透灸法作用于八髎穴在原发性痛经中的应用浅析

Penetrating Moxibustion on Baliao Points in Application of Primary Dysmenorrhea

"灸之要,气至而有效",透灸法是以患者感觉热力渗透、传导,以及舒适、胀痛、沉重、痒等感觉,强调以"透"为要。八髎穴具有强腰补肾、调理冲任、调经理气、行血散瘀等作用,在治疗妇科疾病中占据着重要地位,是针灸治疗本病的常用穴位之一。透灸法作用于八髎穴可增强艾灸温阳、散寒、止痛、补虚之功,能够起到暖胞宫、止疼痛的作用,从而达到治疗原发性痛经的目的。

＂The essence of moxibustion is obtaining Qi sensation＂, penetrating moxibustion method emphasizes the penetration and radiation of the heat, providing patients with comfort, distensional pain, heaviness or itching, this method regards penetration as an essential result. 8-Liao acupoints （BL-31 to BL-34） can reinforce the waist, tonify kidney, regulate Chong Mai and Ren Mai, regu- late menstruation and smooth Qi, circulate blood and dissipate blood stasis, which are essential in treating gynaecological diseases, thus they are common-used acupoints for treating this disease. Penetrating Moxibustion on Baliao points can enhance the great efficacy of the moxibustion, such as disease prevention and health protection, warming meridians to dissipate cold, recuperating depleted Yang, removing blood stasis and resolving hard lump, tonifying qi and blood etc. It can be used to warm up the palace and stop pain, so as to achieve the purpose of treating primary dysmenorrhea.