APPLICATION OF REFLEXOTHERAPY USING THE «BALANCING HEXAGRAMS» METHOD IN COMPLEX REHABILITATION OF COMPRESSION-ISCHEMIC NEUROPATHY OF THE FEMORAL-GENITAL NERVE

Abstract

This article is devoted to one of the important problems of neurology – compression-ischemic neuropathy of the peripheral nerve. With such disorders, we often deal with pain. Various diseases, especially those that occur with a pain syndrome, manifest themselves in a protracted course. It often happens when there is some viscerogenic problem that complicates the situation: and the task of the reflexologist to whom the patient turned is to identify this problem – namely, to identify the problematic meridian of acupuncture and using its connections (and the method of «balancing hexagrams» – this is the establishment of inter-meridian connections) to act on them. When we use acupuncture methods as part of complex treatment, we should know that they are effective precisely in the presence of a pain syndrome and precisely because of their powerful analgesic properties: under the influence of acupuncture, afferent pain impulses are inhibited due to the blocking of Na+ channels, inhibition of the entry of Ca2+ ions into the cell , reducing the activity of glutamate and its receptor and reducing pain; the amount of GABA in the cerebrospinal fluid increases and its receptor is activated. Purpose. To consider the peculiarities of the use of reflexotherapy according to the method of «balancing hexagrams» in the complex rehabilitation of compression-ischemic neuropathy of the femoral-genital nerve. Scientific novelty. For the first time in our country, the method of making acupuncture prescriptions and acupuncture using the method of «balancing hexagrams» was used in the complex rehabilitation of compression-ischemic neuropathy of the femoralgenital nerve. Methods. We consider one clinical case of the use of reflexotherapy using the method of «balancing hexagrams» in the complex rehabilitation of compression-ischemic neuropathy of the femoral-genital nerve. The methods of clinical objective neurological examination, the method of syndromic diagnosis of traditional Chinese medicine, the pulse diagnosis method, and the tongue diagnosis method were used. Results. As a result of treatment using the «balancing hexagrams» method, the patient's condition improved: first of all, the intensity of burning pains in the area of the left testicle and pain in the lower back on the left side decreased. Conclusions. 1. Patients with compression-ischemic neuropathy of the femoral-genital nerve are seen in the practice of a neurologist and a reflexologist. 2. In the complex of therapeutic measures for compression-ischemic neuropathy of the femoral-genital nerve, the use of acupuncture method «balancing hexagrams» can be effective.