What is moxibustion mud and what are the benefits of mud moxibustion in treating frozen shoulder?

Frozen shoulder is caused by lesions in the muscles, tendons, ligaments and other parts of the shoulder joint. It not only causes great harm to patients' daily life, work and health. Periarthritis of the shoulder is more common among middle-aged and elderly people. . Many patients experience worsening symptoms when the weather changes. In fact, mud moxibustion has a good effect on the treatment of periarthritis of the shoulder. How to do it?

[Mud moxibustion is a good remedy for symptomatic treatment]

Fang Yi

Turmeric folk medicine wax therapy recipe

【Material】

15 grams of turmeric, 10 grams of raw Chuanwu, 10 grams of raw Caowu, 10 grams of raw Arisaema, 10 grams of frankincense, 10 grams of myrrh, 100 grams of ginger, 100 grams of garlic, and appropriate amounts of white wine and wax powder.

【Heating utensils】pot.

【Moxibustion area】Affected area.

【Preparation method and steps】

1: Make moxibustion mud. Grind the first six herbs into fine powder, mash the ginger and garlic into a paste, and then add appropriate amount of white wine and wax powder.

2: Apply mud. Use rolling, pressing, rocking and other techniques to relieve spasms and adhesions in the shoulder joint and upper limb muscles, focusing on Jianjing, anterior and posterior shoulder tendons, muscle ligaments, and joint adhesions. Press Quchi and Hegu. For those who have difficulty raising their hands forward, add Yunmen and Chize. For those who have difficulty extending their back, add Tianzong and Jianjing. Combined with passive movements such as massaging the shoulder joint and raising and adducting the affected limb, the adhesions can be further peeled off and the range of motion of the shoulder joint can be gradually increased. Apply wax therapy medicine to the affected area after massage.

3: Heating. Put the above moxibustion mud into the pot and fry until hot.

4: Treatment course. Apply for 30 minutes, once every other day, 5 times as a course of treatment.

【Effects and indications】

Warming the meridians and dispelling cold, dredge tendons and collaterals, promote blood circulation, promote qi and relieve pain. This prescription is mainly suitable for periarthritis of the shoulder. The main symptoms are shoulder pain, restricted functional activities, inability to raise the affected limb to comb the hair, difficulty in dressing, and often accompanied by shoulder and back discomfort and soreness.

【Fang Yi】

Wax has a lubricating effect on the skin, making it soft and elastic, and has a softening and loosening effect on scar tissue and tendon spasms. Waxing has a strong and long-lasting thermal effect. Local skin blood vessel dilation. It promotes the improvement of local blood circulation and nutrition, while raw Chuanwu, raw Caowu and raw Arisaema warm the meridians and dispel cold, dredge the collaterals and relieve pain, turmeric, frankincense and myrrh promote blood circulation, promote qi and relieve pain, ginger and garlic promote yang, transform qi and relieve pain. All the medicines work together to warm the meridians and dispel cold, dredge the muscles and dredge the collaterals, promote blood circulation, promote qi and relieve pain, coupled with the application of massage. Achieved relatively good therapeutic effect.

【Medical Advice】

1. During treatment, you should pay attention to keeping your shoulders warm to avoid wind and cold. During wax therapy in cold seasons, you should pay attention to the indoor temperature.

2. In addition to the medicated wax therapy, attention should also be paid to coordinating with other treatment methods such as drug therapy, acupuncture, exercise, cupping, fumigation and washing to give full play to the advantages of comprehensive treatment and improve clinical efficacy.

Fang Er

Double Wuyao wax therapy recipe

【Material】

10 grams of Chuanwu, 10 grams of Caowu, 20 grams of Qianghuo, 10 grams of Duhuo, 10 grams of Qinjiao, 20 grams of Chuanxiong, 10 grams of cinnamon twig, and 300-500 grams of beeswax.

[Heating equipment] A watertight container will do.

【Moxibustion area】Affected area.

【Preparation method and steps】

1: Make moxibustion mud. Grind the above medicines into fine powder, stir with heated and melted beeswax, then pour into an enamel square dish with a thickness of about five or six centimeters and wait for it to solidify.

2: Apply mud. Apply the heated and solidified wax mud cake directly to the affected area and maintain the temperature.

3: Heating. Put the above medicinal powder and beeswax in a pot and steam them, melt and stir evenly at 50℃～55℃.

4: Treatment course. The treatment time is 30 minutes, once every other day, and 5 times constitute a course of treatment.

【Effects and indications】

Eliminate rheumatism and cold arthritis. This prescription is mainly suitable for periarthritis of the shoulder. The main symptoms are shoulder pain and joint stiffness, which worsens at night and radiates to the neck and elbows.

【Fang Yi】

Medicinal wax therapy acts directly on local areas. It is a new physical therapy that combines Chinese and Western medicines. Among the added medicines, Chuanwu, Caowu, Qianghuo and Duhuo all have the effect of eliminating rheumatism and cold arthritis. Chuanxiong promotes menstruation, activates blood circulation and relieves pain, Qinjiao dispels rheumatism and clears latent heat in the bones, Guizhi relieves exterior symptoms, warms the meridians, dispels rheumatism and relieves pain. The above-mentioned medicines can directly act on the affected area through the warming effect of wax, thereby achieving the effects of dispelling wind and dampness, promoting menstruation and activating collaterals, reducing swelling and relieving pain, loosening adhesions, lubricating joints and promoting the repair of joint function.

【Medical Advice】

1. People who are allergic to wax therapy drugs should not use it.

2. After applying the medicine, if local rash, blisters or other abnormalities occur, stop applying it, keep the skin clean and give corresponding treatment if necessary.

3. Medicated wax therapy is not suitable for people with skin allergies, damage, edema, infection, or diseases with bleeding tendency.