指屈肌腱鞘炎

Needling

Points: Point( s) of tenderness
Method: Treat once daily or on alternating days.

Moxibustion

Warm the affected area with moxa sticks for 10-20 minutes, once or twice daily. Alternatively, burn 3-5 moxa cones at the point of tenderness using the indirect method, one to three times daily.

Injection therapy

Inject Angelica sines is ( danggui), hydrocortisone or predaisone acetate at the point of tenderness once every 2-7 days. ·

PS. Traditional Chinese medicine treatments such as acupoint injection and air injection therapy are not allowed in BC.備註: 穴位注射和空氣注射療法的中醫治療不允許在 BC 省進行。

Remarks

• During the course of treatment, movement of the affected wrist should be limited, and the wrist kept warm.

Reference:

Acupuncture, A Comprehensive Text, Shanghai College of Traditional Medicine translated and edited by John O’Connor and Dan Bensky, 1981”