title: [Preliminary study on syndrome differentiation types and acupuncture for whiplash injuries].
abstract: Whiplash injury is a relatively common injury of clinical acupuncture and moxibustion in the United States. The mechanism and clinical manifestation of whiplash injuries as well as its pathogenesis described in TCM were analyzed in this present article. The authors introduced the TCM syndrome differentiation of whiplash injuries and claimed that both the location and the stage of disease should be considered. For the different injury locations, the meridian musculature differentiation was applied to classify the whiplash injuries as Taiyang, Yangming, Shaoyang and Shaoyin Meridian syndromes. Considering the duration of the injury, qi stagnation and blood stasis types were classified in the acute stage and phlegm accumulation, insufficiency of the liver and kidney and qi and blood deficiencies types were classified during the chronic stage. An acupuncture protocol for whiplash injuries and typical cases were also introduced.
authors.affiliation: Beijing University of CM, Beijing 100029, China. chenyemeng@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ye-meng
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Qun-ce
authors.initials: QC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Tian-fang
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014911:Whiplash Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*