Curing winter diseases in summer with TCM
July 12 marks the beginning of the hottest summer time in China. According to the traditional Chinese medical science, people suffering from chronic bronchitis, emphysema and bronchial asthma can apply plasters, acupuncture and moxibustion, cupping glass, accupoint injection therapy, etc. This technique is known as "curing winter diseases in the summer." [Photo: Xinhua]
July 12 marks the beginning of the hottest summer time in China. According to the traditional Chinese medical science, people suffering from chronic bronchitis, emphysema and bronchial asthma can apply plasters, acupuncture and moxibustion, cupping glass, accupoint injection therapy, etc. This technique is known as "curing winter diseases in the summer." [Photo: Xinhua]
Two children receive cupping therapy in Kangyide Hospital in Huairou District in Beijing, capital of China, July 12, 2017. As the hottest part of the summer in China begins, a lot of people come to hospital to prevent illness by receiving acupuncture, acupoint sticking and cupping therapy. [Photo: Xinhua]
A doctor carries out moxibustion for a patient at Gaoqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Gaoqing , east China's Shandong Province, July 12, 2017. As the hottest part of the summer in China begins, a lot of people come to hospital to prevent illness by receiving acupuncture, acupoint sticking and cupping therapy. [Photo: Xinhua]
A medical staff member sticks dog-day paste onto the back of a resident at the hospital of traditional Chinese medicine in Hengshui, north China's Hebei Province, July 12, 2017. Wednesday marks the first day of the dog days, which means the three periods of the hottest season each year. People around China would swarm into hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine as they believe winter diseases could be cured in summer. [Photo: Xinhua]
Doctor An Lifei carries out cupping therapy for a patient at Xuyi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Xuyi County, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 12, 2017. As the hottest part of the summer in China begins, a lot of people come to hospital to prevent illness by receiving acupuncture, acupoint sticking and cupping therapy. [Photo: Xinhua]
Medical staff members stick dog-day pastes onto the body of a girl at the hospital of traditional Chinese medicine in Hengshui, north China's Hebei Province, July 12, 2017. Wednesday marks the first day of the dog days, which means the three periods of the hottest season each year. People around China would swarm into hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine as they believe winter diseases could be cured in summer. [Photo: Xinhua]
A patient receives cupping therapy at Boxing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Binzhou, east China's Shandong Province, July 12, 2017. As the hottest part of the summer in China begins, a lot of people come to hospital to prevent illness by receiving acupuncture, acupoint sticking and cupping therapy. [Photo: Xinhua]
Deng Chunli, a medical staff member at her local hospital of traditional Chinese medicine, sticks dog-day paste onto the calf of a man at a square in Tiandong County of Baise, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 12, 2017. Wednesday marks the first day of the dog days, which means the three periods of the hottest season each year. People around China would swarm into hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine as they believe winter diseases could be cured in summer. [Photo: Xinhua]
