Six Important Notes on External Medicinal Wine Application
External medicinal wine is primarily used for treating musculoskeletal injuries. Apply the wine to the affected area, then repeatedly press, rub, and massage around the site, combining auxiliary techniques such as pinching, plucking, smoothing, and rotating to enhance efficacy.
For optimal results, apply with warm friction, which facilitates deeper penetration of the wine into subcutaneous tissue, enhancing its blood-activating, stasis-resolving, anti-inflammatory, and pain-relieving effects. Each massage session lasts approximately 15–20 minutes, performed once daily or every other day, typically completing one course every five sessions.
Important precautions when using external medicinal wine:
1. Most external medicinal wines contain blood-activating and stasis-resolving ingredients; therefore, they must not be ingested to avoid poisoning.
2. Massage technique should start light and gradually increase intensity, decreasing toward the end.
3. In soft tissue injuries occurring within two days, localized bleeding and swelling appear; vigorous massage may worsen symptoms, so it should be avoided.
4. When massaging with medicinal wine, avoid direct application over bony prominences to prevent damage to soft tissues and periosteum, which could exacerbate the condition.
5. Do not use this method on fresh fractures, dislocations, broken skin, or in patients with serious heart, liver, lung, or kidney conditions.
6. For conditions such as bone tumors, tuberculosis of bone, or suppurative soft tissue infections, only superficial application is allowed at painful sites—avoid pulling, pushing, or heavy pressure to prevent spreading of the lesion.