针刺治疗干眼针具种类及行针手法的研究进展

A review of needle types and manipulations of acupuncture for dry eye

干眼发病率逐年升高,且呈低龄化发展趋势,已成为除屈光不正以外最常见的眼部疾病。针刺作为中医传统疗法之一,临床疗效确切,且研究较为深入。本文对近3年来关于针刺治疗干眼的针具种类,如常规毫针、鬃针、揿针、梅花针等,以及行针手法,如导气法、平补平泻法、提插捻转补泻法等相关研究进行综述,旨在为广大医师治疗干眼提供思路。

The incidence rate of dry eye is increasing year by year,and it shows a trend of younger age onset,it has become the most common eye disease besides refractive errors.Acupunc‑ture,as one therapeutic method of Traditional Chinese Medicine,has definite clinical curative ef‑fects and in-depth research.This article reviewed researches involving treatment of dry eye by acu‑puncture in the past three years,including the types of needles,such as ordinary acupuncture needle,bristle needle,thumbtack needle and plum-blossom needle,as well as manipulations of acupuncture,such as Qi-conduction method,neutral supplementation and draining method and lifting-thrusting-twirling supplementation and draining method,in order to provide ideas for practi‑tioners to treat dry eyes.