摘要
Purpose To explore the feasibility of treating toothache with the acupoints in Liver Meridian. Method According to syndrome differentiation, toothache was divided into pathogenic wind-fire type and deficiency-fire type. Twenty patients were treated by needling Tai-chong (LR 3) o! the affected side. Reducing manipulation was performed for toothache due to pathogenic windfire while early-reducing-late-tonifying was performed for toothache due to deficiency-fire type. Results The pain disappearance occurred in 14 cases, improved in 5 cases and no effect in one case. Conclusion Needling Tai-chong( LR 3) was effective for toothache.
Purpose To explore the feasibility of treating toothache with the acupoints in Liver Meridian. Method According to syndrome differentiation, toothache was divided into pathogenic wind-fire type and deficiency-fire type. Twenty patients were treated by needling Taichong (LR 3) of the affected side. Reducing manipulation was performed for toothache due to pathogenic wind-fire while early-reducing-late-tonifying was performed for toothache due to deficiency-fire type.Results The pain disappearance occurred in 14 cases, improved in 5 cases and no effect in one case.Conclusion Needling Taichong (LR 3) was effective for toothache.
Key words Toothache - Acupuncture Therapy - Point LR3 (Taichong)
Author: Chu Fu-xiang (1955-), male, attending physician
Translator: CUI Yi-jun
