Respiratory Diseases Where to apply the Sanfu patch?

Most formal medical institutions apply Sanfu patch to people with respiratory diseases. The core acupoint selection basically cannot avoid Feishu, Dingchuan, Tanzhong and Tiantu. The other points will be flexibly adjusted according to personal constitution and specific diseases.

Last year, I accompanied Aunt Zhang downstairs, who has suffered from chronic bronchitis for more than 30 years, to the community health service center. The doctor felt her pulse and said that she usually breathed when she moved and was particularly afraid of the cold in winter. She was a typical lung and kidney deficiency. In addition to the four basic acupoints, Shenshu on the back was also added. After three years of continuous patching, her number of illnesses this spring has indeed been reduced by almost half.

If you think that these acupuncture points are fixed for all respiratory diseases, you are wrong. Now the industry actually has different ideas for selecting acupoints. For example, some traditional Chinese medicine clinics in Lingnan specialize in ear, nose and throat conditioning. When they encounter patients who suffer from allergic rhinitis, nasal congestion and sneezing all year round, they will add additional Yingxiang points on both sides of the nose, saying that the medicine will act directly near the lesions and take effect faster. ； However, some dermatologists from public Chinese medicine hospitals are clearly opposed to this approach, saying that Yingxiang point is close to the mucous membrane, and the white mustard seeds and ginger in Sanfu patch are irritating, which can easily cause blisters and leave discoloration, but the gain outweighs the gain.

I met a 20-year-old asthmatic patient before. He bought Sanfu patch online. He felt his chest was tight and stuck it all over the middle of his chest. Even after two treatments, it had no effect at all. After going to the hospital to register, he found out that Feishu, two fingers apart from the left and right sides of the third thoracic vertebra on the back, is the core acupuncture point for regulating the lungs. It is equivalent to opening a "backdoor for drug administration" to the lungs. If you just apply it to the Tanzhong at the midpoint of the line connecting the two nipples, it will be difficult for the drug to penetrate into the corresponding organs.

There is also an interesting controversy. Some schools of folk traditional Chinese medicine advocate that the Sanfu patch for respiratory diseases should cover the big vertebrae and body columns on the Du meridian. They say that the entire Du meridian nourishes yang and is twice as effective in treating winter diseases.； However, some experts from the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine have suggested that it is enough for ordinary people to apply Sanfu patches on 3-5 core acupoints. Applying too many points will over-irritate the skin. If ulceration and infection occur, the gain will outweigh the gain. Especially for children with delicate skin, there is no need to be greedy for more.