A Comparative Study Of Acupuncture And Moxibustion In Treating Hiccups In Ancient And Modern Documents

Purpose：Thesubjectsummarizedandcomparedtheancientandmodernliteraturesin the treatment of hiccup with acupuncture and moxibustion and the applicationof acupoints and prescription, through collecting and analyzing the prescriptionof treating hiccup with acupuncture and moxibustion in ancient and modernliterature.So it provided theoretical support and guidance for clinical application andresearch. What’s more, it can make acupuncture and moxibustion play a bettereffect.Method: Through computer retrieving the Chinese Cure Allusion Quotation whichincluding50department of ancient acupuncture and moxibustion and the databaseof journals full-text in China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI), sortingout the acupuncture treatment of hiccup in frequency of acupoints,meridian-belonging, distribution, prescription rules, special acupoints andmethods of acupuncture and moxibustion. Statistically analyzing data with theMicrosoft Access database and Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel. We can summarizethe character of acupuncture and moxibustion in treating hiccup in differenttimes.Results: Sorting out the acupuncture treatment of hiccup prescription, theauthor, acupionts and methods of acupuncture and moxibustion in the typicalancient and modern literatures, inputting the results in the database.Establishing the database that can query the prescription provisions of theacupuncture treatment of hiccup in the ancient and modern literatures.Conclusion: Doctors in different times in the treatment of hiccup withacupuncture and moxibustion generally got the acupoints in Ren Meridian, StomachMeridian and Bladder Meridian, while ancient doctors also got the acupoints inKidney Meridian and Lung Meridian and modern doctors in Pericardium Meridian.Theacupoints which were used were mostly in chest, abdomen and upper limbs. The doctors in different times got widely used in special acupoints, especially theFive Shu Points and Mu Points. Based on the methods of acupuncture,moxibustionand the combination of acupuncture and moxibustion in ancient times, the moderndoctors also used acupoint-injection therapy, electro-acupuncture, pressacupoints with fingers, cupping therapy, massage therapy, acupoints externalapplication, Mang acupuncture, Fire acupuncture and so on. And also the moderndoctors generally used reducing method, even reinforcing-reducing method andtwirling method. The high frequency descriptions are Zusanli, Neiguan, Zhongwan,Geshu, Danzhong, Cuanzhu, Tiantu, Taichong.