The TCM Literature Study Hiccup

Objective:To Investigate and research the literature that since ancient times and recent 20 years about hiccup the literature of anti-aging moxibustion, discussing clinical application of hiccup on the theoretical. Provide theoretical support for clinical application and the feasibility of reference about the effective methods to cure the hiccup.Methods:Read carefully ancient medical books about the hiccup literature such as《Yellow Emperor》,《Treatise on Febrile Diseases》,《Synopsis of Prescriptions of Golden Cabinet》《Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold for Emergencies》etc.And organized, summarized, sumed the hiccup literature based on the combination of CBMdis,Vip,CNKI in recent years. Comparison of the similarities and differences on the hiccup between ancient and modern.Results:1. First,The origin and evolvement of the disease name was combed,which clarifies the venation of name evolving from a name for symptom to a name for disease and distinguishes hiccup from related and similar diseases.2. With a dynastic history of medicine development unfolded, the characters of medicine and the theories about hiccup in each stage were summarized, whose emphasis is the important study on hiccup in every stage.3. There is more kind of therapies to cure to the hiccup,including herbal chineses medicine,acupuncture,auricular application,earpins,eyepins,moxibustion,point injection,Electro-Acupuncture,acupuncture comprehensive therapy.