Hand therapy for the treatment of general diseases of the body is a group of very convenient therapeutic methods applying different types of stimulation at various specific parts of the hand to promote circulation of qi and blood through meridians. This therapy can improve life quality, maintain health, and prevent and cure many diseases. The specific parts of hand are classified as the regular, extra, and special acupoints of the hand, homographic reflective points, and a group of points beside the second metacarpal bone. Stimulating methods include massage, acupuncture, herbal bath, and qigong applied at hand. Although these methods vary, they are all applied to the hand, and are, therefore, all included under the general name of hand therapy.

This book is compiled by experienced traditional medicine specialists. It discusses the origins, development, characteristics, and indications of hand therapy as well as common methods of hand massage, hand acupuncture, hand bath, and hand qigong used to treat various medical, surgical, gynecological, pediatric and ENT diseases. It is concise. practical. written with ease and grace, and includes 50 illustrations. This book is meant to satisfy the needs of medical workers and average readers alike to understand, learn, and practice this unique hand therapy, created and developed over many years in China.

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION

 Ⅰ. Origin and Development of Hand Therapy

 Ⅱ. Hand Therapy Indications, Characteristics, and Precautions

Chapter 2 COMMON ACUPOINTS FOR HAND THERAPY.

Chapter 3 COMMON HAND THERAPY METHODS

 Ⅰ. Hand Therapy Massage

 Ⅱ. Hand Therapy Acupuncture

 Ⅲ. Hand Therapy Using Hand Bath

 Ⅳ. Hand Therapy Using Hand Qigong

 Ⅴ. Hand Therapy Using Miscellaneous Methods

Chapter 4 TREATMENT OF COMMON DISEASES

 Ⅰ. Medical Diseases

Common cold

Cough

Shortness of breath

Asthma

Heart palpitations

Bi-syndrome of chest

Stomachache

Hiccups

Vomiting

Dysphagia

Abdominal pain

Dysentery

Diarrhea

Constipation

Costal pain

Abdominal mass

Lumbago

Retention of urine

Incontinence of urine

Emission of semen

Impotence

Insomnia

Diabetes mellitus

Vertigo

Cerebral apoplexy

Muscular atrophy

Epilepsy

Psychosis

Dementia

Shock

Bi-syndrome

Numbness

Tetany

Headache

Febrile diseases

Malaria

Heat stroke

 Ⅱ. Dermatological and Surgical Conditions

Stiff neck

Furuncle

Tuberculosis of cervical lymph nodes

Acute mastitis

Herpes zoster

Eczema

Urticaria

Neurodermatitis

Tinea manuum

 Ⅲ. Gynecological Diseases

Dysmenorrhea

Menstrual headache

Amenorrhea

Postpartum bleeding shock

Postpartum convulsions

Body pain after childbirth

Oligogalactia

Infertility in women

Abdominal mass

 Ⅳ. Pediatric Diseases

Convulsions

Anorexia

Stagnation of food

Indigestive malnutrition

Poliomyelitis

Retardation of development

General weakness

Scleroderma in newborns

 Ⅴ. Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose, and Oral Cavity

Tinnitus and deafness

Nasal obstruction

Atrophic rhinitis

Toothache

Acute laryngitis

Sore throat

Deviation of mouth

Myopia

Pseudomembranous conjunctivitis

Scleritis

Paralytic strabismus

Glaucoma

Optic nerve atrophy

Drooping upper eyelid