Notes on Huangdi Neijing (16): Treating Lumbar Discomfort (I)

At the end of work, my old friend called and invited me to dinner. I said I would go to dinner another day. I'm a little busy these days. My old friend said, come on, I've been lying on the floor for a long time, and I can't move my waist. I can't help laughing. If you want to stick a needle, just say so. Don't waste dinner!

My old friend is almost a different person, walking with a full stomach, crossing his legs and shaking like a stumbling duck. It takes almost a few minutes to stand up and hold the creaking table with both hands. I said, how long? He said that for three days, I bent down to get something and accidentally. I thought it would pass if I persisted, and the result became more and more serious. When I was really uncomfortable, an old man simply lay on the ground. The pain of an old friend is located in the middle of the lower back and radiates to the palm-sized area around.

The syndrome is lower jiao, and the meridians are Du Meridian, Taiyang Meridian and Vein.

In the middle of the disease, the acupoints are selected according to the male left and the female right. I pulled up his left hand. I put a needle into Xixi point after the intersection of Du meridian, another needle into Waiguan point and the intersection of meridians, and Sun put a needle into Yanggu point, Xiaohai point and wrist point respectively.

Yanggu point is the same as the lower jiao, but Xiaohai point and carpal bone point are opposite to Yanggu point.

Put the palm upright, the palm root is just the lower focus position, and take the wrist point, which also means to use the triple focus of the palm with air pockets.

Of course, my old friend's illness is at the intersection of the middle and lower jiao of the lower back. If this disease is regarded as moderate coke, it is also treated according to the syndrome. However, it is best to use the needle sequence from the middle jiao Xiaohai point.

Always know where each needle starts and how to switch. This is the same as fighting. Where is the breakthrough, where is the encirclement point, where is the main battlefield and where is the rear area, it must be the overall situation and the order of understanding.

I asked my old friend to try to stand up again, which was obviously much better. I stood up and pressed my hands gently against the table. It's not a problem to stand up, but it still hurts to sit down. He said.

The living habits of old friends are really messy. When they sleep at night, they love to turn on the air conditioner all night, not only without a quilt, but sometimes with bare arms. What's more, I don't rest until one or two in the morning every day, and I can't sleep for hours a day. The onset of low back pain was never caused by his careless bending, and these daily bad habits could not escape.

It still hurts to sit down. The revolution has not succeeded yet.

Or from the inversion of Yin and Yang, the sun at least reverses the Yin meridian Tongli point through the wrist point; Shaoyang passes through Waiguan point (the intersection with pulse) and switches from exterior to interior to Jueyin point, which has a lot to do with "waist can't pitch".

At the same time, adjust Quchi point of Yangming meridian and Chize point of Taiyin meridian.

These stitches were like a godsend. My old friend stood up and walked normally, and all the uncomfortable symptoms disappeared, which made two friends next to him dumbfounded. They made a bet before I went. Except my old friend, no one expected that Huangdi Neijing would have such a good effect.

It is really convenient for Huangdi to treat such an emergency as low back pain, and there are many such examples. But some things I have experienced by myself have another real feeling.

One morning, my father sent me a wechat and asked if he had time to sew a few stitches for him. His waist was not good. According to my father's character, he wouldn't come to me like this unless he had to. The waist is not good, it should be a big waist. Fortunately, they were not far apart, so I got up and hurried to my father. Father's symptom is that he can't sit down or stand up when standing, and the pain is concentrated in the central peripheral area of lumbar spine and near the right hip jump point.

It is identified as lower jiao, and the meridians are Du Meridian, Taiyang Meridian, Daimai Meridian and Shaoyang Meridian.

According to the rule of treating diseases from left to right, take a needle from the intersection of the left hand Taiyang meridian and Du meridian, Houxi point, Shaoyang meridian, Waiguan point and vein.

At the same time, the sun switches up and down to wrist point through Houxi point, and the sun switches at least to Yin meridian Tongli point through Houxi point.

Then the Pianli point of Yangming Meridian and the Ququ point of Taiyin Meridian are adjusted in the middle.

In less than ten minutes, my father felt 70% or 80% better and could easily stand up and walk freely. It was consolidated again in the evening, and the next day my father's waist returned to normal.

This incident makes me very emotional. What kind of scene would it be if I didn't know how to acupuncture the Yellow Emperor before? I rushed to my father, then helped him run down the stairs, feeling distressed and complaining, and then went to the hospital to queue up, register, check up, take medicine, hang water, and maybe stay in the hospital for a few days.

I sometimes think naively, what would it be like if everyone in every family studied Huangdi Neijing? Is this what Master Yang Zhenhai and Teacher Liu Lihong have been expecting? Everyone knows medicine, and there are few diseases in the world.

After dreaming, you have to go back to the present. Let's first get familiar with the waist meridians, mainly the Du meridian, the Sun pulse and the Dai pulse, which are generally known to all.

What needs to be emphasized may be the symptoms of low back pain, such as a week-long pulse-taking around the waist. Generally, acupoints should be selected on this meridian.

The intersection point with the pulse is Zulin air pocket, so why take Waiguan point? Of course, it is best to take the air cavity in the foot forest, but it is much more convenient than the hand point. Therefore, it is generally to seek common ground and just switch up and down.

Then why take Waiguan point? Because Waiguan point and Zulingqi point are both points where eight veins meet, and both points have the same shaoyang meridian and qi, finding Waiguan point is a relatively "close" option.

There are two other meridians to be noted here, which should be taken as important considerations in the process of using needles.

One is Shaoyin Meridian, which is characterized by "low waist and back on the upper thigh and running through the spine, belonging to kidney" and "low back pain due to qi deficiency". This meridian often has a miraculous effect on treating low back pain. Of course, from the application of the sun through inside and outside inversion, the effect should be similar.

The other is Jueyin Meridian, "You can't pitch back pain when you move". This meridian is often overlooked, but the practical use of the needle can be put to good use.

"Low back pain can't pitch" is very clear. Patients with low back pain can't bend back and forth, and Jueyin Meridian can show its talents.

At the same time, most patients with low back pain will also use Waiguan point, where the pulse intersects. As an important point of shaoyang meridian, Waiguan point can also be inverted with Jueyin meridian.

It is suggested that the symptoms of lumbar discomfort are identified as lower jiao, and the meridians are mainly Du Meridian, Taiyang Meridian, Daimai Meridian, Shaoyin Meridian and Jueyin Meridian.

Generally, treating diseases according to the upper part, treating left diseases right, and treating right diseases left seek common ground. If the symptoms are on both sides, the relatively serious side is the main symptom; If the symptoms in the middle or both sides are basically similar, you can seek common ground according to male left and female right.

Acupoints can be selected according to the acupoints given in the chapters of "Sanjiao Meridian (Same Qi)" and "Xiajiao Meridian (Same Qi)" in Huangdi Neijing.

The specific point selection can be based on Ashi point. If the acupuncture effect is not good, it can be strengthened by reversing yin and yang.