Other Therapies

 

Tuina

Tuina is often used to augment acupuncture treatments especially in the treatment of musculoskeletal disor

 

Massage

 

A deep tissue massage is often used to augment acupuncture treatments especially effective in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.

 

Electro-acupuncture

Electrodes are attached to acupuncture needles and a low electrical pulse passes through them. This activates the channels strongly, commonly used for pain or muscular problems.

 

Reflexology

bio-holistic diagnosis (through ear)

 

Spooning (Gua Sha)

Gua Sha is a Chinese healing technique. Gua means to scrape or rub. Sha is a 'reddish, elevated, millet-like skin rash' (aka petechiae). Sha is the term used to describe Blood stasis in the subcutaneous tissue before and after it is raised as petechiae. Gua Sha is one technique that intentionally raises Sha rash or petechiae.

Gua Sha is used whenever a patient has pain whether associated with an acute or chronic disorder. . There may be aching, tenderness and/or a knotty feeling in the muscles. Palpation reveals Sha when normal finger pressure on a patient's skin causes blanching that is slow to fade.

Sha is raised primarily at the Yang surface of the body: the back, neck, shoulders, buttocks, and limbs. On occasion, Gua Sha is applied at the chest and abdomen.

The area to be Gua Sha-ed is lubricated with oil. The skin is then rubbed with a round-edged instrument in downward strokes. One area is stroked until the petechiae that surface are completely raised. If there is no Blood stasis the petechiae will not form and the skin will only turn pink.

A soupspoon, coin, or slice of water buffalo horn is used in China.

 

Blood Letting Therapy

 

It is used to promote the smooth flow of qi and blood in the channels, dispel blood stasis and eliminate the heat. It is advisable to treat blockage of the channels, blood stasis, excess syndrome and heat syndrome. 

In ancient time a Greek doctor is doing blood letting therapy (from picture on a classic vase)

 

There are three kinds of manipulations

 

Spot pricking

This is a method known as collateral pricking in ancient times used to treat disease by pricking the small vessels with a three-edged needle to obtain a little blood letting. During the operation hold the handle of the three edged needle with right hand, prick swiftly about 0.2 – 0.5 cm deep at the area for blood letting and withdraw the needle immediately. After pricking, press the punctured hole with a dry cotton ball until the bleeding stops. This is commonly used method in clinics.

 

Clumpy pricking

 

prick around a small area of a reddened swelling, then press the skin to make the decayed blood escape. 

 

 

Cupping

Cupping – using a lighted taper to create a suction under glass cups, this brilliant technique removes blockages and toxins, stretches muscle spasm, speeds healing and invigorates blood flow.