Fire needle treatment of herpes zoster neuralgia 
 
 
Li Meng China academy of traditional Chinese medicine hospital of the gate 
 
 
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    Herpes zoster, Chinese medicine called "the snake strand sore," is caused by the varicella - zoster virus acute herpetic skin diseases. The common complications is herpes zoster neuralgia, traditional Chinese medicine called "snake Dan after the pain", especially in the low immunity incidence is higher in the elderly. Its clinical manifestation is the damaged skin innervation of hyperalgesia, paresthesia, spontaneous burning pain or stimulate the pain, or accompanied by severe itching, severe cases can make patients uncomfortable, lower quality of life.
 
    In the treatment of western medicine mainly includes analgesics, antiepileptic drugs, such as nerve nutrition drugs, although its analgesic effect in have certain curative effect, but with more adverse reactions, such as gastrointestinal discomfort, and even induce gastric ulcer, etc. In the current western medicine there is no better treatment, acupuncture and moxibustion in the treatment of the disease has a unique advantage, and widely used in clinical. Fire needle is one of the effective methods, as a kind of ancient acupuncture method, originally recorded in the pivot, the longevity days firm soft article "burnt needle is also" take the certification, is a method for the treatment of bi syndrome. Herpes zoster neuralgia is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment of category, according to the YiZong Jin Jian surgical method to gist "" light gas, according to the internal heat heavy dial the lead poison understand thoroughly inside and outside" theory, in order to bring hot, makes possible the leak of heat toxin factor, which is the embodiment of the "theory of fire YuFa.
 
    Fire needle acupuncture and spot of the two kinds of effect, destruction of organization produces chemical reaction, improve human immunity, and the heat of the fire in the herpes virus and direct killing effect. In addition, fire needle prick the skin, can make local capillary expansion, promote the blood circulation, accelerate the metabolism of local, inspires bullishness, WenTong meridian, wet the pain. Clinical commonly used fire needle is light shallow prick, the needle on the alcohol lamp heated to red after quick prick her lesions, or pain, every 2, 1, 1 ~ 2 times to be effective. Local skin glow after acupuncture or avoid bath when red not completely faded, to prevent infection.
 
 
 
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