Acupuncture therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Acupuncture is commonly used in clinical treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The treatment can help patients relieve or even eliminate symptoms such as headache and obstruction caused by nasopharyngeal carcinoma. However, patients should receive acupuncture treatment from professional Chinese medicine practitioners and should not perform the operation without authorization.

1. Nasopharyngeal cancer causes headaches

Acupuncture treatment can improve the efficacy of drug analgesia. There are two methods: 1. Select Juhai, Sibai, Hegu, Tianzhu and other acupoints, and use balanced tonification and balanced drainage. After acupuncture, the needles are retained for 15 minutes and twisted once every 5 minutes. 2. Select occipital, forehead, cortical, Shenmen and other acupoints, select 2-3 acupoints each time, retain the needles for 20 minutes, and twist once every 5 minutes.

2. Nasal congestion and runny nose caused by nasopharyngeal cancer

Commonly used acupuncture methods are: 1. Select Lieque, Hegu, Yingxiang, Bitong, Yintang and other acupoints, and use the drainage method for acupuncture. 2. Select internal nose, adrenal gland, forehead, lung and other acupoints, twist and retain the needle for 20 minutes, or bury the needle for 1 week.

3. Nosebleed

If there is heat in the liver and lungs, the fire and heat will rise, and the blood will not flow through the meridians, but will overflow into the nasal cavity. The treatment should be to drain the heat in the liver and lungs. Select Hegu, Shangxing, Shaoshang, Qimen and other acupoints, and use the draining method for acupuncture.

4. Acupuncture combined with radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, acupuncture once every 3 days, mainly with light stimulation by hand twisting, and each time the needle is left in for about 15 minutes. Three groups of main acupoints: Zusanli, Hegu; Zusanli, Shangjuxu; Zusanli, Guanyuan. Acupoints: Quchi, Lieque, Tinggong, Tinghui, Yingxiang, etc.