Moxibustion Therapy for Lumbar Disc Herniation
Lumbar disc herniation belongs to the category of low back pain and joint pain in traditional Chinese medicine. 95% of the protrusion occurred in the intervertebral space of Lumbar 4 and 5 and lumbosacral 1.
Therefore, sciatica is common, and patients suffer from low back pain, pain or numbness radiating downward to the back of thighs and the outside of heels or toes.
People suffering from wind, cold and dampness have severe pain, the weather changes are aggravated, the pulse string is tight, the blood stasis stung, and the pulse string is astringent at night.
Moxibustion treatment of lumbar disc herniation is mainly to relax tendons and activate collaterals.
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Can lumbar disc herniation be treated with moxibustion? Ashi point, the main point of moxibustion, is the local tenderness point of the waist.
Lumbar spine
Standard positioning: 1.5 inch area from self-proclaimed door to both sides of Yaoyangguan.
Mingmen: at the waist, facing the navel.
Yaoyangguan
Standard positioning: waist, posterior midline, and the fourth lumbar vertebra in the subgingival depression. It's about 2 inches below the door of life.
Indications: It is mostly used to treat sciatica, lumbosacral neuralgia, rheumatoid disease, polio and pelvic inflammatory disease.
Moxibustion:
Do mild moxibustion with moxa sticks or moxibustion box once a day.
Every time each point 15-20 minutes, waist moxibustion or local pain should be extended to 30 minutes.
Seven days is a course of treatment, with an interval of 2-3 days.
Chengfu
Standard position: acupoints of bladder meridian of Foot Taiyang. Behind the thigh, at the midpoint of the lower gluteal striation.
Indications: relaxing bowels, eliminating hemorrhoids, relaxing tendons and activating collaterals. Sciatica, lumbosacral radiculitis, lower limb paralysis.
Yinmen
Standard positioning: the rear thigh, when bearing the Party Central Committee, bears 6 inches.
Indications: sciatica, lower limb paralysis, sequelae of polio.
Wei zhong
Standard positioning: located in the middle of the transverse stripes of popliteal fossa.
Indications: low back pain, lower limb paralysis, tendon transfer, etc.
Circular jump
Standard positioning: In the lateral part of the thigh, when the most prominent point of the greater trochanter of musculoskeletal intersects with the outer third and the middle third of the sacral canal hiatus line, bend the thigh sideways.
Indications: sciatica, lower limb paralysis, lumbago and leg pain, hip joint and surrounding soft tissue diseases.
Lumbar disc herniation 1, manifestations of low back pain:
This kind of pain occurs before or at the same time as leg pain. The pain is mainly in the lower back or lumbosacral region, which is deep and difficult to locate. Usually dull pain, tingling or radiation pain.
2, lower limb radiation pain:
Central protrusion often causes bilateral sciatica. When the intra-abdominal pressure such as cough, sneezing and defecation increases, the radiation pain of lower limbs is aggravated.
3, numbness and abnormal feeling:
After lumbar disc herniation, it can cause local compression and involved compression in the contact area of nerve root, so that the fibers and blood vessels of nerve root are compressed, leading to ischemia and hypoxia, and then the affected nerve root control area appears abnormal feelings such as pain and numbness.
4, muscle paralysis:
Lumbar disc herniation can cause nerve root ischemia and hypoxia degeneration, leading to nerve paralysis and muscle paralysis.
5, intermittent claudication:
Because the intervertebral disc herniation compresses the nerve root, it causes inflammatory reactions and ischemia such as congestion and edema of the nerve root.
When walking, the blocked vertebral venous plexus in the spinal canal is congested, which aggravates the congestion degree of nerve roots and the expansion of spinal blood vessels, and also aggravates the compression of nerve roots, causing intermittent claudication and pain.
6, spinal posture change:
After lumbar disc herniation, about 90% patients have different degrees of functional scoliosis, most of which are convex to the affected side and a few to the healthy side, mainly depending on the relationship between the protrusion and the nerve roots.
Lateral bending can relax nerve roots and relieve pain.
Lateral curvature is a protective measure to reduce the compression of nerve roots by protrusions.
Nursing measures for patients with lumbar disc herniation. Reduce the waist load, avoid overwork, and try not to bend over to lift heavy objects. For example, when picking up things on the ground, you should squat down, straighten your legs and move slowly.
2. Establish a good lifestyle, live regularly, lie down and rest, keep warm and keep a good mood.
3, strengthen the functional exercise of back muscles, pay attention to perseverance.
4, patients with lumbar disc herniation should establish the determination to overcome the disease. Lumbar disc herniation has a long course of disease and slow recovery. Patients should maintain a happy mood and treat the disease with a positive and optimistic attitude towards life.
5, do not smoke, not fat and sweet, bitter and cold, eat more foods that nourish liver and kidney, such as animal liver, kidney, mutton, jujube and so on.
How to prevent lumbar disc herniation 1, balance diet, high protein and vitamins, low fat and low cholesterol, prevent obesity, quit smoking and drinking.
2. Pay attention to the combination of work and rest at work and have a correct posture. It is not advisable to sit for a long time, and do warm-up activities before strenuous physical activity.
3. When you lie down and rest, you should choose a hard board to keep the spine physically bent.
4. Avoid the cold and keep warm.
5. Lumbar disc herniation is a motor system disease, and the principle of prevention requires reducing exercise and relaxing.
6, usually should strengthen back muscle exercise, enhance the stability of the lumbar spine.