Acupuncture (Liu's acupuncture and ironing therapy)
Liu's acupuncture and ironing therapy belongs to the medical skills of the Liu family in Chongqing. It started when the ancestors of the Liu family moved to Chongqing from Huguang during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. It has been about 350 years and has been passed down for 15 generations. Liu's acupuncture and ironing therapy includes two categories: bloodletting and fire ironing. Bloodletting includes sha-releasing method, scraping method, pulling sha method, picking rickets method, medicine needle method, fire needle method, bloodletting method, double needle and one pot method, etc. Fire ironing includes rolling egg method, burning lamp, ash bowl, hot compress, rolling medicine bag, yellow wax moxibustion, fire wine method, moxibustion method, etc. Liu's acupuncture and ironing therapy has significant characteristics such as theoretical basis, specialized efficacy, clinical targeting, operation secrecy and medicinal material source. It is an important part of Chinese folk medicine and a very effective folk medicine skill. Discovering, rescuing and protecting Liu's acupuncture and ironing therapy has both important academic research value and distinct practical application value. The oral and mental inheritance method within the family determines that the therapy is not widely passed down, and the inheritance chain may be broken at any time, and it is in urgent need of national protection. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)