Etiology
- Muscular: If it is muscular and acute, it is easy to treat and usually goes away on its own after a few days. It resolves well with muscle channels.
- Root problems: Compression of the nerves exiting the vertebrae. The path of the pain clearly indicates at what level the compression is. Thumb and index finger: C5 and C6. Middle three fingers: C6 and C7. Little finger: C7 and D1.
- Artery compression: adds dizziness, vertigo, blurred vision.
- Sympathetic system problem: for example, heart pain is transported to the sympathetic system (sweating, restlessness,...).
- Spinal cord level compression: This is a more serious problem. There are symptoms of hypoesthesia, limb paralysis.
With cervical spine problems, the affected channels must be identified:
- Governing Vessel Channel
- Bladder Channel
- Gall Bladder Channel
- Triple Burner Channel
- Large Intestine Channel
Treatment
Governing Vessel problem: BL-10 + GB-20 + GV-16 very good for upper cervicals.
Sometimes GV-14 is more important than GV-16 for all cervical problems (drain it).
If needed, look for Hua Tuo Jia Ji from the 4th and 5th cervical. They treat conflicts originating from the cervicals. If you want to enhance the action of the Jia Ji points, add GV-1.
Other points:
- GB-21 if the problem is lateral.
- BL-11: meeting of bone. Local effect.
- SI-13, angle of the levator scapulae
- Affected Bladder zone (posterior): SI-3 + BL-62. BL-60, BL-62, BL-67 (jing point for the bladder muscle channel). You can add kidney tonification (KI-10, kidney diverging channel).
- SI-1 (jing point, for the small intestine muscle channel).
- SI-8
- If Shaoyang is affected: TE-3 + GB-39, TE-5 + GB-41 (if there are ear problems). You can add liver tonification (BL-18, LR-2).
- If it is cervicobrachial: TE-10,
- Curious channel: Yang Wei Mai or Yang Qiao Mai may be involved.
- LU-7 if it is in the lung muscle channel.
- GV-26, BL-2, CV-24
- Luo Zhen: curious point on the hand to release cervicals at a distance.