(1) Herbal Therapy
1) Internal Medicine
a. Insufficiency of Heart-qi
Therapeutic Methods: To tonify qi and supplement blood, moisten and beautify skin.
Prescription: Modified Genter-supplementing Qi-Boosting Decoction (Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang).
b. Weakness of the Spleen and the Stomach
Therapeutic Methods: To tonify spleen and harmonize the stomach, tonify qi and supplement blood.
Prescription: Modified Four Gentlemen Decoction (Si Jun Zi Tang).
2) External Medicine
a. Ingredients: one orange, little amount of medicinal alcohol, right amount of honey. Process: Pound the orange with peels into mash, add the medicinal alcohol and honey, then refrigerate it in the refrigerator for one week, then take it out and apply to the face. It can moisten skin and remove wrinkles.
b. Ingredients: one banana, half spoonful of olive oil. Process: Remove the peel of banana and pound it into mash, add half spoonful of olive oil and put them into a bowl to stir evenly, then apply the paste onto the skin. It can remove wrinkles.
c. Ingredients: little amount of tomatoes and honey. Process: Slice the tomatoes into pieces and squeeze them into juice, and stir the juice with honey evenly, then apply it onto the face. It can remove wrinkles.
d. Ingredients: chestnut and honey. Process: remove the peels of the chestnut and grind it into thin powder, stir the powder with honey evenly, then apply the paste onto the face. It can clean, smoothen the skin and remove wrinkles.
e. Ingredients: pawpaw, peppermint. Process: Infuse them with the hot water and make them into tea, frequently smear or apply to the skin under the eyes after the tea becomes cold. Pawpaw can not only relieve fatigue of the eyes, but also reduce pouch and thin wrinkles around the eyes. Continue to learn TCM Treatment Evaluation for Contact Dermatitis.
(2) Acupoints Massage
1) Corner of the mouth: Massage the corner of the mouth crosswise by the finger pulp of the middle finger from down to top for 3-5 times.
2) The end of the eyes: Straighten out the end of the eyes on the one side with one hand, then massage crosswise this part by the ring finger of the other hand.
3) The skin between two eyebrows: Massage crosswise along with the part between the eyebrows by the finger pulp of the middle finger from down to top.
4) Forehead: Massage gently along with the forehead by the palm pulp from down to top.
5) Neck massage.
Raise the head and slightly tilt the head to the left, grasp and knead the right mastoid process muscle of clavicle with right thumb and forefinger from top to bottom for 3 times, change the left hand to knead. Then put the finger pulps of both forefingers, middle fingers and ring fingers to the mastoid process of the retral ears, then apply circle pushing massage from retral ears to inside clavicle along with the sternocleidomastoid for 3 times. Then keep head straight and tilt the head to the right, pushing the left side as before
(3) Guasha Therapy
1) To improve blood, lymph and qi circulation. Tools: Ox horn board, goat antelope horn board, bamboo board, porcelain spoon, plastic materials should not be used.
2) Process: After washing the face clean, apply some massage cream or beauty oil onto the skin to be massged, then scrape according to the picture with obtuse scraping board until a local red skin rather than bruised skin occurs, then apply smoothing eye masks. Do the manipulation once a week and the strength should be gentle. When scrape to the parts with wrinkles, this parts should be straightened out with hands first. For example, when scrape to the wrinkles on the forehead or nasolabial folds, use one hand to straighten out the wrinkles by one hand, then scrape the skin by the other hand(See picture). Only in the way, can people get the effect of lightening wrinkles.
(4) Cupping Therapy
Acupoints selected: Yinbai (SP 1), Quanliao (SI 18), Dicang (ST4).
Manipulation:
1) First cupping Yinbai (SP 1), then apply moving cupping manipulation along with the direction of the wrinkles for 5-6 times, with comfortable force, retain the cup on Yangbai (GB 14).
2) Then retain the cups on other acupoints within 10 minutes.
(5) Foot Massage
Basic reflection areas: stomach, ureter, bladder, to improve metabolism and metabolin excretion.
Related reflection areas: adrenal gland, hypophysis, germen, lymph node and other glandular tissues to regulate endocrine and hormonal balance.
Symptom reflection areas: stomach, intestines, kidney, spleen.
Reflexotherapy is taken up of 10-15 times as a course of treatment, 30-40 times each time, 1-2 times each day, repeat it after 1-2 days. Soak both feet with light salt water to recover the sensitivity of feet to massage.
