Some Effective Points to Heal the Neck Pain | 太厉害了——治疗颈椎痛绝招，很少人知道

Recently, more and more patients come to our clinic for severe neck pain. Among the patients seeking help for pain related problems, most of them have neck pains. Why are there so many neck pain patients within two weeks? What are the causes of their problems? These questions may be left for further study, and today I would like to talk more about the healing of neck pain.

I am very familiar with neck pain, upper back pain, and lower back pain, because it has been my major field of study and application. Many years ago I published an article--- “The Eight Needles of the Neck” discussing the treatment of neck problems using the “eight needles” method. By then I was very contended because most of the patients would be healed quickly. However, as I explored more in the clinical practice, I eventually found that this “eight needles” method do not work so well for the more serious and acute cases, especially when the pain points were on the places where the muscle attaching the bones. For years I studied new methods such as distant points selecting and surface vein bleeding and it was not until recently that I found an effective new way to heal neck pain.

Here are some key points to these methods:

1. Distant Points Selecting

I usually take pairs of points using this method. The first pair is the Shugu and Houxi point. It is used for acute serious pain, and the needle technique is usually the reducing (“xie”) technique. Patients of this condition usually also has restriction of movement along with headache and shoulder pain that may extend to the shoulder blades and arms that make them unable to sleep or work. The second pair is the Kunlun and Taixi point. It is used treto at chronic conditions, and the needle technique is usually the adding (“bu”) technique on Taixi and reducing (“xie”) technique on Kunlun. These patients may suffer from long term serious neck pain and unease, and no pillow can fit them. Therefore they usually also have panic and depression problems.

2. Surface Vein Bleeding

This method is usually a follow-up after needle piercing. It is effective for both acute and chronic pain. It can be applied to the point of pain, or to the Dazhui, Dazhu, Gaomang and Tianzong points. It can also be applied on distant points such as Kunlun and Shugu, which need to be determined according to the actual situation.

Dear friends, if you can apply the above methods properly, most hard cases of neck pain can be solved with ease.

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近来一段时间，来我们诊所治疗颈椎病的病人逐渐增多。占了各种疼痛症状的大多数。在这季节为什么两周内出现如此多的颈椎病人？引起这些病症的原因是什么？这些问题还值得我更多深入地思考。在此，我想跟大家好好谈一谈治疗颈椎病的问题。

颈椎病，背痛，腰痛我是非常熟悉的，因为这是我本来的专业。多年前我就发表过关于使用“颈部八针”来治疗颈椎病的文章。当时我还是很得意的，因为绝大多数的病人都会得到较好的疗效。然而，随着临床的不断发展，我渐渐发现这个方法对于一些疼痛较重、较急的病症，例如肌肉与头骨附着点的疼痛效果不佳。这几年随着刺络放血、远端取穴及新手法的运用，我才发现治疗颈椎病的快速途径。现在跟大家分享一下我的心得：

远端取穴：这种取穴法我多采用对穴。第一组为束骨、后溪，第二组为昆仑、大溪。第一组运用于急性疼痛及较重的疼痛，行针以泻法为主。这类病人颈痛可伴随运动受限，头痛，双肩痛，且疼痛还可能像肩胛处及上肢放射，以至不能入睡，不能工作。每次发作可持续几天到几月。第二组运用于长期的病患，以补太溪泻昆仑为主。这类病人可存在长期的颈部疼痛和极度不适，各种枕头都不合适，心情睡眠都极受影响。