Name of the Treated Disease
Nasal congestion
Formula
Nasal congestion is caused by wind-cold attacking the lungs, which congeals the body fluids. Yingxiang, Shangxing, and Tongtian are effective, followed by needling Hegu and Neiting.
Specific Treatments
Nasal congestion, nasal obstruction, chronic nasal diseases, chronic hypertrophic rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal polyp hyperplasia, nasal congestion caused by atrophic rhinitis, etc.
Specific Acupoints
Yingxiang, Shangxing, Tongtian, Hegu, Neiting
Introduction to Acupoints
- Yingxiang: Located 0.5 cun outside the nasal depression.
- Shangxing: Located 1 cun above the tip of the nose, directly above, and 1 cun within the hairline.
- Tongtian: Located half a cun in front of Baihui and 1.5 cun away from the midline.
- Hegu: Located in the depression between the first and second metacarpal bones of the hand.
- Neiting: Located in the depression between the second and third toes of the foot. It is the Ying – Spring point of the Stomach Meridian of Foot – Yangming, belonging to water.
Etiology and Pathological Analysis
[Analysis 1] According to The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, it is all due to the unresolved exogenous cold – pathogen, the toxic – pathogen attacking the brain, or the growth of nasal polyps, with excessive heat in the brain. The nose is the orifice of the lung. When wind – cold attacks the lung, the body fluids congeal, resulting in nasal congestion. Or when wind – heat attacks the lung, the nasal membrane becomes swollen, which also leads to the disease of nasal congestion.
Medical Case
[Case 1] Miss Xiao, 21 years old, from Chiayi, Taiwan, lived in the first section of Xinsheng South Road. She had suffered from nasal congestion for several years. On December 21st, 1971, she came to me for treatment. After 11 treatments of needling Yingxiang, Shangxing, Tongtian, Hegu, and Meichong, she recovered.