TITLE:
Progress of Clinical Research on the Treatment of Spinal Disorders by the Tongdu Method
AUTHORS:
Na Li, Yuefang Li, Huimin Lv
KEYWORDS:
Tongdu, Spine, Mechanism, Clinical Application
JOURNAL NAME:
Yangtze Medicine,
Vol.8 No.1,
March
13,
2024
ABSTRACT: Spinal disorders are diseases caused by congenital, degenerative, postural errors, trauma, and external evils that result in lesions of bones, discs, ligaments, and muscles, thus compressing the nerves. Spine-related diseases include scoliosis, intervertebral disc herniation, intervertebral stenosis, spinal fracture, ankylosing spondylitis, spinal cord injury, spinal tumour, etc., which seriously affect people’s daily life. This paper summarises the relevant studies on the treatment of spinal diseases by Tongzhu therapy. The mechanism of action of Tongzhu therapy in treating spinal diseases is closely related to the control of inflammatory factors, the improvement of local microcirculation, analgesia, and the promotion of nerve repair. This paper describes the application and modern mechanism of Tongzhu therapy in the treatment of spinal diseases, which will provide a direction for future research on Tongzhu therapy.