What are the main acupuncture points for cupping to treat liver cancer

According to Chinese medicine, liver cancer is based on deficiency of qi and blood in the internal organs, with qi, blood, dampness, heat, stasis and toxicity as symptoms. The basic pathogenesis is accumulation in the liver, gradual accumulation and failure of the liver to release qi. Symptoms usually include swelling, hardness and pain in the right flank, weight loss, loss of appetite, fatigue, or jaundice or coma.

Cupping the meridian acupoints related to this disease can remove blood stasis, clear internal toxins, dredge meridians, activate qi and blood, strengthen positive energy, improve the local internal environment, improve local functions and symptoms, and cooperate with other therapies to promote the effective control and improvement of this disease.

【Basic application】

1. Main acupoints: Liver Shu, Kidney Shu, Qi Men and Zu San Li.

2. Significance of main acupoints: Ganshu and Shenshu, replenish the yin of liver and kidney; the liver and gallbladder meridians are distributed in the ribs, so the Qimen point of the liver meridian is taken, and combined with Zusanli to harmonize the stomach and eliminate abdominal distension, which means "when seeing a liver disease, the spleen should be strengthened first".

3. Cupping therapy plan: It can be treated in a single session, and it is best to treat it according to the course of treatment. Once a day, 30 to 60 minutes each time, ten times as a course of treatment. Comprehensively apply the basic techniques of cupping therapy.

4. Cupping procedure (conventional five steps): acupoint selection. Cupping - puncture and foaming - cupping together.

【Notes】

1. Those who have already suffered from this disease should be treated comprehensively. It is recommended to treat it as early as possible and mainly with Chinese herbal medicine.

2. Emotional factors have a great influence on this disease. Special attention should be paid to cultivating emotions, cultivating moral character, avoiding anger and irritability, and maintaining an optimistic, positive, peaceful and generous attitude and mood.

3. Pay attention to diet therapy, quit smoking, eat less, eat a low-fat diet, avoid spicy food, fried, pickled, smoked and grilled food, eat more vegetables and fruits, eat more fresh coarse grains and bean products, and appropriately increase the intake of protein, milk, and milk.

4. You can choose to use dietary therapy that has the function of strengthening the spleen for a long time, such as: barley porridge, yam porridge, red bean porridge, etc.

5. Actively dredge and clear the meridians throughout the body, remove stagnation and blockage, clear the meridians and blood, improve the internal environment, and fundamentally improve and enhance the body's self-cleaning, self-control, and self-healing abilities. This is the basis of tumor prevention and treatment.