Applications of hand therapy:
Acupuncture therapy:
At regular and extra acupoints:
Location: Shaoshang (LU11), Hegu (LI 4)
Method of manipulation: Bleeding therapy with three-edged needle is applied at Shaoshang (LU11), and the regular needle is punctured at Hegu (LI 4) acupoint for 3.3 cm and retained for 30 minutes.
At reflective areas:
Location: Perineum area of palmar reflective areas and ulnar or radial reverse palmar reflective areas.
Method of manipulation: The needles are shallowly inserted and removed right after the twisting, lifting, and thrusting stimulation.
At special acupoint beside the second metacarpal bone:
Location: Lower abdomen acupoint.
Method of manipulation: The needle is inserted for 1.6 cm and retained for 15 minutes after medium needling stimulation.
Hand bath:
Recipe: Peach Twig (Taozhi), Liuzhi (Ramulus Salicis), Caulk; Akebiae (Mutong), Pericarpium Zanthoxyli (Huajiao)">Pericarpium Zanthoxyli (Huajiao), Alumen (Mingfan) 30 g of each, fresh green onion stalks 100 g and Dengxin (Medulla Junci) 15g.
Function: To promote discharge of urine and relieve dribbling urination.
Method of manipulation: The herbs are wrapped in gauze and boiled in water to prepare a hot decoction for steaming and washing both hands and perineal region for 30-40 minutes, twice a day.