Foam therapy Chinese folk medicine series

Author: Wang Li
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: Foam therapy is an external treatment method where irritating substances are applied to acupoints or affected areas, causing local skin congestion, blistering, or even ulceration. Due to the localized blistering sensation, as if scorching by fire, forming (moxa sores), it is also known as blistered moxa therapy. The condition of these sores resembles those formed by moxa therapy, but it does not require mugwort or other materials as a heat source for application, making it, in contrast to heat moxa therapy, cold moxa therapy or no-heat source moxa therapy. In ancient times, it was referred to as celestial moxa or self-moxa therapy. The medications used are typically potent, with strong aromatic and pungent properties, such as white mustard seeds, cantharidin, garlic, drought lotus grass, kudzu root, rhubarb, castor seeds, ruta graveolens, and nux vomica. They can be used alone or in combination with multiple herbs.
Foam therapy is guided by the fundamental theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine and centered around the theory of meridians and acupoints. Through the stimulation and absorption of medications on the skin of acupoints and affected areas, it transmits along meridians to unblock meridians, promote qi and blood circulation, regulate internal organs, and balance yin and yang, achieving therapeutic effects from the inside out and thus preventing and treating diseases.