Mechanism of the acupoints of the governor vessel in treatment of post-stroke depression on the base of the specificity of meridian points

Publication date: Available online 29 July 2019Source: World Journal of Acupuncture - MoxibustionAuthor(s): Lin-xia QIAN, Yue-ting JIANG, Fa-cai LINABSTRACTFocusing on the effect specificity of meridian points along the running course of meridian, by taking the treatment of post-stroke depression (PSD) with the acupoints of the governor vessel as an example, the correlation between meridian points and disease was explored. The specific regulatory effect of governor vessel, Băihuì (百会GV 20) and Shéntíng (神庭GV 24) in physiology and pathology in PSD and the material basis of the specificity effect were analyzed. Finally, the specific relationship between the acupoints of the governor vessel and PSD was explained.
Source: World Journal of Acupuncture Moxibustion - Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research