REFLEXOTHERAPY ACCORDING TO THE “BALANCE OF HEXAGRAMS” METHOD IN THE COMPLEX REHABILITATION OF DISEASES WITH PAIN SYNDROME
Authors: GUSEV Taras , SVYRYDOVA Nataliа , MARTSENIUK Igor , SIBIRYAKIN Yaroslav , CHUPRYNA Gennadii , SEREDA Vitaly 
Published: April 2024

Abstract. The article raises the following topical issues – complex treatment of diseases with pain syndrome: disorders of functions of the gastrointestinal tract abd cephalalgias. Various diseases, especially those that occur with a pain syndrome, and those that are aggravated adverse psychosocial factors, manifest themselves with a protracted course. Medicinal methods of treatment are not fully effective, so non-medicinal technologies should be resorted to. Combined treatment using reflexotherapy methods has been used for a various diseases, it is especially when other methods are insufficiently effective . The article as well presents the main theoretical principles of the "Balancing of Hexagrams" method and its practical implementation. A two clinical case is also presented: a patient with subacute gastritis with psychoemotional disorders and patient with cephalalgia of the occipital area with cervico-brachialgia. Summing up, it should be noted that patients with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract with psychoemotional disorders and patients with cephalalgia of the occipital region with cervico-brachialgia are seen in the practice of neurologists and reflexologists. In the complex of therapeutic measures for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract with psychoemotional disorders and cephalalgia of the occipital region with cervico-brachialgia, the use of the acupuncture method “balancing hexagrams” can be effective. Purpose. To consider the peculiarities of the use of reflexotherapy by the method of “balancing hexagrams” in the complex rehabilitation of patients with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract with pain syndrome, cephalgia of the occipital region. Scientific novelty. For the first time in our country, the technique of making acupuncture prescriptions and acupuncture using the method of “balancing hexagrams” was used in the complex rehabilitation of patients with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract with pain syndrome, cephalgia of the occipital region. Methods. We consider two clinical cases of the use of reflexology using the method of “balancing hexagrams” in the complex rehabilitation of patients with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract with pain syndrome, cephalgia of the occipital region. 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 condition of the patients improved: in the first case, the pathological manifestations of the gastrointestinal tract, back pain decreased, in the second case, the frequency and intensity of headaches in the back of the head, pain in the right arm decreased. Conclusions: 1. In the practice of a reflexologist, gastritis is encountered, and with this disease, reflexology methods are effective first of all for psycho-emotional disorders. 2. In the complex of treatment measures for gastritis, the use of the acupuncture method "balancing hexagrams" can be effective. 3. For headaches in the occipital region and cervicobrachialgia in complex rehabilitation, the use of the acupuncture method “balancing hexagrams” can also be effective.