We apply indirect moxa with herbs and ginger to treat 30 cases of tennis elbow and tenosynovitis including 17 tennis elbow and 13 tenosynovitis.
Treatment method:
Preparation of herbal wine: we use herbs including Sheng Shouwu, Sheng Caowu, Sheng
Ban Xia, Chuan Jiao,
Ru Xiang,
Mo Yao,
Ma Huang, Sheng Nanxing, Zhang Nao etc and soak them into white wine ( or alcohol ), we cut fresh ginger into 0.3cm thick pieces then put pieces into herbal wine. According to the size of pain, we use one or two pieces of herbal ginger on diseased area, place moxa-cone on ginger, ignite moxa-cone so that herbs can penetrate to inside. If patients feel hot, we lift up ginger for a while then put down. When one moxa-cone ends, we will change another one. So each area should be stimulated by three moxa-cones, treatment is done once every one to two days, 5 times of treatment is one course.
Experience:
Indirect moxa with herbs and ginger can get good effect for the treatment of tennis elbow and tenosynovitis. Moxibustion can warm up meridians, eliminate cold and stop qi stagnation; Sheng Shouwu, Sheng Caowu, Sheng Banxia, Chuan Jiao, Ru Xiang, Mo Yao, Ma Huang, Sheng Nanxing, Zhang Nao etc can get functions to activate blood circulation. With application of indirect moxa with herbs and ginger, herbs can gently stimulate affected areas with warming so that meridians will be promoted, qi and blood will be circulated, cold and damp will be eliminated and pain will be stopped.
This method combines moxibustion with herbs and ginger, it has good effect for pain caused by cold and Bi syndrome.
Pain can be reduced or disappeared after treatment on most patients, but motor dysfunction can be improved after many times of treatment.
Key Words: tennis elbow and tenosynovitis, indirect moxa with herbs and ginger
Writer: Song Nanchang, Zong Chongyang (ST42) Yuan-Source Point
;@ZJ1JE41 ZJ 1994 04 01 54 0
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