Zhiyang point is a place where the yang of meridians is strong. This point has the functions of nourishing yang, dredging menstrual blood, relieving damp-heat, widening chest and diaphragm, calming five internal organs and reinforcing diarrhea. After years of clinical research, it has been proved that acupuncture at Zhiyang point can dredge local meridians and qi and blood, eliminate pathogenic factors and strengthen the body resistance, and relieve pain. This method has the advantages of quick response, short course of treatment and no side effects, and its exact effect has been confirmed by clinical trials.
Modern medicine believes that when the virus lurking in neurons is activated by incentives, the invaded ganglion sends out abnormal electrical pulses, thus causing neuralgia. The research on the treatment of herpes zoster pain by acupuncture at Zhiyang point shows that after acupuncture at Zhiyang point, the nerves and organs in the spinal cord segment have a unique sense of stimulation, and the interaction between the pain regulation system and the pain impulse in the central nervous system is strengthened, and the pain signal is suppressed, thus producing better analgesic effect and improving the immunity, antivirus and anti-inflammatory effects of the body.
The research group headed by Professor Yang conducted a clinical study on "Evaluation of Therapeutic Effect of Needle Embedding at Zhiyang Point on Herpes Zoster Pain", which was funded by state administration of traditional chinese medicine Fund, and won the first prize of scientific and technological progress of traditional Chinese medicine in Heilongjiang Province in June+February, 2004, and the third prize of scientific and technological progress in Heilongjiang Province in May, 2005, and was made into a teaching CD, which was popularized and applied as one hundred clinical practical technologies of traditional Chinese medicine in China.