TIAN Zhao,ZENG Ping,XU Zhiwei,et al.WEI Guikang's Experience in Treating Postpartum Sacroiliac Joint Pain with Wei's Extraordinary Points[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2022,63(22):2114-2117.
TIAN Zhao,ZENG Ping,XU Zhiwei,et al.WEI Guikang's Experience in Treating Postpartum Sacroiliac Joint Pain with Wei's Extraordinary Points[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2022,63(22):2114-2117.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2022.22.004.
This paper summarized WEI Guikang's experience in treating postpartum sacroiliac joint pain with manipulation plus acupuncture at Wei's extraordinary points. The manipulations integrate the
yin
-
yang
and the five-phase theories, so as to regulate and harmonize the five phases and the five zang organs. Acupuncture mainly focuses on supplementing deficiency and draining excess, and also tries to unblock Governer Vessel (督脉) and rectify the spine, and to treat the concurrent patterns simultaneously. He is especially good at warming-needle moxibustion, by using fire to assist
yang
, banking up and supplementing source
qi
, considering the three categories of disease cause, and making modifications in relation to the changed syndromes.