Applications of hand therapy:
Massage therapy:
Location: Palm and dorsum of hand, kidney area, reproductive area, and bed-wetting point.
Method of manipulation: Both hands, especially the palm and dorsum, are rubbed to produce a hot sensation; heavy digitpressing maneuver applied at kidney and reproductive areas; persistent digit-pressing and kneading maneuvers at bed-wetting
point.
Acupuncture therapy:
At reflective point:
Location: Kidney point.
Method of manipulation: The needle is inserted for 1.6 cm and retained for five minutes.
At reflective areas:
Location: Perineum area in palmar reflective areas and ulnar reverse palmar reflective areas.
Method of manipulation: The needle is shallowly inserted and immediately removed after needling stimulation.
At special acupoints beside the second metacarpal bone:
Location: Kidney acupoint and lower abdomen acupoint.
Method of manipulation: The needles are inserted for 1.6 cm and retained for 20 minutes.
Hand bath:
Recipe: Statilia maculata Thunberg (Sangpiaoxiao) 30 g, Radix Polygalae (Yuanzhi) 30 g, Os Draconis (Longgu) 30 g, Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui) 30 g, Chinemys reevesii (Guiban) 20 g, Poria (Fuling) 30 g, Radix Codonopsis (Dangshen) 30 g.
Function: To adjust and tone heart and kidney and control spontaneous discharge of semen.
Method of manipulation: A hot decoction of these herbs is used to steam and then wash both hands for 20-30 minutes, twice a day.
Hand qigong: Kongjin exercise.
The hand is prone with palm facing downward and with the fingers kept in the ladder pattern. The ring and liittle fingers are flexed for 15 minutes, and then the middle finger is also flexed for 10 more minutes or longer for better results. The flexed
fingers should not be extended before the exercise is ended by making hollow fists.
Herb-holding therapy:
Herbs: Pixiao (Sodium Sulfate) 60 g.
Method of manipulation: The Pixiao is held in both palms until it is completely dissolved, twice a day.