The cables seen around the patient’s leg connect the needles to the electro acupuncture device. The acupuncture needles are inserted near the ankle (SP6 point) and down between the first and second toes (LV3 point). Although electro acupuncture does not eliminate the labor pain completely, it helps reduce it and create a more pleasant birth experience.
Acupuncture Research on Labor Pain and Pregnancy Related Issues
Location: between the eyebrows.
Indications: Insomnia, Vertigo, Anxiety, Nasal Congestion etc.
Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) leaves are harvested from late spring to summer in Japan. The hand-picked leaves are placed under the sun for drying.
Note: Chinese mugwort (Artemisia argyi Levl. et Vant.) is used internally in Chinese medicine and Japanese Kampo medicine.
In the beginning of winter (dry season in Japan), the sun-dried leaves are placed in heated drying Compartments in order to complete the drying process.
The dried leaves are grinded in the stone mills (rough and fine grinding mills).
The ground leaves undergo sifting process in order to remove presence of impurities (mesophyll, stems etc.).
In order to produce a higher grade moxa (refined, smooth texture with golden color), further purifying process is required using the machinery called Tomi. The higher quality moxa is desired, particularly when conducting direct moxibustion.
The moxa products undergo quality inspection procedures prior to packaging.
Applications of Chinese medicines are very wide. They have been used not only internally, but also externally since the Stone Age. Ancients attempted to stop bleeding by applying mud or plant ashes to the affected body parts to relieve pain, swelling or itchiness. Medicinal herb bath was used to induce perspiration and increase the blood circulation.
China is a large country, so the traditional application methods of external Chinese medicines vary from region to region. Some of these traditional therapeutic methods are still used today in modern medical facilities in China.
Bathing in Warm Herbal Decoction
An illustration describing external therapies such as hot compress, wet compress, medicinal bathing, ointment, and medicinal puncture used by Tibetan surgeons.
It is said that medicine stems from Shennong’s trails on every kind of herbs. It indicate the process of creating medicine in production practice by our ancestors.
