Preventive and therapeutic effect of long snake moxibustion on psoriasis with yang deficiency and external cold syndrome based on the theory of "treatment of winter disease in summer"

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with multiple layers of silvery white scales on the surface of erythema papule as the main clinical characteristics,of which yang-deficiency external cold psoriasis is refractory,recurrent and severe in winter and mild in summer,which has a great impact on patients'physical and mental health and quality of life.Traditional Chinese medicine has unique insights in the treatment of psoriasis,both curative effect and safety,have obvious advantages.Based on the concept of"winter disease and summer treatment",long-snake moxibustion gives full play to its functions of warming the kidney,invigorating the marrow,warming the meridians,activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis,so as to restore the deficiency of Yang in patients with psoriasis with external cold syndrome,enhance disease resistance,and prevent psoriasis recurrence or aggravation in winter.Therefore,based on the theory of"winter disease and summer treatment",this paper preliminarily discusses the mechanism of long-snake moxibustion in the prevention and treatment of psoriasis with external cold syndrome of Yang deficiency,and provides new ideas and directions for the prevention and treatment of psoriasis with traditional Chinese medicine.

Fourteen cases of chronic gastritis with stomach cold treated by long snake moxibustion on dog days

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of long snake moxibustion in treating chronic gastritis with stomach cold on dog days. Methods Fourteen cases of chronic gastritis with stomach cold were treated by long snake moxibustion on the first day of the first, second and the last of dog days respectively in 2012 and 2013. The acupoint area was covered by the ginger cake, and a bar of triangle-shaped moxa cone was laid on the ginger cake, and moxibustion began by igniting the upper angle of the moxa cone. Long snake moxibustion with two moxa cones burned up in sequence was conducted around the area of Zhongwan （中脘 CV 12） of upper abdomen （covering Shangwan （上脘 CV 13）, CV 12, Jianli （建里 CV 114 Xiawan （下脘 CV 10） and Shuifen （水分 cv 9）, as well as Futonggu （腹通谷 KI 20）, Yindu （阴都 KI 19）, Shiguan （石关 KI 18） and Shangqu （商曲 KI 27） along the kidney meridian of foot-shaoyin）, and then the moxibustion with two moxa cones burned up in sequence was conducted around the lower thoracic spine at the back （covering Jinsuo （筋缩 GV 8）, Zhongshu （中枢 GV 7）, Jizhong （脊中 GV 6） and Xuanshu （悬枢 GV 5） as well as Jiaji （夹脊 EX-B 2） extending from T 9 to T 12 and L i with the governor vessel as the centerline at the back）, and the treatment lasted for about 40 min. The treatment was made three times a year, and with a total of six times in two years. The efficacy was statistically evaluated after the course of the treatment. Results Among the 14 patients, recently clinically cured for 2 cases, markedly effective for 7 cases, effective for 4 cases and ineffective for i case, with the total effective rate of 92.9%. Conclusion Efficacy of long snake moxibustion in treating chronic gastritis with stomach cold on dog days is effective and clinical symptoms are significantly improved.

Clinical observation on 35 cases of intractable cough treated by long snake moxibustion

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of long snake moxibustion on the intractable cough. Methods The moxa and the semen brassicae were laid from ＂Dazhui＇ （大椎 GV 24） to ＂Yaoshu＂ （腰俞 GV 2） along the Governor Vessel on the patient＇s back. Moxibustion was repeated continuously for three times as a treatment, two treatments a week, two weeks as a therapeutic course, and then the efficacy was assessed after 2 courses. Results Twenty-eight cases were cured accounting to 80.0% （28/35）; 6 cases were improved accounting to 17.1% （6/35）. The total effective rate was 97.1% （34/35）. Conclusion The effect of the long snake moxibustion was significant on the treatment of intractable cough.