Foam therapy

Author: Lai Xinsheng
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: Foam therapy is an external treatment method that applies drugs with skin-stimulating properties to acupoints or affected areas. These drugs cause local skin congestion, blistering, or even furuncle formation. Due to the fiery sensation of the local foam and the formation of (similar to moxa-induced), it is also known as foam moxibustion. The appearance of these is similar to those formed by moxa therapy, but it does not use moxa wool or other materials as a heat source for application, making it the opposite of hot moxibustion. It is also referred to as cold moxibustion or heat-source-free moxibustion. In ancient times, it was called heavenly moxibustion or self-moxibustion. The drugs used are typically powerful, pungent, aromatic, and capable of rapid penetration, such as white mustard seed, cantharidin, garlic, polygonum aviculare, kevorine, Clematis chinensis, castor seed, Euonymus japonicus, and Arisaema consanguineum. They can be used as single herbs or in combination with multiple herbs. Foam therapy is guided by the fundamental theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine, with the meridian and acupoint theory as its core. Through the stimulation and absorption of drugs on the skin of acupoints and affected areas, and via the transmission of meridians, it aims to unblock meridians, regulate qi and blood, balance the viscera, and harmonize yin and yang. This achieves internal effects, thereby preventing and treating diseases.