The ancient clinical application of umbilical therapy for retention of urine.
10.13703/j.0255-2930.2017.02.021
- Author:
Minglin WANG
1
;
Yuxia MA
1
Author Information
1. Dongying People's Hospital, Dongying 257000, Shandong Province, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
literature research;
retention of urine;
umbilical therapy
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2017;37(2):185-187
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
By collecting relevant ancient literature, with retention of urine, umbilical therapy and Shenque (CV 8) as key words, various umbilical therapies for retention of urine from thedynasty todynasty were retrieved and summarized. The results indicated rich knowledge of umbilical therapy was recorded in ancient literature (thedynasty to thedynasty), including 9 kinds of therapies e.g. sticking umbilical method, ironing umbilical method, pasting umbilical method, smearing umbilical method, filling umbilical method, sealing umbilical method, covering umbilical method, dripping umbilical method and bundling umbilical method. Moreover, the detailed methods were briefly explained. It is hoped to provide reference for modern application of umbilical therapy for retention of urine.
