1. Clinical application of acupuncture in common sports injuries,obesity,insomnia

2. Sports injuries

3. China
Some of the best Olympic athletes are incorporating acupuncture into their wellness programs.
China's most popular sportsman, the 7 foot 6 inch China basketball center, Yao Ming, used acupuncture and Oriental medicine to help him recover after undergoing surgery on his ankle in April, 2007.
Outside china
Getting more and more popular

4. Sprains of ankle

5. Anatomy

8. Principle : subsidence of a swelling relieve pain
promoting blood circulation t
remove blood stasis

9. GB 40
Anterior and inferior to the external malleolus, in the depression on the lateral side of tendon of m.extensor digitorum longus
GB 40

10. BL 62
In the depression on the inferior border of the external malleolus
GB 40

11. BL 60
BL 60
In the depression between the tip of the external malleolus and tendo calcaneus

12. Tennis elbow(lateral epicondylitis)

14. Obesity

15. BMI(Body mass index)=weight/height2
Adults
WHO:
BMI≥30
BMI(Body mass index)=weight/height2

16. Mechanism of Acupuncture treating obesity
Promote the movement of intestinal movement
Decrease the appetite
Regulate the endocrine function

17. Fat Excessive dampness, phlegm Principle Tonifying Spleen
resolving phlegm

18. Filliform needle
Cupping
Catgut implantation at acupoint
Ear-puncture

21. The large intestin channel of hand yangming
The stomach channel of foot yangming
The kidney channel of foot shaoyin
The spleen channel of foot taiyin

22. Insomnia is a condition that makes the patient unable to acquire normal hours of sleep or difficulty in falling asleep.

23. How do TCM think of insomnia
Dificiency of Heart and Spleen
Disharmony between Heart and Kidney
Derangement of stomach

24. Dificiency of Heart and Spleen
Difficulty in falling asleep
Dream disturbed sleep
Palpitation, poor memory, poor appetite
Thin white coating, pale tongue ,weak pulse
BLOOD
Too much anxiety
Too much worries
Heart Qi
Spleen
Therapeutic principle:
Reinforce Heart and Spleen
nourish blood and calm the mind

25. prescription Pishu(BL 20) Xinshu(BL 15) Yinbai(SP 1) Shenmen(HT 7)
Sanyinjiao(SP 6)

26. BL 20
1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of spinous process of the eleventh thoracic vertebra
BL 20

27. BL 15
BL 15
1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of spinous process of the fifth thoracic vertebra

28. SP 1
On the medial side of the great toe, about 0.1cun lateral to the proximal corner of the nail
SP 1

29. HT 7
HT 7
At the ulnar end of the transverse crease of the wrist, in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of m.flexor carpi ulnaris

30. SP 6
3 cun directly above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the posterior border of the medial aspect of the tibia
SP 6

31. Disharmony of Heart and Kidney
Fire
Poor sleep
restlessness
tinnitus
Palpitation
poor memory
Lumbar soreness
Red tongue
Thin rapid pulse
Heart
Water
Kidney
Therapeutic principle:
Regain the harmony between Heart and Kidney

32. prescription Xinshu(BL 15) Shenshu(BL 23) Taixi(KI 3) Shenmen(HT 7)
Zhaohai(KI 6)
Neiguan(PC 6)

33. BL 23
1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra
BL 23

34. KI 3
In the depression between the tip of the medial malleolus and tendon calcaneous
KI 3

35. KI 6
In the depression of the lower border of the tip of the medial malleolus
KI 6

36. PC 6
2 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist,between the tendons of m. palmaris longus and m. flexor radialis
PC 6

37. Derangement of stomach
Excessive eating or drinking
Poor sleep
Feverish sensation in the chest
Abdomen distention
poor memory
Lumbar soreness
Yellow grease tongue coating
Slippery pulse
stomach
Heart
Blood
Therapeutic principle:
Strengthen the spleen and stomach
Elininate dampness

38. prescription Zhongwan(RN 12) Fenglong(ST 40) Zunsanli(ST 36)
Shenmen(HT 7)
Yinbai(SP 1)

39. RN 12
4 cun above the umbilicus
RN 12

40. ST 40
ST 40
8 cun superior to the external malleolus,1 cun lateral to Tiaokou(ST 38)

41. ST 36
ST 36
3 cun below the kneecap ,about one finger-breadth from the anterior crest of tibia

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