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International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
; (6): 568-569, 2009.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-392090
ABSTRACT
Folk therapeutics is characterized by using manipulation techniques or tools to allieviate pain. Because of its convenience for operation and rapid effectiveness, the folk therapeutics is handed down from mouth to mouth and lasting for long time. This article, from a medical history view, briefly introduced the developing process of massage, cupping, thermalism, chiropractics, guiding and so on, to make certain a positive position of this therapeutics in the history if TCM external treatments .