1.Treatment of Insomnia by the Method of Unblocking the Bowels and Harmonizing Viscera Based on the Theory of "Viscera-Bowels Extraordinary Connection"
Bin WU ; Zhenyun HAN ; Wenyue HU ; Lei MU ; Biying ZHONG ; Hongpei LI
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(17):1769-1774
This paper aimed to explain the clinical thinking of using the method of unblocking the bowels and harmonizing viscera. Based on theory of "viscera-bowels extraordinary connection" of The Gateway to Medicine (《医学入门》), combined with the theoretical research, clinical practice and individual experience of ancient physicians, modern scholars, it is believed that viscera qi disorder caused by bowels qi blocking is the basic mechanism of insomnia. In clinic, it is common that gallbladder phlegm-heat harassing the heart spirit, stagnant blood and qi in stomach blocking the pericardium, turbid heat in large intestine causing fire and affecting liver, dampness insmall intestine trapping the spleen, water retention in the bladder drying up lungs, and the inhibited original qi of sanjiao damaging the kidney, which could be treated with Wendan Decoction (温胆汤), Taohe Chengqi Decoction (桃核承气汤), Chengqi-series Decoction (承气汤类方), Linggui Zhugan Decoction (苓桂术甘汤), Wuling Powder (五苓散), Xiaochaihu Decoction (小柴胡汤), respectively.
2.Clinical Experience of Acupuncture in Treating Oculomotor Nerve Palsy
Shanshan LI ; Lulu BIN ; Yongming YE ; Weina PENG ; Jinna YU ; Biying HAN ; He LI
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(20):2159-2162
It is believed that the pathogenesis of oculomotor nerve palsy is insufficient marrow sea (髓海), withered yang qi, poor contraction of eyelids and periocular meridians, and inability to open and close the eyes. The eye system is connected to the marrow sea, as well as the the foot taiyang (太阳) channel, foot yangming (阳明) channel, foot jueyin (厥阴) channel, yinqiao mai (阴跷脉) and yangqiao mai (阳跷脉), and is nourished by the liver, spleen and kidney. Treatment should take into account both the branch and the root cause. It is suggested to treat the root by regulating the marrow sea, and treat the branch by unblocking the meridians and dredging the collaterals, thereby balancing the mild and the urgency of the yinqiao mai and yangqiao mai. Using the "Gen (根)-Liu(溜)-Zhu (注)-Ru (入)"acupoints to bypass the various meridians and taking the gallbladder meridian according to twelve major meridians that run on both sides of the body, both of which can provide ideas for improving symptoms such as ptosis and limited eye movement caused by oculomotor nerve palsy.