Acupuncture to cerebral infarction swallowing disorder

ZhuMaLiang jinshui district of zhengzhou city, henan province city of offering health hospital

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        Cerebral infarction swallowing disorder is one of the common sequelae stroke, clinical diagnosis for more pseudobulbar paralysis, much is caused by the central the medulla oblongata paralysis, the double side of cortical brain stem from damage. Its clinical characteristics for the medulla oblongata of muscle paralysis by dominant or incomplete paralysis, the soft palate, throat, tongue muscle movement difficulty, swallowing, pronunciation, difficulty speaking. Clinical mainly for patients can't eat, words Jian astringent, food or liquid into the throat and choke to cause severe cough, often cause aspiration pneumonia, severe malnutrition, dehydration, and even such as choking complications, the serious influence stroke rehabilitation, extend the length of time, increase mortality. At present there are traditional Chinese and western medicine for the disease potent drugs, the author clinical use acupuncture therapy effect is satisfied.

        Head needle: main mainly USES the JinSanZhen acupuncture methods. The head of the acupuncture points in order: the four, an anchor back there (to the flat lesions thorn), NieSanZhen, brain three stitches. LiuZhen 40 minutes. Once a day, weekly needle 6 times, take a day. Acupuncture points can be adjusted and head qi function, improve tissue and organ blood supply, make brain cells function was restored to achieve remedial goal. Clinical experiments prove head point of the brain can improve blood flow, promote the establishment collateral circulation, improve the cerebral cortex ischemia state, strengthen the lesions of the damaged cells around compensatory function, can increase the flow of blood of the lesions, improve brain cortex ischemia position, make dormant awakening of nerve cells, improve brain cells oxygen intake ability, promoting damage repair and regeneration neurons.

        TiZhen: take three tongue needle (JinSanZhen), YaMen, in the Xi, Yin meridians, half paralyzed with the QuChi acupuncture, hand) shut, close the valley, ZhongZhu, chop off, and fell rabbit, blood, LiangQiu, YangLingQuan, foot three mile, hang a bell, XieXi emmeniopathy, hole. LiuZhen 30 minutes. Once a day, weekly needle 6 times, take a day. Clinical reports acupuncture points can make local patients acid hemp bilge heavy feeling, cause swallow, stimulate glossopharyngeal nere and the vagus nerve distribution area, so as to produce the Internet through afferent neurons on to excited motor neuron, restore the cerebral cortex of dry adjust action, promote swallowing function recovery. Heart hidden god, the Lord god ambition, in general, Yin Xi acupuncture point for theheart sutra meridians, attending tongue pharynx disease, the acupuncture but swallowing disorder treatment.

        Swallowing disorder is stroke common sequelae, clinical have reported for cerebral infarction patients, acupuncture treatment of the earlier the better. So the early disease, brain cells have not yet necrosis, cell activity in a reversible state, this time give acupuncture, can make the peripheral vascular lesions outspread, make brain cells quickly restored blood supply. Reduce and eliminate the symptoms of swallowing disorder, make patients recover. Acupuncture is the treatment of stroke swallowing disorder treatment is one of the main technique, the disease is also one of basic-level hospitals common diseases, is worthy to be popularized.