is ineffective, the efficacy could be significantly improved if acupuncture or tuina is performed at the abdomen areas, which is called "regulating yin to treat yang", or "treating the back from abdomen". In this paper, with the diagnosis and treatment method of "treating the back from abdomen" for low back pain as principal line, the detailed manipulation is explained for low back pain that is induced by TCM meridian diseases or modern anatomy, which could open the methods for clinical treatment of low back pain and enrich the therapeutic options.
