Current Issue

APPLICATION OF PITHY FORMULA METHOD IN TEACHING SCRAPING THERAPY OF HEAD AND FACE MERIDIANS AND COLLATERALS

Shuo-Fei Chen^1*

Bachelor’s Program of Sports and Health Promotion, Fo Guang University

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Ya-Ting Liang²

Tao Bian Eastern Esthetics Co., Ltd 

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract

As one of the important theories of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), meridians and collaterals are considered to be the key to human physiology, pathology and clinical efficacy. The use of acupuncture and scraping therapy in TCM is of potential value in the health care and treatment of visceral diseases. As a traditional folk therapy, the scraping therapy can dredge the meridians and collaterals as well as regulate qi and blood through massaging the acupoints to achieve the effect of health and beauty. In the TCM theories, the scraping therapy can stimulate lymphatic circulation, promote the repair of body tissues, improve immunity, and achieve the effects of detoxification, repair and reconstruction. Teaching and learning is a process of mutual feedback. As an effective teaching strategy, the pithy formula teaching method is widely used in the medical field, which can help students memorize and understand knowledge more easily. The purpose of this study was to investigate the application and effect of the pithy formula method in the teaching of scraping therapy of the head and face meridians and collaterals, in order to promote the research and application of meridian and collateral healthcare theories.

Key Words: meridians, collaterals, scraping therapy, pithy formula teaching method