针刺治疗肝硬化及其并发症研究进展

Research Progress of the Acupuncture Treatment for Cirrhosis and Its Complications

肝硬化是各种慢性肝病发展的晚期阶段,起病隐匿,早期无明显临床症状,后期常伴有上消化道出血、肝性脑病、肝癌等一系列严重并发症,并最终导致死亡。单纯针刺、针刺配合中药、电针、穴位注射等针刺疗法能通过针刺和药物相结合、经络和脏腑相结合、穴位和神经相结合、局部和整体相结合等途径快速达到病灶,并能最大限度的避免药物对肝脏的再次损伤,治疗肝硬化及其并发症具有很好的临床疗效。

Cirrhosis is the late stage of all kinds of chronic liver diseases.It occurs covertly but is always followed by a series of serious complications which result in death such as bleeding of upper gastrointestinal tract,hepatic encephalopathy and liver cancer.Acupuncture treatment includes only acupuncture,acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine,electro-acupuncture,acupoint injection and so on.These methods of acupuncture could avoid secondary injury of drugs to liver by means of combining acupuncture with drugs,meridians and collaterals with zang-fu organs,acupionts with nerves,parts with whole.In a word,acupuncture treatment has a good effect on cirrhosis and its complications.