| Objective《Internal Canon of the Yellow Emperor》 says:"Evil cannot invade a body with a staunch body defense; if it can, the body is bound to have weakness". The weaker the body defense, the stronger the evil and eventually it will attack our body.In human history, people spend most of times on working in day times and resting at night. They regain their energy through sleeping so that this can raise their efficiencies in working and studying. The enemy of insomnia is sleeping well. Each of us has had the experience of insomnia before. It is only a matter of frequency. Accordingly, insomnia is commonly seen, and the common one is sleeping disorder. The symptoms of severe insomnia are fatigue, dizziness, headache, palpitation, loss of memory, etc. If insomnia persists, it will directly affect the physical and mental wellbeing of a person. Therefore people are now more and more concerned with it. In Hong Kong, the problem of insomnia is getting more and more serious. A recent survey conducted by the Department of Health showed that the number of people in Hong Kong suffering from insomnia is estimated to reach 1.4 million. There are many friends or relatives around us. They all feel good about their physical well-being. They think that insomnia is not a big problem, so they do not bother to care about it. All of a sudden, they are diagnosed with incurable diseases, but are found too late to be treated. As a matter of fact, if they pay much attention on their body signal and discover any abnormalities in an early stage, the problem will be tackled easily. Say in other way, they will not miss the golden opportunity of treatment. What a pity!There are various types of methods of treating insomnia. Western medicine focuses on using oral medicine, but there are many side-effects. In Chinese medicine, insomnia can be cured by taking Chinese medicine based on the various patterns differentiation associated with acupuncture, auricular pressure or other treatment methods. Some people loathe taking medicine because of the bad taste, some people are afraid of acupuncture because of the pain, and some dislike the outlook of ears with plasters attached. Besides, they all need to go to the clinic and let the expert do it. It is very inconvenience. Professor CHEUNG Wing-ching found an acupoint of leg along the radial side of 2nd phalange of hand. This acupoint can cure many diseases related to leg. At that time, his discovery was influenced by the acupoints found in ear representing our whole body. Through many practices and experiments, it was found that there are many acupoints located along the radial side of 2nd phalange. From distal part to proximal part with respect to the heart, the acupoints are arranged from head to foot representing our whole body. He further discovered that all the long bones had also this sequence of acupoints arrangement. Besides, he also discovered that all these acupoints possessed the contemporary biological meaning. Based on the holographic theory, each acupoint point can represent a particular part of body.In view of the above analysis, a clinical study is conducted on the basis of holographic theory. Insomnia due to liver qi stagnation is to be cured by a non-invasive method, namely acupressure with seed attached on the 2nd phalange at the radial side combined with intake of Chinese medicine. It is hoped to find an effective method with easy manoeuvre. If really so, a new breakthrough of health preservation is discovered for the mankind.There have been so far not many studies concerning diagnosis from visual inspection of hands for discovery, treatment and prevention of illnesses. Though there were some clinical studies and journal reports about this arena, it was still not comprehensive. Through this thesis, it is hoped that a better way can be found for early diagnosis, treatment and prevention of illnesses, especially for those people suffering from insomnia. This is the gist of this thesis. The so-called a cat is a good cat if the cat can catch rats regardless of its colors.MethodsThe methods of my study include 2 parts:studying of journal reports and undergoing clinical experiment. First of all, a search in the China Journals Full-text Database was conducted starting from 1989 to 2013. All journals about diagnosis from hands and treatment of insomnia based on holographic theory were studied. Other different databases as well as books and magazines in relation to this area were also studied. Useful parts were extracted for analysis. Secondly, a clinical experiment was conducted.60 patients were randomly selected for study in the author’s clinic established in Hong Kong. They were all matched with the diagnostic standard and acceptance standard. 30 patients were grouped as Trial Group, whereas 30 patients were grouped as Control Group. All patients in Trial Group were treated by applying 0.5cm X 0.5cm of adhesive plaster with Wang Bu Liu Xing attached on the Hand’s 2nd phalange at the radial side together with consumption of Chinese medicine, whereas patients of Control Group were merely treated by consumption of Chinese medicine. Both groups took the same decoction, namely Chaihulonggumuli Decoction. The Trial Group was additionally treated by application of Wang Bu Liu Xing on the head acupoint, heart acupoint and Ah points, if any, along the radial side of 2nd phalange of the hand. Patients were reminded to press on those points at least 5 times or above per day for 1 min to stimulate the points. They must have the feelings of numbness or pain.5 days on right hand first and then 5 days on left alternatively.10 days was taken as 1 successful treatment. After 2 successful treatments, the result of each patient was analyzed. Before and after treatment, each patient is required to fill in a form to assess any improvement of symptoms, including the insomnia, physical condition in day time and the headache situation. The severity of each symptom was allocated with marks. The marks calculated were used for comparison before and after treatment as an indication of its effectiveness of treatment.ResultsIn this clinical experiment, as far as the comparisons of the two groups in gender, age and duration are concerned, it showed p>0.05. It meant that there were no statistically significant between the two groups. Concerning the result of the treatment, the total effective treatment in Trial group accounted for 93.3%, whereas the Control group was 83.3%.ConclusionObviously, the application of acupressure on the hands’ 2nd phalange at the radial side together with the intake of Chinese medicine in the Trial Group is better than simply consumption of Chinese medicine (Control Group) as far as treatment of insomnia caused by stagnation of Liver Qi is concerned. Since the meridians are inter-connected with each other, pressing those relevant points can balance the yin-yang of the internal organs, and hence hasten the treatment of insomnia. Hand massage is simple and easy to learn. It can both treat illness as well as preserve health. It is highly recommended to patients clinically. |
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