{"id":430,"date":"2014-02-03T02:30:30","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T02:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acupuncture-treatment.com\/updates\/?p=430"},"modified":"2015-08-21T15:13:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T15:13:55","slug":"external-chinese-medical-therapies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acupuncture-treatment.com\/updates\/herbal-medicine\/external-chinese-medical-therapies\/","title":{"rendered":"External Chinese Medical Therapies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Applications of Chinese medicines are very wide.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Medicinal herb bath was used to induce perspiration and increase the blood circulation.<\/p>\n<p>China is a large country, so the traditional application methods of external Chinese medicines vary from region to region.\u00a0 Some of these traditional therapeutic methods are still used today in modern medical facilities in China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bathing in Warm Herbal Decoction<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/acupuncture-treatment.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Medicinal-Hot-Bath.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bathing in Warm Herbal Decoction\" data-src=\"http:\/\/acupuncture-treatment.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Medicinal-Hot-Bath.png\" alt=\"Medicinal Hot Bath\" width=\"450\" height=\"402\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 450px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 450\/402;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bathing in Warm Herbal Decoction\" src=\"http:\/\/acupuncture-treatment.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Medicinal-Hot-Bath.png\" alt=\"Medicinal Hot Bath\" width=\"450\" height=\"402\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From \u201cA Collection of Essential Materia Medica\u201d, Ming Dynasty. Hu Qing Yu Tang Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hangzhou, China<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>An illustration describing external therapies such as hot compress, wet compress, medicinal bathing, ointment, and medicinal puncture used by Tibetan surgeons.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/acupuncture-treatment.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/External-Medicinal-Therapies.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"An illustration describing external therapies such as hot compress, wet compress, medicinal bathing, ointment, and medicinal puncture used by Tibetan surgeons. \" data-src=\"http:\/\/acupuncture-treatment.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/External-Medicinal-Therapies.png\" alt=\"External Medicinal Therapies\" width=\"450\" height=\"546\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 450px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 450\/546;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"An illustration describing external therapies such as hot compress, wet compress, medicinal bathing, ointment, and medicinal puncture used by Tibetan surgeons. \" src=\"http:\/\/acupuncture-treatment.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/External-Medicinal-Therapies.png\" alt=\"External Medicinal Therapies\" width=\"450\" height=\"546\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hu Qing Yu Tang Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hangzhou, China<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications of Chinese medicines are very wide.\u00a0 They have been used not only internally, but also externally since the Stone Age. 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