Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Herpes Zoster (Clinical Practice of Acupuncture and Moxibustion)

Part of a clinical series on the treatment of various diseases with Chinese medicine, this book gives detailed differential diagnoses as well as western medical etiology and pathology. Appropriate methods of treatment include acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping, massage, and Chinese herbal formulas. Acupuncture can treat herpes zoster by eliminating blisters and erythema, and the course of a combined treatment with western medicine can be shortened with no side effects.