Where to apply acupuncture for herpes zoster

Shingles is a health problem that affects many people and is also a relatively common reproductive system disease. For a disease like shingles, if it is not treated in time, it will not only cause physical and mental torture to the patient, but also cause the patient's condition to worsen and there is even the possibility of infecting the partner, so it must be treated in time! Next, I will introduce to you in detail the Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment method for shingles!

1. Acupuncture therapy

Acupuncture points include Hegu (bilaterally), Zhigou, and Yanglingquan (all on the affected side). Surrounding needles are used for local lesions. The number of surrounding needles is determined by the size of the lesions, with a maximum of 15 and a minimum of 4. The needles are inserted at a 15-degree angle 0.5 inches away from the herpes, and the drainage method is used.

Select the Neiguan, Yanglingquan and Zusanli acupoints, and insert the needles horizontally around the local area. Leave the needles in place for 30 minutes, once a day. If the sequelae cause persistent pain, add Zhigou, or add ear acupuncture to the liver area, and bury the needles for 3 days.

In the past decade, clinical findings show that the incidence of herpes zoster has been increasing year by year. Especially during the development of AIDS, the chance of developing shingles is higher, which has caused a certain amount of panic among people, but the occurrence of shingles in most cases is not necessarily related to AIDS.

It is worth noting that there are many general clinical reports on this disease today, but experimental research is progressing slowly, which has affected the progress of new drug development. Therefore, basic research should be further strengthened to screen and develop new drugs with better efficacy.

2. Chinese patent medicine

Liushen Pills: Take 5 to 10 pills 3 times a day with warm water. Generally, the pain will be relieved that night after taking the medicine, the herpes on the affected area will become darker the next day, and it will heal in 3 to 5 days.

Qilin Powder: Take 1.2 grams 3 times a day with warm water or rice wine. Generally, the pain will be relieved or disappear 1-2 days after taking the medicine, the herpes will begin to subside in 2-3 days, and the blisters will dry and scab over in 4-6 days.

Bingpengsan: Take an appropriate amount of Bingpengsan, mix it with vaseline to make a paste, and apply it to the affected area once a day. Generally, symptoms can be improved in 2 to 3 days.

3. External Therapy

30 grams each of raw rhubarb, Sichuan phellodendron, and Sichuan coptis chinensis, 5 grams each of processed frankincense and processed myrrh. Grind the above medicines into fine powder, add appropriate amount of strong tea, mix into a paste and apply to the affected area.

Mash the fresh tuber of Aesculus multiflorus and apply it to the affected area. Generally, the fever and pain will subside after half an hour, and the herpes can disappear after 1 to 2 times.

Wash 12 grams of fresh purslane, mash it into a paste and apply it to the affected area, changing the dressing twice a day.

30 grams of rhubarb, 30 grams of phellodendron, 21 grams of talc, 60 grams of indigo, 5 grams of borneol, and 10 grams of licorice. Grind them into fine powder, mix well, add Vaseline to make a paste and apply it to the affected area.

Boil Eucalyptus regia in water to make a 10% solution, and apply the solution to the affected area with gauze.

Apply persimmon juice to the rash and surrounding painful areas 3 times a day. 64 cases were treated, and the rash disappeared in an average of 3.2 to 4.7 days, and the neuralgia disappeared in an average of 3 to 4 days.