Pain in the middle of thumb

Good living habits can keep you away from many diseases. If a person eats fruits and vegetables regularly, he can not only lose weight but also have a healthy body. Regularly massaging the middle part of the thumb is also beneficial to your health. This is also a form of massage that can also achieve the effect of strengthening the body.

Massage

Use massage techniques to tap, press, push, knead, roll, pluck, and rub local and distal acupoints. The doctor uses the thumb to focus on kneading the radial styloid process and its upper and lower parts for 15 minutes. The above treatment method was used and the clinical observation showed that the effect was satisfactory.

Commonly used acupuncture points and parts

(1) Stenosing tenosynovitis of the radial styloid process: Quchi, Shousanli, Lieque, Hegu, and the radial styloid process.

(2) Finger flexor tendon tenosynovitis: Neiguan, Waiguan, and Ashi points.

(3) Periarthritis of the extensor carpi radialis tendinitis: Shousanli, Waiguan, Neiguan, and radial surface of the extensor side of the forearm.

Commonly used techniques: rolling, kneading, twisting, smearing, rubbing, etc., as well as hot compress and passive joint movement.

Folk remedies

Folding Raw Gardenia Therapy

10 grams of raw gardenia, 30 grams of raw gypsum, 9 grams of peach kernel, 12 grams of safflower, and 6 grams of earthworm. Grind the above medicines into powder, soak it with 75% alcohol, and after 1 hour, add appropriate amount of castor oil to make it into a paste for later use. When using, apply this ointment to gauze and apply it to the affected area, fix it with adhesive tape, and change the dressing once every other day.

Folding liquor therapy

Take one or two ounces of 60-proof liquor, put it in a small bowl, light it with fire, and while it is on fire, use your hands to apply the liquor to the affected area and massage vigorously.

Use 15 grams each of cinnamon twig and perilla leaf, 88 grams each of ephedra and safflower, 20 grams of lycopodii herba, 30 grams each of radix polyphyllae and fresh mulberry branch. Boil water until it becomes 2000 ml~3000 ml, pour it into a wash basin, place the affected part on the mouth of the basin, cover it with crude oil and steam and soak it, 30 minutes each time, twice a day, fix it with a bandage and tile-shaped cardboard after washing.

Diet therapy

Folded candied hawthorn

Main ingredients: 500 grams of hawthorn, 250 grams of honey.

How to make candied hawthorn:

1. Wash the raw hawthorn, remove the stalk and core, then put the hawthorn into an aluminum pot, add appropriate amount of water, and boil until it is 70% cooked. When the water is about to dry, add honey and cook over low heat until the juice is collected.

2. After cooling, store in a bottle for later use.

Usage: Take 3 times a day, 15-30 grams each time.

Health Tips

It can stimulate appetite, help digestion, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

Folding food restraint

Hawthorn: Hawthorn should not be eaten with seafood, ginseng, or lemon.

Honey: The nutritional composition of honey is relatively complex. When eating honey and onion together, the organic acids and enzymes in honey will encounter the sulfur-containing amino acids in the onion, which will cause harmful biochemical reactions or produce toxic substances, which will stimulate the gastrointestinal tract and cause diarrhea.