Traditional Chinese Drugs Fumigation Therapy

Traditional Chinese drugs fumigation therapy also called Traditional Chinese drugs steaming therapy or Traditional Chinese drugs vapour therapy. Traditional Chinese drugs fumigation belongs to naturopathy category which gets the honor of green therapy. It is an important and valuable therapy in the traditional Chinese medicine external treatments which has very long history. Traditional Chinese drugs fumigation therapy is a therapy combined chemistry and physics which uses the vapor of hot drugs as therapeutic factor. The first record of using this therapy in clinic appeared in Qin and Han Dynasty. In Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasty this therapy was used frequently, and when it came to Qing Dynasty, this therapy became mature and flawless. Since the New China established, traditional Chinese drugs fumigation therapy got development of theory and practice correspond with the development of modern science technology. It is now used in health care, recovery, clinic treatment and so on.

I. Therapy Principle

The first principle is its osmosis of drugs. When the traditional Chinese drugs are decocted, the active constituent of the drugs exist in form of ion, then the ion permeate through skin and get into the body to cure the diseases.

The second principle is its improvement of microcirculation. When the body is fumigated, the temperatures of skin increase, blood capillary of skin distend and circulation of blood is fast. These changes help skin and body to accelerate metabolism, help joints to subside engorgement and help tissue to improve regeneration capacity.

The third principle is its physical thermy and heat effects. The fumigation may decrease the excitability of peripheral nerve of skin, relieve the tension of skin, remit spasmus and tetania of muscle. All these functions can ease and relieve the pains of joints.

Nowadays, people use new type fumigation equipment to treat rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis, which received excellent therapeutic efficacy.

II. Feature of Curative Effect

Fumigation with head out. This make the patients feel as comfortable as sauna and help them to wipe tension and discomfortableness away, which can make the drugs more easy to be accepted.

• Design with head out can provides a better breathing and visual environment.
• Drugs is absorbed through skin, which can lighten the burden on internal organs
• Curative effect is special and applicability is large.
• Accelerate the metabolism and enhance the health.

III. Indication

Symptoms, such as acid, numbness, swelling, distending, pain, spasmus and stiffness，of waist, shoulder, neck and limbs joints, which are caused by arthromyodynia, beriberoid disease, arthritis, rheumatism cold, etc.

Treatment of activating blood circulation to dissipate blood stasis, decreasing swelling to relieve the pains and rehabilitating health after the acute hemorrhage stage of bone trauma.

Fumigation treatment of soft tissue aseprtic inflammation

Combined treatment of chronic degenerative diseases such as hyperostosis which may pressurize blood vessels and nerves.

Treatment of diabetes, uremia, arthrolithiasis and icterohepatitis by perspiring to expell toxin.

Treatment of dermatology

Treatment of gynopathic pubic sore, itching and painful menstruation

Rehabilitating treatment of cerebral apoplexy sequelae

Partner treatment of lubar intervertebral disc protrusion, ankylosing spondylitis and hypertrophic rhachitis, etc.

Treatment of severe catarrhal rhinitis and hypertensive diseases in stage I or II.

Fumigation treatment of asthma, constipation, prostatitis and prostatic hypertrophy.

Treatment of obesity and usage in cosmetology.