Table 6.

Traditional therapies used by the local healers.

Therapy type	Chinese name	Specific process	Diseases treated
Pocket therapy (Doudu)	兜肚 疗法	Put medicines into a special sewing bag (Chinese name Doudu). Put it on the abdomen, so achieve the purpose of treatment through the pores of the skin to absorb drug smell. Usually used Zingiber officinale and Tetradium ruticarpum.	Gynecologic diseases, stomachache
Moxibustion therapy (Jiukao)	灸烤 疗法	Dry leaves of Artemisia argyi and porphyrization, make moxa cone. Fire moxa cone, barbecue affected part.	Rheumatism
Curettage therapy (Guazhi)	刮治法	Use the edge of coppers, coins or bowls to dip in tung oil or canola oil, light scrapping skin, appear red mark.	Clearing heat, intestine disease, common cold
Light therapy (Dadenghuo)	打灯火 疗法	Use the stem of Juncus effuses to dip in tung oil or canola oil, heat affected part and leave quickly.	Pediatric diseases
Egg rolling therapy (Gundan)	滚蛋 疗法	Use cooked hot egg with eggshell to roll back and forth on the patients' stomach when the temperature of egg is moderate.	Common cold, intestine disease
Tangerine therapy (Gunju)	滚橘 疗法	Use orange or smaller grapefruit roasted on the stove or fire hot, and then roll around the patients' forehead when their temperature is moderate.	Common cold, clearing heat
Canister therapy (Tongxun)	筒薰 疗法	Decoct medicine into soup, and then pour the soup into bamboo tube when it is hot, use a wet towel to cover on the mouth of bamboo tube, post on the affected part, and let the heat washed up from the mouth of bamboo tube until the soup is cold.	Oral disease, intestine disease