[Design and application of hand-wrist caring moxibustion box].
A hand-wrist moxibustion box is designed to effectively solve difficulty to have moxibustion at handwrist joint and problem of bad moxibustion effect as well as improve heat efficiency of moxibustion. The device is consisted of a box and protective screening. The box is hollow with opening on top and bottom. A reversible cover is fixed on the top of the box and support frames are put in the inner-middle. On the side wall there is a hole that is at the same horizontal level of support frames, and horizontal protective screening is put on the bottom. The design of this moxibustion box is novel and unique, simple and reasonable, which could give moxibustion on hand and wrist at the same time. Also it is easily made with low cost, easy to use and favorable effect. It is an innovation on moxibustion box.
College of Acupunture Moxibustion and Tuina, Henan University of TCM, Zhengzhou 450008, China. gaoxiyan@yeah.net
Xi-Yan
XY
Gao
College of Acupunture Moxibustion and Tuina, Henan University of TCM, Zhengzhou 450008, China.
Xin
X
Wang
College of Acupunture Moxibustion and Tuina, Henan University of TCM, Zhengzhou 450008, China.
Cui-Xiang
CX
Xu
College of Acupunture Moxibustion and Tuina, Henan University of TCM, Zhengzhou 450008, China.
Ling
L
Gao
College of Acupunture Moxibustion and Tuina, Henan University of TCM, Zhengzhou 450008, China.
Qiao-Lin
QL
Ma
D004867:Equipment Design; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014953:Wrist