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has been cited by the following article:

• 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.