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A method of treatment in which a cloth bag containing medicinals that have been warmed, usually by stir-frying, is applied to the body to relieve pain. The hot pack method is used to treat wind-cold-damp impediment, cold pain in the stomach duct and abdomen. For example, stomach qì pain can be treated with a hot pack of stir-fried tangerine leaves. Salt, sand, or earth can also be used. Care should be taken not to burn the patient.

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