中医穴位疗法用于原发性高血压的研究进展

Research progress of acupoint therapy for essential hypertension

本文对中医穴位疗法应用于原发性高血压的研究进展进行综述。中医穴位疗法治疗高血压具有操作简便、疗效确切、改善症状、安全等特点，目前较常用的方法有针灸法、穴位按摩法、穴位贴敷法、穴位埋线法、耳穴贴压疗法、耳尖放血疗法、综合疗法等，涉及全身取穴或局部取穴，疗效评价指标多为血压监测、高血压症状评分或某些生化指标。

This review summaries the research progress of acupoint therapy applied to essential hypertension .The application of acupoint therapy to essential hypertension can be featured as favorable maneuverability, curative effect, symptoms improving, safety, and other characteristics.Currently,the most common therapies are acupuncture , acupoint massage , acupoint sticking , acupoint catgut embedding , auricular plaster, erjian bloodletting, combination therapy and others involved in general acupoint selection or local acupoint selection , evaluated clinically by blood pressure monitoring , hypertension symptom score and some biochemical indices .