6 for the treatment of herpes zoster 
 
 
Sun Chengli Shanghai shuguang hospital baoshan branch 
 
 
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        Shingles is caused by the varicella - zoster virus, to the cluster along the unilateral peripheral nerve distribution characteristics of small blisters, often accompanied by obvious neuralgia. This fall in the incidence of a disease is higher. Before the onset of stage, often have low heat, fatigue symptoms, the rash pain and a burning sensation, trigeminal nerve herpes zoster can appear a toothache. The disease is the most common for chest or the waist herpes zoster, accounts for about 70% of the entire lesion, followed by the trigeminal herpes zoster, accounts for about 20%, damage the three distribution along the trigeminal nerve. The old course of the disease is often for 4 ~ 6 weeks, more than 8 weeks. Western medicine is given priority to with antiviral treatment, but many efficacy not sure. Chinese medicine has good curative effect in the disease treatment. 
 
        Plum needle 
 
        Once I back hair herpes zoster, one place about 5 cm, 3 cm, a small flake. Doctors according to the acupuncture doctors advice, the author use plum needle tapping the affected to bleeding slightly, and then pull out the black blood with cupping jar, a few minutes later they cans, immediate pain relief, the scabby recovered. Just tapping a plum needle pain, need to live at that time the pain, resistant to work. 
 
        Cotton moxibustion 
 
        This method can clear discharge indicates lag of toxic heat, make the evil poison with internal heat leak, obtain good effect. The method is to use cotton moxibustion disease area. Shilling patients will be fully exposed affected part, take the thin layer of medical absorbent cotton, the thinner the better (don't press the thick cotton artificially into slices, thin cotton films do not have rims and gap, so as not to burn a bit affect curative effect, fight when burned clothing), according to the damage to the thin cotton slice area size, covered in sores on the affected part, to be ready, make the patients eye closure, use a match to light cotton piece side effect of moxibustion, thin cotton piece of transient burnt out right now, feel a slight burning pain patients. According to the method of moxibustion 1 times a day, but the more 2 ~ 3 days. 
 
        Moxibustion method 
 
        Effect of this method is more significant, in some cases a bit once more, generally a bit pain, more than 10 hours after herpes to stop development, 5 days to take off the scab recover. Before and after moxibustion in informal place order, do not need drugs, both inside and outside, but also fit for adult children. Symptoms such as herpes, larger area, can make deep moxibustion, moxibustion to flush red commonly can. According to the common symptoms can be divided into two kinds of moxibustion: 
 
        1. Herpes is like a stripe, not split ends on both ends, when the moxibustion moxa twist into soybean or the size of a grain of rice grains, respectively into clusters blister ends at the end of the first (at the top and the herpes), in blister or rash, near the moxa ignites, moxibustion end first, stay moxa burning to the skin (call pain for the patients), he would immediately remove (no deep acupuncture). 
 
        2. More apart on both ends of the herpes, moxa can be placed in the head by the end of the ends of herpes fork near the middle. Moxibustion with before. 
 
        Moxibustion, tired, acupuncture and moxibustion 
 
        Directly to the affected area moxibustion, patients feel after the first pain itching, and herpes prick them one by one, with gentian violet liquid. Generally after two dry crusts. If chest herpes zoster, smoked moxibustion or ipsilateral gb 34, acupuncture moxibustion are uploaded to the side rib, expanding actually ward. Pick them one by one to break the herpes, gentian violet liquid, usually twice but is scabby. (jiu the rope) 
 
        Gb 34 bleeding 
 
        1 times a day, usually after 2 ~ 3 times, can alleviate the symptoms, after 3 ~ 6 times, the pain can disappear, herpes is the more is scabby and dry, not seen after leaving traces of neuralgia. 
 
        Purslane besmear outside 
 
        Fresh purslane to mash the coating has good curative effect, is also commonly used prescription.
 
 
 
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