According to the symptoms of children with autism, such as sleep disorder and language communication disorder, moxibustion health experts believe that external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine combined with taking traditional Chinese medicine will have a good effect.
Moxibustion at scalp acupoints
The relationship between the meridians and the head has been recorded in many medical documents, such as "the twelve meridians, 365 collaterals, whose meridians and qi are all in the exterior and empty orifices" in Lingshu, and evil qi hides dirty diseases, and empty orifices include the brain and brain marrow. It is said in Acupuncture and Moxibustion that "the first is all yang qi, and all pulse orifices are attributed to the head", which shows that the meridians of the whole body are closely related to the head.
Most children with autism have language development disorder and mental retardation. According to the theory of "all pulse conditions are attributed to the head, the brain is the marrow sea, and the head is the yang qi" in traditional Chinese medicine, moxibustion is mainly to gradually restore the child's language function, and moxibustion is used to enhance the child's understanding of language. Sleep disorders mainly take the original point of the heart meridian, regulate the heart meridian, calm the heart and soothe the nerves, and moxibustion with the spleen meridian and Sanyinjiao points to coordinate the spleen and kidney qi.
point block therapy
Now, western countries realize the importance of autism rehabilitation. High-dose application of vitamin B6 can enhance language function, improve sleep, reduce hyperactivity and irritability, improve attention span and interest in learning, and reduce aggression and self-injury. As early as the Tang Dynasty, the medicinal properties and efficacy of placenta hominis, that is, dried placenta, were elaborated in the Compendium of Materia Medica. Nourishing Materia Medica says "invigorating qi, regulating blood and treating mental injury to wet dream". It can be seen that placenta has a miraculous effect in treating physical weakness, overwork, unconsciousness, peace of mind and nourishing blood, benefiting qi and replenishing essence. Blocking Fengchi point with human placental tissue fluid and vitamin B6 can obviously improve children's sleep, language and behavior.
Hold down the ridge
Massage Jiaji point on the back belongs to the Du meridian, which runs through the spine and belongs to the brain and kidney. Chiropractic can regulate yin and yang, qi and blood, viscera, channels and collaterals, and cultivate vitality. It has the function of strengthening the body and is one of the main massage methods for children. In addition, chiropractic can relieve children's fear, release "endorphins" from the brain, improve the function of the right hemisphere of the brain, and enhance spatial imagination and creativity. Massage of sacral acupoints can quickly improve the self-care function of defecation, which has been confirmed by the Institute of Psychiatry of Peking University Medical College.
In addition, traditional Chinese medicine moxibustion believes that autism can also be divided into liver and kidney deficiency type, heart and spleen deficiency type, yin deficiency and fire flourishing type.