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Traditional Chinese Medicine Nursing Clinic
2023 SUMMARY
This is a new nursing model that transitions from inpatient care to outpatient treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It utilizes the essence of traditional TCM modern therapies, meridian-based biological therapies, and TCM health preservation knowledge, along with guidance on TCM health practices, to achieve the goals of health maintenance and disease prevention. A series of appropriate TCM techniques are developed to allow the public to conveniently enjoy the “simple, convenient, effective, and affordable” traditional TCM therapies.
What services does the TCM Nursing Clinic offer?
Tong Bian Gua Sha (Copper Scraping), Balanced Cupping, Fire Dragon Cupping, Stick Needle Combined with Fire Moxibustion Therapy, Warm Meridian Gua Sha, Moxibustion (Du Mai Moxibustion, Ren Mai Moxibustion, etc.), Auricular Seed Pressing, etc.
Tong Bian Gua Sha (Copper Scraping)
Tong Bian Gua Sha refers to the use of a specially made scraping board made of brass, utilizing the property of brass to resonate optimally with the human body. Through gentle and harmonious techniques, scraping is performed on the skin to mobilize Yang Qi, unblock meridians, and harmonize Qi and blood, achieving the purpose of treating diseases and strengthening the body while expelling pathogens.
Indications for Tong Bian Gua Sha
(1) Internal diseases: common cold, pneumonia, indigestion, gout, diabetes, thyroid nodules, hypertension, etc.
(2) Gynecological diseases: dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, vaginitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, uterine fibroids, etc.
(3) Orthopedic diseases: cervical spondylosis, shoulder periarthritis, lumbar muscle strain, various sprains, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and various degenerative diseases.
(4) Breast diseases: mastitis, hyperplasia, and other difficult syndromes.
(5) Otolaryngological diseases: toothache, tinnitus, acute and chronic rhinitis, etc.
(6) Neurological diseases: sequelae of stroke, etc.
(7) Other diseases: insomnia, constipation, eczema, psoriasis, etc.
Fire Dragon Cupping
Fire Dragon Cupping is a TCM rehabilitation therapy that integrates massage, scraping, moxibustion, acupressure, and cupping. It combines ten unique TCM techniques such as kneading, rolling, pushing, pressing, acupressure, shaking, flashing, vibrating, ironing, and heating. The heat and light waves produced by burning moxa act on the body, completely avoiding the pain associated with scraping and negative pressure cupping. The “sha” (red marks) dissipates immediately, making it a therapeutic and comfortable green health therapy with no side effects.
Indications for Fire Dragon Cupping
1. Gynecological and obstetric diseases: postpartum recovery, postpartum back pain, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, pelvic inflammatory disease;
2. Lumbar and back muscle injuries: back pain, acute lumbar sprain, local muscle strain;
3. Spinal soft tissue injuries: cervical spondylosis, lumbar disc herniation, shoulder periarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis;
4. Gastrointestinal diseases: constipation, diarrhea, abdominal distension, indigestion;
5. Pediatric diseases: pediatric digestive system diseases, respiratory system diseases, low immunity;
6. Others: facial beauty fire dragon cupping, edema after fractures, sequelae of stroke.
Du Mai Moxibustion
Du Mai Moxibustion involves placing ginger residue and moxa fluff on the back along the spine for moxibustion. This technique can relieve soft tissue pain and joint pain in the neck, shoulders, waist, and legs caused by wind-cold and dampness; it promotes blood circulation, alleviating symptoms of cold hands and feet, dysmenorrhea, and other poor blood circulation issues; it also has antioxidant properties, assisting in improving symptoms such as age spots, freckles, and acne due to aging; it prevents, maintains health, and combats aging while enhancing immunity. Additionally, it can regulate endocrine function, effectively addressing symptoms such as insomnia and hot flashes during menopause caused by ovarian diseases or insufficient estrogen secretion.
Indications for Du Mai Moxibustion
1. Individuals with a cold constitution: those who are generally weak and prone to colds.
2. Painful diseases and chronic deficiency diseases: shoulder, neck, and back pain, chronic lumbar muscle strain, and regulation of organ dysfunction.
3. Treatment of difficult-to-treat diseases: ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, cold-deficiency gastric diseases, stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc.
Stick Needle Combined with Fire Moxibustion Therapy
This technique uses a cleverly designed, multifunctional, time-saving stick needle to push and pull the affected muscles. By implementing various methods such as muscle pulling, massage, scraping, and moxibustion on the soft tissue pressure points of the body, it indirectly relaxes muscle spasms, achieving the effect of “removing pain to achieve relaxation, and using relaxation to treat pain,” effectively addressing pain and related symptoms caused by soft tissue damage.
Indications for Stick Needle Combined with Fire Moxibustion Therapy
Applicable for chronic pain related to the head, neck, back, shoulders, arms, waist, sacrum, buttocks, legs, and abdomen, such as cervical spondylosis, shoulder periarthritis, chest and abdominal muscle pain, low back pain, sciatica, breast hyperplasia pain, dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain, long-term gastric diseases, migraines, etc., as well as aseptic inflammation caused by acute injuries or chronic strains in the soft tissues inside and outside the spinal canal.
Balanced Cupping (preferably using clay cups)
Balanced cupping combines various techniques such as flashing cupping, kneading cupping, walking cupping, shaking cupping, and leaving cupping, acting on the back along the Du Mai and Bladder meridians. Through various techniques, it smooths the body’s Qi, raises Yang Qi, expels cold and dampness, and invigorates blood circulation to achieve the effect of disease elimination and health maintenance.
Indications for Balanced Cupping
Balanced cupping can treat both existing diseases and prevent future ones. This therapy is suitable for treating chronic fatigue syndrome, colds, insomnia, neck and back pain, obesity, and individuals with damp-heat constitutions, as well as acute gastroenteritis and other digestive system diseases.
Warm Meridian Gua Sha
Warm Meridian Gua Sha primarily uses moxibustion, while organically combining scraping, massage, and far-infrared therapy.
Indications for Warm Meridian Gua Sha
1. Yang deficiency with cold-damp type low back and leg pain, cervical spondylosis, shoulder periarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.;
2. Cold-deficiency gastric pain, chronic diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, infertility, etc.
The establishment of the TCM Nursing Clinic marks a solid step forward for our hospital in adhering to the philosophy of “respecting life and caring sincerely” while expanding the connotation and extension of nursing services, further enhancing service quality and scope.
Health Hotline
18807451280 Shi Yuling
14760731515 Lin Tingting
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