[Thinking and methods of treatment of Sjogren's syndrome based on syndrome differentiation of Triple Energizer].
Sjogren's syndrome is one of clinical difficult and complicated diseases and there is no radical treatment for it at present. The authors summarize the thinking of clinical syndrome differentiation and treatment of acupuncture and moxibustion, 4 syndrome-differentiation methods and dredging the Triple Energizer channel, and needling three parts by long-term clinical practice and in combination with clinical study achievements of TCM in recent years, and put the important point of treatment on the Triple Energizer, with the points on the Triple Energizer channel as main points, combined with the points with functions of regulating functional activity of qi and regulating visceral functions, attaining better results. This provides a new method for acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of Sjogren's Syndrome.
Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100094, China. xuyang65@hotmail.com
Yang
Y
Xu
Ying-kai
YK
Zhao
Jian-bin
JB
Cheng
D026881:Acupuncture; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D009071:Moxibustion; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome