Furuncle can be treated effectively by reflexology

This is a pyogenic disease of the skin with multiple lesions and repeated relapses. The infection may last for a long time with new lesions repeatedly appearing after the old lesions have healed. In traditional Chinese medicine, the furuncles occurring along the posterior hairline are called Faji Chuang (hairline sores) and those over the buttocks are called Zuoban Chuang (ischial sores). This disease is most common in young people. The pyogenic infection of single hair follicles and sweat glands in modern medicine is the same disease and can be treated by the following methods.
  
Applications of hand therapy:
  
Acupuncture therapy:
  
At regular and extra acupoints:
  
Location: Ximen (PC4), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), and Zhoujian (EX-UE 1) acupoints.
  
Method of manipulation: The strong needling stimulation is applied.
  
At reflective areas:
  
Location: Areas corresponding to the location of furuncles in dorsal and palmar reflective areas.
   
Method of manipulation: The regular needles are used for routine acupuncture and the three-edged needle is used for bleeding therapy.
   
Hand bath:
   
Recipe: Lianqiao (Fructus Forsythia) 15 g, Jinyinhua (Flos Lonicerae) 20 g, Pugongying (Herba Taraxaci) 15 g, Huangbo (Cortex Phellodendri) 15 g, Kushen (Shrub of Sophora) 15 g, Niuxi (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae) 15 g, and Chuanjiao (Pericarpium Zanthoxyli) 6 g.
   
Function: To clear heat pathogen and dispel toxic pathogen.
   
Method of manipulation: A hot decoction of the above herbs is used to steam and wash both hands for 20-30 minutes, twice a day.