Acupuncture針灸旅游英語（本）教學(xué)輔導(dǎo)課件KeyPointsMeridiansAcupointsAcupuncturePracticeThefollowingisadaptedfromanarticleentitled“Acupuncture”retrievedon12thAug.,2012

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WhatisJinluo(經(jīng)絡(luò))？Howdoesacupuncturework?Whatarethetwomajormeridians？Wherearetheacupoints?AcupunctureChineseacupunctureisaheritageanddevelopmentoftraditionalChinesemedicine.Itcandatebackatleast3,000years.AcupunctureThepracticeofacupuncture

(針灸)

andmoxibustion

(艾灸)isbasedonthetheoryofmeridians

(經(jīng)絡(luò)).Meridians經(jīng)絡(luò)經(jīng)絡(luò)是運(yùn)行氣血、聯(lián)系臟腑和體表及全身各部的通道，是人體功能的調(diào)控系統(tǒng)。經(jīng)絡(luò)是人體內(nèi)氣血運(yùn)行通路的主干和分支。經(jīng)絡(luò)學(xué)是人體針灸和按摩的基礎(chǔ)，也是中醫(yī)學(xué)的重要組成部分。

Meridians經(jīng)絡(luò)Accordingtothistheory,Qi(vitalenergy)circulatesinthebodythroughasystemofchannelscalledmeridians,connecting

internalorgans

(內(nèi)部器官/

臟腑)withexternal

organs(外部器官/體表)ortissues(組織).Meridians經(jīng)絡(luò)Withcertainpointsofthebodysurfacealongthemeridiansstimulatedvianeedlingormoxibustion,theflowofQiisregulated,blood

circulation(循環(huán))isincreased,anddiseasesarethustreated.AcupointsThesestimulationpointsarecalledacupuncturepoints,oracupoints

(穴位).MeridiansAcupointsreside(位于)alongmorethanadozenofmajormeridians.RegularMeridiansThereare12pairsofregularmeridiansthataresystematicallydistributedoverbothsidesofthebody,

十二經(jīng)脈十五絡(luò)脈MajorMeridiansandtwomajorextrameridiansrunningalongthemidlinesoftheabdomen

(腹部)andback.AcupointsAlongthesemeridiansmorethan300acupointsareidentified,eachhavingitsowntherapeutic(治療的)effect.AcupointsForexample,thepointHegu(合谷穴),locatedbetweenthefirstandsecondmetacarpal

(掌部的)bones,canreducepainintheheadandmouth.AcupointsThepointShenmen

(神門穴),locatedonthemedialendofthe

transverse

creaseofthewrist(腕橫紋),canhelptranquilization(安靜).AcupunctureInacupunctureclinics,thepractitionerfirstselectsappropriateacupointsalongdifferentmeridiansbasedonidentifiedhealthproblems.AcupunctureThentheyinsertveryfineandthinneedlesintotheseacupoints.Theneedlesaremadeofstainlesssteelandvaryinlengthfromhalfaninchto3inches.AcupunctureThechoiceofneedleisusuallydeterminedbythelocationoftheacupointandtheeffectsbeingsought.AcupunctureIfthepointiscorrectlylocatedandtherequireddepthreached,thepatientwillusuallyexperienceafeelingofsoreness(酸痛),heaviness,

numbness

(麻木)ortingling(刺痛).AcupunctureThemanipulatorwillsimultaneouslyfeelthattheneedleistightened.AcupunctureTheneedlesareusuallyleftinsitu(在原位)for15-30minutes.Duringthistime,theneedlesmaybemanipulated(操作)toachievetheeffectofnourishing(滋養(yǎng))theQi.AcupunctureNeedlingmayalsobeactivatedbyelectricalstimulation,aprocedureusuallycalledelectro-acupuncture

(電針),

inwhichmanipulationsareattainedthroughvaryingfrequencies(頻率)andvoltages(電壓).AcupunctureAprofessionalpractitioner(針灸師)

willalwayswarnthepatientofthepossibilityofexacerbation

(惡化)atthestartofacourseoftreatment.AcupunctureThepatientsmayfindthatintheshorttermaftertreatment,thesymptoms

(癥狀)maygetworsebeforeimprovementsetsin,andthisisquiteacommonfeatureofacupuncturetreatment.AcupunctureOnthewhole,theeffectivenessofacupuncturetreatmentliesinthe