Five acupuncture points to treat tinnitus, if you don't accept it, you can't do it
Tinnitus is the result of different pathological changes in many diseases affecting the auditory system, which is mainly manifested by the subjective sensation of sound in the ear or in the skull without corresponding external sound sources or electrical stimuli.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidneys open to the ears, and if the kidney yin deficiency or kidney essence deficiency will lead to ear dystrophy and tinnitus. Tinnitus is often accompanied by symptoms such as dizziness, palpitations, short temper, irritability, insomnia, forgetfulness and other symptoms.
Let's take a look at what acupuncture points can relieve tinnitus symptoms -
1. Kidney Yu acupoint
Kidney Yu acupoint has the effect of benefiting the kidneys and helping yang, strengthening the waist and water.
It is located at the lower edge of the intersection of the navel level and the spine, 1.5 inches (2 finger widths) next to it.
2. Taixi Cave
Taixi acupoint is often used as a dizziness treatment in daily health care, and it has the effect of tonifying the kidney with the moxibustion therapy of Kidney Yu acupoint.
It is located on the inside of the foot, in the depression between the medial malleolus bone and the tendon of the heel bone.
3. Zusanli
Zusanli is a commonly used acupuncture point for human health care, which has the effects of replenishing and invigorating qi, regulating the spleen and stomach, activating meridians, and dispelling wind and dampness. The main choice here is to nourish qi and blood.
Located 3 inches below the knee (4 finger widths) 2 transverse fingers on the lateral side of the tibia.
4. Puff Wind Cave
It is mainly used to treat tinnitus, deafness, crooked mouth and eyes, mouth and mouth swelling, cheek swelling, toothache, scrofula, violent swelling, acute tooth pain, itching in the ears, redness, swelling and pain in the ears, and blurred vision. It can also treat facial paralysis, mumps, deafness and muteness, and temporomandibular joint pain.
It is located in a depression in front of the lower end of the posterior mastoid process (a tapered protrusion on the temporal bone on both sides of the head).
5. Listen to the uterine acupoints
The auditory acupoint mainly treats tinnitus, trigeminal neuralgia, headache, dizziness, etc.
It is located in the depression between the middle of the tragus and the condyle of the mandible, and the depression between the tragus and the mandibular joint is slightly opened when the acupoint is taken.
The above acupuncture points use warm moxibustion method, 1-2 times a day, about 20 minutes each time.
All in all, when we select acupuncture points, we mainly start from two aspects: nourishing yin and nourishing the kidneys and replenishing essence and blood. Select Kidney Yu Acupoint, Taixi Acupoint, and Zusanli to nourish yin and kidney, and nourish qi and blood; Then take the pam acupoint and the listening acupoint to promote the circulation of qi and blood in the ear to nourish the ear.