Treatment TCM(Traditional Chinese Medicine)

ACUPRESSURE 

Acupressure is an ancient healing art that uses the fingers to press key points on the surface of the skin to stimulate the body’s natural self-curative abilities. When these points are pressed, they release muscular tension and promote the circulation of blood and the body’s life force (sometimes known as qi or chi) to aid healing.

Acupuncture and acupressure use the same points, but acupuncture employs needles, while acupressure uses the gentle, but firm pressure of hands and feet. Acupressure, continues to be the most effective method for self-treatment of tension-related ailments by using the power and sensitivity of the human hand. Acupressure can be effective in :

• Helping relieve headaches,
• Eye strain,
• Sinus problems,
• Neck pain,
• Backaches,
• Arthritis,
• Muscle aches,
• Tension due to stress,
• Ulcer pain,
• Menstrual cramps,
• Lower backaches,
• Constipation, and
• Indigestion.

Self-acupressure can also be used to relieve anxiety and improve sleep. There are also great advantages to using acupressure as a way to balance the body and maintain good health. The healing touch of acupressure ,

• Reduces tension,
• Increases circulation, and
• Enables the body to relax deeply.

By relieving stress, acupressure strengthens resistance to disease and promotes wellness. In acupressure, local symptoms are considered an expression of the condition of the body as a whole. A tension headache, for instance, may be rooted in the shoulder and neck area. Thus, acupressure focuses on relieving pain and discomfort, as well as responding to tension, before it develops into a disease before the constrictions and imbalances can do further damage.

The origins of acupressure are as ancient as the instinctive impulse to hold your forehead or temples when you have a headache. Everyone at one time or another has used their hands spontaneously to hold tense or painful places on the body.

More than five thousand years ago, the Chinese discovered that pressing certain points on the body relieved pain where it occurred and also benefited other parts of the body more remote from the pain and the pressure point. Gradually, they found other locations that not only alleviated pain, but also influenced the functioning of certain internal organs.

(Definition, in part, from the book Acupressure’s Potent Points, by Michael Reed Gach, director of the Acupressure Institute, Bantam, 1990.)

Chinese Fire as Medicinal Treatment

Setting fire on a man isn’t necessarily a scary or bad thing, on the contrary, it’s actually considered curative.

Fire treatment in China is apparently very popular during the winter months, especially in Chinese traditional hospitals. People believe this will keep them safe from illnesses like flu and common cold.

The piece of cloth is sprinkled with flammable substance, probably alcohol, then set on fire and put-out with another cloth. It isn’t painful at all, but in actual fact opens up 60 over acu point at the back of the body thus promoting blood flow.

GUA SHA

Used in China for more than two thousand years, gua sha means to scrape toxins. A method of promoting blood circulation and removing toxic heat, blood, and lymph from the body, gua sha involves scraping the skin with a flat tool to facilitate pain relief. Olive oil and herbs are usually applied to the skin to open pores, increase deep cleansing, and improve circulation.

Cupping

Cupping has been known since ancient times, since the days of the royal Sumerian, then continue to grow until Babylon, ancient Egypt, Saba, and Persian.In the days of the Prophet Muhammad, he uses a buffalo or cow horn, camel bone, ivory.

In the days of ancient China they call hijamah as "maintenance horn" because of horns replaced the glass. In the period of the 18th century (the 13th century AH), people in Europe use leeches as a tool for hijamah. At one time, 40 million leeches were imported into the country of France for that purpose. Leeches are then starved without food. So when attached to the human body that is sick, he will continue to suck the blood until effective. Once the leeches have suck enough, these leeches no longer attempt to move, then fall and end sucking.

A herbalist Ge Hong (281-341 AD) in his book A Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergencies used animal horns for Cupping / eject boils technique called "jiaofa", whereas during the Tang Dynasty, cupping is used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis. In the period of the 18th century (the 13th century AH), people in Europe use leeches (al alaq) as a tool to bruise and known as leech therapy, this practice is still done up to now.

This treatment is now perfectly and easily modified to use according to scientific principles by using a tool that is practical and effective.

 Hippocrates (460-377 BC), Celsus (53 BC-7 M), Aulus Cornelius Galen (200-300 AD) popularized the direct disposal of blood vessels for the treatment of his day. In conducting the treatment techniques, the amount of blood that came out can be quite a lot, so it is not uncommon patient become unconscious. This method is also commonly used by the Roman, Greek,Byzantine and Italian by monks who believe in the success and usefulness.

 QIGONG

This traditional Chinese treatment combines hands-on and hands-off techniques that balance the flow of qi (energy) through the body, move and relieve qi blockages, and improve circulation. Qigong is also a combination of timed breathing and gentle flowing movement, meditation, visualization, and conscious intent all working together to achieve an integrated adjustment of mind and body in order to better cultivate, circulate, and balance qi, or life force. Qigong theory is the basis of traditional Chinese medicine and is used to treat many serious illnesses, as well as for relaxation.