FAN Di,QIU Jing-jing,TAO Hui,et al.The objectification of ashi point diagnosis and treatment[J].Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion,2023,43(10):1180-1183.
FAN Di,QIU Jing-jing,TAO Hui,et al.The objectification of ashi point diagnosis and treatment[J].Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion,2023,43(10):1180-1183.DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20221103-k0007.
The objectification of ashi point diagnosis and treatment
points play a significant role in the clinical localization and qualitative diagnosis of acupuncture
as well as in selecting acupoints along the meridians and applying tonifying or reducing techniques. This paper introduces the theoretical basis and existing technical methods of objectification of
ashi
point diagnosis and treatment. It proposes that using sensory quantitative testing to determine the temperature and tenderness thresholds of
ashi
points could help to identify the pathological characteristics of "cold" "heat" "deficiency" or "excess" of
ashi
points. In addition
the possibility of objectification of
ashi
point diagnosis-treatment plan is explored from three perspectives
precision of selection of
ashi
point therapy
objectification of effect evaluation of
ashi
point analgesia
and differentiation of the studies on
ashi
point analgesic mechanism
aiming to provide new research ideas for the modernization of traditional Chinese acupuncture.
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