Language: Chinese and English bilingual
ISBN/ISSN: 7532386120
2006; Hardcover;195*270mm;289pages
The book introduces 43 external therapies of TCM which work to effectively treat diseases by stimulating the body surface through medication, photoelectric magnetic field and instrument, leading to dredging meridians and regulating qi , blood and function of internal organs through skin – penetrating absorption and meridian qi induction. Each therapy covers the preparation of external application agents or instrument, operation approaches, clinical application and treatment of diseases in subspecialties and attention points. In addition, the sketch maps of operation are also combined here to help better understanding and learning .
Table of Contents
Chapter I
Section 1 History of external therapy
Section 2 Mechanism and principle of external therapy
Chapter II Herb External Therapies
Section 1 The application therapy
Section 2 The spreading therapy
Section 3 The plaster therapy
Section 4 The encircling therapy
Section 5 The spreading and tapping therapy
Section 6 The suppository therapy
Section 7 The insertion therapy
Section 8 The enema therapy
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Chapter III The Instrumental External Therapy
Section 1 The cupping therapy
Section 2 The fire cauterizing therapy
Section 3 The cutting therapy
Section 4 The incision therapy
Section 5 The blood letting therapy
Section 6 The Guasha therapy
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Chapter IV Other External Therapies
Section 1 The musk – fire therapy
Section 2 The mud therapy
Section 3 The sand bath therapy
Section 4 The paraffin application therapy
Section 5 The leech suck therapy
Section 6 The bee sting therapy
