Acupuncture and moxibustion combined with massage in the treatment of vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis

• 1、Special Education College of Beijing Union University

Abstract：Vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis (CSA) is one of the common cervical spondylosis types in clinic. The main clinical manifestations are headache, dizziness and neck and shoulder pain. The disease often has a long course and is easy to relapse, which has a serious impact on the patient\'s study, work and life. At present, the pathological mechanism of CSA is not clear, while western medicine mainly focuses on drug therapy or surgical treatment, but the curative effect lasts for a short time, it is easy to relapse, and surgery will bring window injury. Traditional Chinese medicine has a deep understanding of CSA, among which acupuncture and massage are important components of traditional Chinese medicine, with significant curative effect, no toxic side effects, simple and easy to operate. In recent years, acupuncture and massage have achieved good curative effect in the treatment of CSA and have been widely promoted. In order to better sum up the experience, based on the literature of acupuncture and moxibustion combined massage treatment of CSA in recent years, the clinical treatment progress of acupuncture and moxibustion combined massage treatment of CSA was reviewed.

Keywords： massage acupuncture and moxibustion Cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type Clinical progress?????