RESEARCH ON THE TENDERNESS OF ACUPOINTS AT THE SIDE OF THE SECOND
METACARPAL BONE CAUSED BY CHRONIC PULMONARY CADIOPATHYDr. Zhang Jitin and Dr. Huo Zhenye
The correlated acupoints at the side of the second metacarpal bone will show the symptom of tenderness if there is disease in the correlated region or organ of the human body. This has been confirmed by a vast amount of cases. Then what about the law of the pressure pain acupoints of the second metacarpal bone if the disease of one organ is caused by the disease of another organ, or the hypofunction of one organ or several organs is caused by the hypofunction of another organ? We take the chronic pulmonary heart disease (called pulmonary heart disease for short) for an example and research comparatively with other respiratory diseases (called control group for short). The result shows that there exists obvious differences between the tenderness of the acupoint at the side of the second metacarpal bone of the coronary cadiopath and the patient with respiratory disease. Following is the report.
I. General Data
All the cases were hospitalized in Internal Medicine-Respiratory System Department of our hospital. Among the group of 38 cases of pulmonary heart disease, 35 cases were male and 3 cases were female, aged from 38 to 82. The average age was 64. Among the 34 cases in the control group, 23 cases were male, 11 cases were female, aged from 10 to 76. The average age was 41. There were 1 case of bronchiectasis, 16 cases of pleuritis, 8 cases of pneumonia, 1 case of emphysema and 2 cases of lung cancer.
II. Method
Massage one by one the acupoints at the sides of both second metacarpal bones following Professor Zhang Yingqing's quick diagnosis at the side of the second metacarpal bone. Record the name and the number of the pressure pain acupoint. Then diagnose while checking the medical history and divide them into 2 groups--pulmonary heart disease group and control group. The cases which contract nephropathy or lumbar disease are not included in the groups. III. Result
1. The contrast of the number of the pressure pain lung-heart acupoint at the side of the second metacarpal bone between the two groups is shown in table 1.
2. The contrast of the number of the pressure pain kidney acupoint at the side of the second metacarpal bone between the two groups is shown in table 2.
IV. Discussion
The focus of the pulmonary heart disease and other respiratory disease is in the chest, so the correlated pressure pain acupoint at the side of the second metacarpal bone should be the same according to the law of correlation. But the research shows that the pressure pain acupoint of pulmonary heart disease is quite different from that of respiratory disease. Kidneys acupoint is the main pressure pain acupoint of pulmonary heart disease. The reason may be the development of deseases. According to Chinese traditional medicine, the five internal organs are correlated in physiology while developing in pathology. The cases of pulmonary heart disease that we observed are mainly advanced stage patients. They were also long-standing cases that had been treated for a long time in vain as, which had effected the kidneys. A series of symptoms caused by deficiency of the kidney (from Chinese traditional medicine) appeared. And the pressure pain acupoint changed at the same time from lung-heart acupoint to kidneys acupoint at the period of time when the patient had just contracted the disease. This research confirmed that quick diagnosis at the side of the second metacarpal bone cannot only locate the focus but also qualitatively diagnose the disease and furnish strong evidence to treatment. Moreover, if there is no reason to explain why the pressure pain acupoint sometimes does not correspond to the focus of the disease, the development of diseases should be thought of, such as lung to spleen, lung to kidneys and so on.
80-90% of the cases of pulmonary heart disease were developed from chronic bronchitis of emphysema. There is no remarkable effective therapy to cure chronic bronchitis up to now. It should be taken even more seriously as the prognosis of pulmonary heart disease. The acute attack of pulmonary heart disease may be released through certain treatment while the pathological injury of the lung and heart are not reduced but worsened. Thus, the key to stabilization of the crisis and prolonging the life of the patient is to decrease the acute attack of pulmonary heart disease. We directed the patients to massage the kidney acupoints at the side of both second metacarpal bones 3-5 minutes each side and 6-10 minutes each time, along with the addition of abdominal breathing exercise 5-15 minutes,which should be done at least once a day. By now, there are some cases which have no acute attack during the winter and spring. Meanwhile, the exact curative effect should be confirmed by more cases. It is regarded to be a new path to end the crisis of pulmonary heart disease.
Most of the patients who contracted the pulmonary heart disease are aged more than 40 and have long illness duration. Most of the patients in the control group are young soldiers with short illness duration. Thus, the age of the patients in these 2 groups are quite different, but there is no report about the effect on quick diagnosis at the side of the second metacarpal bone caused by the difference of age. We need to do more research on it.
Reference
1. Zhang, Yingqing. ECIWO Diagnosis and Therapy. Jinan: Shandong UP, 1988, 8-9