1. ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION treatment

2. General Principles of Acupuncture Treatment
Regulating Yin and Yang
Strengthening the Body Resistance and Eliminating the Pathogenic Factors.
Distinguishing the Primary from the Secondary

3. Acupoint prescription
Based on the theory of meridians and collaterals, acupuncture prescription includes two or more points which are selected according to the symptoms and cause of the disease, and the functions and the natures of the points,and the manipulation methods,time course.

4. A. Method of Acupoint Selection
Selection of distal points~To select points which are far from the diseased area
Selection of left-right points~to select points which are on the contralateral side of the diseased area.
Selection of symptomatic points~To select the corresponding points according to some prominent symptoms.

5. 1.Selection of the Local Points
Selection of local point~To select points which are nearby the area of the disease or the adjacent area of the disease.
Abdominal pain and diarrhea~Tianshu(ST 25),Qihai(RN 6);
Headache~Baihui(DU 20),Taiyang(EX 1),Fengchi(GB 20);
Eye diseases~Jingming(BL 1),Zanzhu(BL 2),Sizhukong(SJ 23),Tongli(GB 1).

6. 2.Selection of the Distal Points
According to the theories of Zangfu and meridians,when we select a distal point which is far from the diseased area,we can either select the points of the merdian where the diseased Zangfu locates or select those(Zang and Fu)merdians or exterior-interior meridians or other related meridians.For esample:

7. Stomachache~Zusanli(ST 36),Gongsun(SP 4),Taichong(LR 3),Neiguan(PC 6)
Lumbago~Weizhong(BL 40)
Appendicitis~Lanweixue(EX-LE 7),Shangjuxu(ST 37)

8. 3.Selectiong of the Left-right Points
Their characteristics are to treat diseases on one side of the body by needling points on the opposite side.For example,a patient who has lumbago or facial paralysis for a long time can be treated by selecting the related points on the opposite side.

9. 4. Selection of Symptomatic Points

10. Symptoms
Acupoint selection
Fever
Dazhui (DU 14),Quchi(LI 11),Hegu(LI 4)
Coma
Shuigou(DU26),Shixuan(EX-UE11)
Prostration syndrome
Guanyuan(RN 4),Shenque(RN8),Zusanli(ST 36)
Hyperhidrosis
Hegu(LI4),Fuliu(KI 7)
Night sweating
Houxi(SI 3),Yinxi(HT 6)

11. Insomnia
Shenmen(HT 7),Sanyinjiao(SP 6)
Dreamful sleep
Xinshu(BL15),Shenmen(HT7),Zuqiaoyin(GB44)
Aphonia
Futu(LI18),Hegu(LI4),Jianshi(PC5)
Trismus
Xiaguan(ST7),Jiache(ST6),Hegu(LI4)
Stiff tongue
Shaoshang(LI4), Hegu(LI4)
Sore throat
Shuigou(DU26),Jiache(ST6),Hegu(LI4)
Slobbering
Yamen(DU15),Lianquan(RN23),Tongli(HT5)

12. Palpitation
Neiguan(PC6),Ximen(PC4)
Cough
Tiantu(RN22),Lieque(LU7)
Infantile malnutrition
Sifeng(EX25)
Hypogalactia
Shaoze(SI1)
Hypertension
Renying(ST9)
Metrorrhagia and metrostaxis
Yinbai(SP1)

13. Pruritus vulvae
Ligou(LR5)
Dysphagia
Tiantu(RN22),Neiguan(PC6)
Oppressed feeling in the chest
Zhongwan(RN12), Neiguan
(PC6)
Chest pain
Dazhong(RN17),Neiguan(PC6)
Nausea and vomiting
Neiguan(PC6),Zusanli(ST36)
Hiccup
Geshu(BL17),Neiguan(PC6),Laogong(PC8)

14. Abdominal distention
Tianshu(ST25),Qihai(RN6)
Abdominal pain
Neiguan(PC6),Zusanli(ST36)
Hypochondriac pain
Zhigou(SJ6),Yanglingquan(GB34)
Dyspepsia
Zusanli(ST36),Gongsun(SP4)
Anurid
Sanyinjiao(SP6),Yinlingquan(SP9)
Emission,impotence
Guanyuan(RN4),Sanyinjiao(SP6)

15. Urinary incontinence
Qugu(RN4),Sanyinjiao(SP6)
Constipation
Tianshu(ST25),Zhigou(SJ6)
Prolapse of rectum
Changqiang(DU1),Chengshan(BL57)
Cutaneous pruritus
Quchi(LI11),Xuehai(SP10),Sanyinjiao(SP6)

16. Weakness
Guanyuan(RN4),Zusanli(ST36)
Pain of shoulder
Tiaokou(ST38), Chengshan(BL57)
Malposition of fetus
Zhiyin(BL67)
Systremma
Chengshan(BL57),Yanglingquan(GB34)

17. Combining Point Methods