Costal pain

According to traditional Chinese medicine, the liver lies in the costal region with the
gallbladder attached to liver, and their meridians also pass through the costal region.
Therefore, costal pain is closely related to the liver and gallbladder.

Acute and chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, parasites of the liver, liver abscess, liver
cancer, acute and chronic cholecystitis, ascaris in biliary tract, and costal neuralgia
with costal pain can be treated by the following methods.

Applications of hand therapy

Acupuncture therapy:

At regular and extra acupoints:

Location: Waiguan (TE 5), Zhongdu (TE 3), Zhigou (TE 6) and Wangu (SI 4).

Method of manipulation: The needles are inserted and retained for 30 minutes after
strong needling stimulation.

At reflective point:

Location: Temporal head reflective point.

Method of manipulation: The needle is inserted for 1.6 cm and retained for five
minutes.

At special acupoint beside the second metacarpal bone:

Location: Liver acupoint.

Method of manipulation: The needle is inserted for 1.6 cm and retained for 30
minutes.

Hand qigong:

Physical and breathing exercises for liver diseases.

The patient assumes a straight sitting posture or sits with legs crossed and with both
hands in front of the chest with fingers separated as though holding a ball. The
distance between the hands is 10 cm, and between hands and chest, 20 cm. The
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chest is drawn in with back straightened, and the shoulders and elbows drooped with
the armpits opened. The hands are horizontally drawn apart to chest width, and then
drawn close together to the original distance between them. This drawing hands
exercise is repeated several times. The palms are turned inward to face the chest,
making circles five to six times (Fig. 42) within a range between Danzhong (CV 17)
and Guanyuan (CV 4) acupoints.

Kongjin hand exercise:

The hand is prone with the palm facing downward to flex the middle and ring fingers
(Fig. 43) and then to resume the original hand ladder pattern. The finger exercise is
repeated nine times and the whole set of exercises is ended after a pole-standing
exercise in the riding posture for five minutes.


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