LAI Xinsheng, WU Peilong, ZHUANG Juanjuan, et al. Therapeutic Advantage and Clinical Application of Combined Used of Acupuncture and Herbs[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2017, 58(12): 1010-1012.
LAI Xinsheng, WU Peilong, ZHUANG Juanjuan, et al. Therapeutic Advantage and Clinical Application of Combined Used of Acupuncture and Herbs[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2017, 58(12): 1010-1012.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2017.12.006.
Therapeutic Advantage and Clinical Application of Combined Used of Acupuncture and Herbs
The therapeutic effect advantages of combined use of acupuncture and herbs have been affirmed by past Chinese medicine practitioners. Acupuncture
which belongs to external treatment
mainly treats channels and collaterals; decoction mainly treats Zang-fu viscera
which belongs to internal treatment. The authors discuss from 3aspects: historical inheritance
therapeutic advantages and clinical use of acupuncture combined with herbs. The authors think that the advantages of acupuncture combined with herbs are embodied in treating both channel-collaterals and Zang-fu viscera
effect-enhancing and toxicity-reducing
indication extended and the course of treatment shorten.The authors put forward that acupuncture combined with herbs should differentiate external-internal and deficiencyexcess syndromes and know the disease causes