Professor Xu Yiguo 's Theory And Practice Of Treating Acute Low Back Pain With "Clavicular Needle"

Acute lumbago is a clinical common and frequently-occurring disease,and lumbago means that one side or both sides of the lumbar is painful,as well as the spine. We called it acute lumbago if the pain lasts less than 12 weeks. The traditional Chinese medicine thinks that,acute lumbago is a kind of arthralgia, and has a closed association with the kidney. Most thinks that the disease location in the waist,multi linked to six channels of foot. The etiology and pathogenesis of acute lumbago has three theories,Internal cause pathogenic said, Exogenous pathogenic said,and both inside and outside for pathogenic said. But give priority to the theory with “Lack of vital qi in the body and pathogens invade at outside, inside and outside pathogens cause the occurrence of diseases”. Acute lumbago is acupuncture and massage of the common diseases,without appropriate treatment,it may develop into chronic low back pain. So to find a way to relieve pain in a short time,and make the patient recovered becomes the key to treating acute lumbago.Professor Chen Yiguo has a unique perspective in the treatment of acute lumbago,and he put forward“clavicle acupuncture”firstly,basing on the ECIWO theory,sancai theory,the meridian and viscera theory,and combine with clinical experience. Acupuncture treatment of first choice is Yaoxue,with the syndrome to add and subtract of Shenxue,Xiazhixue,Zuxue,disease reaction point,and combine with exercise therapy after acupuncture treatment. This treatment options has achieved great effect on clinical trials,which also has the benefit that simple selection of acupoints,easy exposure,risk is very small,operate quickly,and it can be a new treatment of acute illness in clinical. This paper discusses the “clavicle acupuncture” to treat acute lumbago in both of the theory and clinical。...