Analysis of acupoints for treating nasal conditions in acupuncture verses

To explore the rule of acupoints for treating nasal conditions in acupuncture verses. The 20 acupuncture verses were selected to build a database, and data were retrieved from the database with the key word of “nose”, and comprehensive analysis was done basing on the search results. In acupuncture verses, there were 12 verses referring to treatment of nasal conditions, including 22 acupoints prescription, in which 8 were repeated, involving 12 acupoints and 5 meridians. The major diseases included nasal bleeding, nasal polypus, rhinorrhoea and nasal obstruction. The characteristics of treating nasal conditions in acupuncture verses included selecting acupoint along meridian, selecting acupoint from the local area and selecting acupoints from yang meridian. Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20) and Hegu (LI 4) can be the basic acupoints for treating nasal conditions.