d. Cupping（拔罐）

Being physiotherapy as well as acupuncture and moxibustion, cupping is one of the most effective TCM treatments that can be applicable to children. Just as its name implies, this therapy has the aid of cups – commonly bamboo cups, ceramic cups, heat-resisting glass cups, red copper cups, horn cups, and so on.

The process of cupping is putting flaming specific materials into a specialized cup and then pressing the mouth of the cup on specific acupuncture points or infected parts. According to modern medicine, the negative pressure producing from the heating cup can impel the hyperemia of partial blood capillaries, rupture erythrocytes and create extravasated blood and hemolysis, which are helpful to produce some histamine, make the histamine circulate in the body, stimulate and activate organs and enhance one’s immunity.

The “Fifty-two Therapies” unearthed in the Mawangdui Han Tomb, which is the oldest Chinese medical book written during the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, has noted about horn cupping in ancient China. Also, many other historical books and records show that animal horns were the common cupping tool in ancient China which proves that cupping had been used in China at least since 6th – 2nd century BC.

e. Dietotherapy（食疗）

Dietotherapy is a special therapy making use of food (grain, meat, fruits, vegetables, etc.), to prevent or cure diseases. Different from drug therapy and ordinary diet, not only can it provide enough nutrition that a human body needs but also it produces little side-effect to the body. According to TCM theory, the imbalance of Yin and Yang is one of the reasons why human beings get weak. With observation and experience for a long time, doctors in ancient China realized that some food were effective for curing some symptoms and could strengthen physical health. Therefore, special natures of foods were summed up and used in TCM. In China today, many people especially the elders still persevere in it together with Tai Chi to build their bodies.

f. Skin scraping（刮痧）

Skin scraping is one of the traditional Chinese nature therapies basing on TCM cortex theory. Adopting this treatment, people can scrape on the skin with ox horns, jades and some other specific objects which can help to expand blood capillary, increase the secretion of sweat glands, and boost blood circulation. It gets effect instantly on hypertension, sunstroke, muscle ache, etc. This therapy is seen as a good way to relieve fatigue and increase immunity.

Recorded in the medical book “Shi Yi De Xiao Fang” written in 1337 by Wei Yilin, a medical scientist of Yuan Dynasty, skin scraping has developed to be a popular therapy turned out to be effective for about 400 diseases of internal medicine, surgery, gynaecology, andriatrics, paediatrics, dermatology, traumatology, ophthalmology, and so on.

g. Qigong（气功）

Qigong is an old Chinese exercise with body movement, breathe and consciousness adjusting. Four thousands of years in China it has been being treated as a way of body building, preventing and curing diseases, and potential developing. Containing a wide range of classes, Qigong can be split into two types: dynamic exercise and static exercise.

Usually, dynamic exercise indwells in Chinese martial arts, which is commonly known as Kungfu or Wushu; while static exercise stresses on sitting in meditation without tense muscle - the introduction of Tai Chi (taijiquan, a kind of traditional Chinese shadow boxing) and Ving Tsun (yongchunquan, a kind of traditional Chinese Kungfu originating from south China) is of this type.

h. Psychotherapy（心理治疗）

In TCM, autosuggestion, heterosuggestion, singing, dancing or other relaxation exercises can also be used to influence patients’ psychological states and alter their emotional disorder so that they can maintain a state of good mood, which is considered to be an important role in treatment.