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Introduction to "Three-fu Sticker"
The acupoint application method is to powder white mustard, asarum, and other traditional Chinese medicine formulas, and then mix together with ginger juice, vina or honey to produce an external used medicine application. The medicine penetrates the skin through specific acupoints into the main and collateral channels, and then directly reaches the affected area. It is used for ventilating the lung and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and asthma, regulating ying and wei, invigorating spleen and kidney.
The ‘Three-Fu days’ (dog days of summer) are the best time for the acupoints application of winter disease and summer cure. ‘Threefu’ refers to the combination of the First-fu, Middle-fu, and Last-fu. It is the hottest time of the year. First-fu means the 3rd Geng day after the summer solstice. Middle-fu is the 4th Geng day after the summer solstice. And Last-fu is the 1st Geng day after the Autumn begins.
Indication: mainly for the prevention and treatment of virtual and cold diseases
- Cough, asthma, chronic bronchitis
- Allergic rhinitis
- Repeated respiratory infections
Here are Three-fu days in 2018:
- First-fu: July 17th - July 26th (10 days)
- Middle-fu: July 27th - August 15th (20 days)
- Last-fu: August 16th - August 25th (10 days)
External application of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine external application therapy is based on traditional Chinese medicine science. According to different disease syndromes, we can choose the corresponding medicines to apply to the corresponding body surface or acupoints. The medicines can penetrate through skin to stimulate the nerve endings, reflect to dilate the blood vessels, promote local blood circulation and improve the nutrition of surrounding tissues to achieve the purpose of mitigating swelling, anti-inflammatory and analgesic. At the same time, the medicines can penetrates into the subcutaneous tissue through the skin at the affected area, and locally generate the comparative advantage of the medicine concentration to exert a strong pharmacological effect. Hence this treatment could get the benefit of promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, dredging meridians and collaterals, removing pathogenic wind and dampness.
Indications: mainly used for tendons and bone diseases. Bruises such as wrist joints, shoulder joints, hip joints, knee joints, ankle joints, etc., and sprains in the waist.