Part II: Why You Should Have A Family Acupuncture Doctor? | 【于博士文章系列】为什么要去看针灸医生（二）？

In the last article I listed out several examples of acupuncture fixing various problems. Have you ever thought acupuncture can deal with bacteria? The answer is yes.

I have a female patient for eleven years. She have come to my clinic for various problems, such as stomach pain, back pain, face puffiness, and anxiety. We eventually became very good friends.

Recently, she came to seek for treatment of vaginitis. Before she came to me, she was already on antibiotics for a while. She had tried several kinds of antibiotics. Every time she changed the antibiotic, the problem would become better for several days, and then came back again. The syndromes were typical of vaginitis: discharge, itching, burning, frequent urinating and back pain. She also told me she have had nephritis three months ago. I checked out her tongue and I found out her tongue appeared pink, and the coating of the tongue appeared white and thick. I checked her pulse, and her pulse felt “slippery”---which is a sign of inflammation.

After knowing her conditions, I proceeded to treatment. According to the TDM theory of the liver jing passes through vaginal area, I used needles on her li gou, guan yuan, qu gu, yin ling quan, tai chong, ci liao points. She felt better after first treatment. The second treatment was the same as the first time, and I gave her some extra herbal medicine to wash the infected area. She was very excited when she came to my clinic the third time. She said: “Thank you! This is amazing! I was so depressed before I came to you, and now all the syndromes have completely gone.”

She was very surprised acupuncture can treat bacterial infection like vaginitis and asked me why. I told this is because acupuncture does not kill bacteria directly, but changes the environment that the bacteria live to that they cannot survive. Antibiotics can kill bacteria very effectively but they cannot change the environment so the bacteria may regrow every time, especially when the body’s defense is weak---this is very common among women who suffer from chronic vaginitis and urinary tract infection. Acupuncture changes the environment, like cleaning up a house, and opening the window to let fresh air in. At the same time acupuncture can strengthen the body’s defense. This is why acupuncture can heal bacterial related problems.

Do you think this is amazing? Actually such things happen every day in our clinic---and this is why you need acupuncture.

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通过上一篇文章，你们必定认识到：哦，针灸可以治疗如此多的问题。那今天我再以一个最近的病例说起。

这个女病人一个欧洲移民，我们认识已经有十一年了。在这十一年里，她曾因为胃痛、腰痛、面肿、焦虑等问题不时来看我，因此我们也就成老朋友了。而这次是因为阴道霉菌感染来看我。

在来看我之前，她的医生已经给她服用抗生素治疗，并换了几次药。每次换药都要好几天，之后又迅速复发。病状主要是阴道灼热、痒痛难忍、小便短频、以及腰痛。她曾有过肾炎（上尿路感染，三个月前）的病史，舌头淡红、舌苔白厚腻、脉沉滑、手足发冷，于是我就根据肝经脉络行过阴部的理论，及久病必虚及有湿热的表现，用针灸方法帮她治疗。针取蠡沟穴、关元、曲骨、阴陵泉、太冲、次髎，结束治疗时病人已明显减轻症状。第二诊同上，我再给予她一些中药外洗。第三次来诊时病人非常激动，跟我说：“太好了，谢谢你！基本症状全消失了，我之前因为这个都快得抑郁症了。”她很奇怪为什么针灸可以治疗细菌感染，我就告诉她：为什么抗生素没奏效呢？因为她感染部位的环境适合细菌生长繁殖，抗生素可以杀死细菌，但是并不能改变环境。尤其在身体抵抗力弱的情况下，身体环境不改变，细菌就不断繁殖，任何抗生素都没有用。这个情况已经被很多长期阴道感染和尿路感染的妇女所证实。

那为什么针灸就有效果？实际上针灸并没有杀细菌，而是改变了细菌繁殖的环境。如同一个紧闭的房子容易发霉，而针灸的工作就是打开门窗让新鲜的空气进来改变屋内的环境。针灸在改变细菌繁殖所需要的环境同时还快速提高人体抵抗力，因此三次治疗就治愈了这个顽疾。

你现在是否认为这很神奇呢？其实这种事在我们针灸医师诊所是天天发生的，这就是你需要看针灸师的原因了。