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digestive system
cholecystitis
physical medicine

exercise

• qigong: principles:
- mild exercise, esp. breathing exercises can stimulate bile secretion
- easy walk for 30 min./d
- breathing exercises
- Tai Qi


hydrotherapy

cold wet pack
hot trunk pack
lower-half body pack: replace every 15-20 min. to keep hot for 1 hr. until pain stops


manipulation

• Chapman's reflex: check and treat between rib 6-7 on right side from mid-mammillary line to sternum, then check and treat between T6-7 right side midway between SP and TVP
• Spondylotherapy: concussion to T9, T10 to dilate gall bladder
• spine: check and align T4, T10, T11, T12 (acute)
• careful abdominal massage: to help empty the GB


electrical and oscillating

diathermy : for non-acute, one pad over gallbladder, one over back, gentle heat, 20 min. 3x weekly
electrospinal therapy: one pad over gall bladder, other pad between shoulders, for 10-15 min., dosage enough to cause contractions, 6-8 per min. or large to sacrum and small pad to T5 or T6 on right side SP (Johnson, 1946, p.321)
interferential: electrodes scapula and below ribs, 90-150 Hz, 10-15 min., mild intensity (chronic )


footnotes