Jin Ande (Gansu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine)
138 cases of acute lymphangitis (common name in Chinese -- Hong Si Ding or red streaked boil) were treated with acupuncture and moxibustion during 1960-1972.
Only common acupuncture needle and moxa stick (Artemisia supp.) were used, and the acupuncture points selected were 3-5 in all, placed laterally or near the red streaks of the malignant boil in question as well as another two Asi points, situated along the anterior and posterior ends of the boil. As soon as the acupuncture needles pierced into the depth of these above points and the patient treated got a convinced or complicated sense of soreness, numbness and distension, we started moxibustion with moxa stick, at a distance about 3 cm apart from the skin. The stick moved slowly from the anterior end posteriorly in 15-20 minutes, so that the focus of infection was transformed into a broad and red-colored band. The needle was then pulled out immediately, and the patient was allowed to leave the ward after 15-30 minutes' rest.
Among the 138 cases treated with acupuncture and moxibution, 109 (78.9%) were brought back to health after a single course of treatment, 18 (13%) recovered after a second treatment, and 7 (5.1%) recovered after third treatment.
The remaining 4 cases (2.9%) had their symptoms eased and their red streaks disappeared after 4-5 treatments, although the primary focus of infection remained unhealed.
138 cases of acute lymphangitis (common name in Chinese -- Hong Si Ding or red streaked boil) were treated with acupuncture and moxibustion during 1960-1972.
Only common acupuncture needle and moxa stick (Artemisia supp.) were used, and the acupuncture points selected were 3-5 in all, placed laterally or near the red streaks of the malignant boil in question as well as another two Asi points, situated along the anterior and posterior ends of the boil. As soon as the acupuncture needles pierced into the depth of these above points and the patient treated got a convinced or complicated sense of soreness, numbness and distension, we started moxibustion with moxa stick, at a distance about 3 cm apart from the skin. The stick moved slowly from the anterior end posteriorly in 15-20 minutes, so that the focus of infection was transformed into a broad and red-colored band. The needle was then pulled out immediately, and the patient was allowed to leave the ward after 15-30 minutes' rest.
Among the 138 cases treated with acupuncture and moxibution, 109 (78.9%) were brought back to health after a single course of treatment, 18 (13%) recovered after a second treatment, and 7 (5.1%) recovered after third treatment.
The remaining 4 cases (2.9%) had their symptoms eased and their red streaks disappeared after 4-5 treatments, although the primary focus of infection remained unhealed.
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