Acupoint selection for female infertility treatment from Chinese medical classics

• Main Authors: Yu-Wen Chen, 陳玉汶
• Other Authors: 陳立德
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/90473981984451241833

碩士 === 中國醫藥大學 === 中國醫學研究所碩士班 === 94 === Female infertility is one of the increasing gynecological diseases around the world in the 20th century. According to Chinese medical classics, acupuncture and moxibustion are widely practiced as treatments to internal and surgical diseases also gynecological diseases. The purpose of this study was to establish a research method to investigate how acupuncture and moxibustion were used in female infertility in Chinese medical classics for clinical practice. Twelve ancient disease terms of female infertility were obtained from three references. These terms were then used as keywords to perform searches in Chinese medical classics with acupuncture and moxibustion treatments published before A.D. 1911 (Chin Dynasty) and sorted by “classics and acupoints” and “disease terms and acupoints”. Forty three acupoints and 9 meridians were commonly used in treatment of female infertility. The following prescriptions are suggested from this study: Select the meridians of ren and kidney as primary acupoints and those from bladder meridian, extra-meridian acupoints, stomach meridian, spleen meridian, liver meridian, du meridian, gallbladder meridian,, and heart meridian as an secondary acupoints. Zhongji (RN3), Guanyuan (RN4), Rangu (KI2), Yinjiao (RN7), Yinlian (LR11), Qichoug (ST30), Yongquan (KI1) were suggested as major points selected for female infertioity treatment.