Applications of hand therapy:
Acupuncture therapy:
At regular and extra acupoints:
Location: Neiguan (PC6), Shenmen (HT 7) and Hegu (LI 4) acupoints.
Method of manipulation: The acupoints are punctured by regular needles.
At reflective points:
Location: Heart point and kidney point.
Method of manipulation: The needles are vertically inserted for 1.6 cm and retained for five minutes.
At reflective areas:
Location: Heart area and head area in palmar reflective areas and ulnar or radial reverse palmar reflective areas.
Method of manipulation: The needles are shallowly inserted, but not retained.
At special acupoints beside the second metacarpal bone:
Location: Head acupoint, lung and heart acupoint, and kidney acupoint.
Method of manipulation: The needles are inserted for 1.6 cm and retained for 15 minutes.