Key result
Acupoint application for hypertension predominantly uses vesicatory herbs targeting the liver, kidney, and spleen meridians.
Why the study?
The study was conducted to explore the rules of acupoint selection and drug use in the treatment of hypertension with acupoint application therapy.
What are the rules of acupoint selection and drug use in the treatment of hypertension with acupoint application therapy?
What are the rules of acupoint selection and drug use in the treatment of hypertension with acupoint application therapy?
Acupoint application therapy for hypertension predominantly utilizes vesicatory herbal drugs that are warm or slightly cold, aiming to balance cold and heat while tonifying deficiency and reducing excess.
Guides herb and meridian selection for acupoint application in hypertension; extends systematic mapping of traditional patterns to inform trials.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the rules of acupoint selection and drug use in treatment of hypertension with acupoint application therapy. METHODS: The articles of the clinical research of hypertension treated with acupoint application therapy were retrieved from Chinese journal full-text database (CNKI), VIP database (VIP) and Wanfang databases from the time of establishment to January 20, 2019. The database was set up with Microsoft Excel 2010. Using the cloud platform of the ancient and modern medicine record, the frequency statistical and clustering analyses were conducted. The herbs used were mainly warm and slight cold in nature and neutral in property. The frequencies of the drug use were similar in the application for cold and heat purposes. The common flavors of the herbal medicines were pungent, sweat and bitter and the liver, kidney and spleen meridians were generally involved in meridian tropism. CONCLUSION: organs. The vesicatory herbal drugs are predominant in the drug use. In generally, this therapy embodies the treatment principles as tonifying for the deficiency and reducing for the excess, as well as balancing of cold and heat.
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Ya-qi et al. (2020) conducted a review in hypertension. acupoint application therapy was evaluated on rules of acupoint selection and drug use. Acupoint application therapy for hypertension predominantly utilizes vesicatory herbal drugs that are warm or slightly cold in nature, targeting the liver, kidney, and spleen meridians.
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