To begin, take a piece of velvet and twist it into a spindle shape to make moxa cones. Now, cut ginger into small pieces and puree it in a juicer. Filter the ginger puree through cotton gauze to separate the ginger juice and mud from the puree.
Take 10 grams of ginger mud and 20 milliliters of ginger juice in paper cups for later use. Then, take 0.1 grams of traditional Chinese medicine powder, and grind it in a mortar. After administering anesthesia to the mouse and confirming the appropriate surgical depth, remove it from the anesthesia induction box.
Secure the mouse on the operating table in a prone position. Align the mouse's mouth and nose with the outlet of the anesthetic. Maintain the anesthesia and place the mouse on a 37 degrees Celsius heating pad during the operational procedure.
Apply lubricant to the mouse's eyes to prevent desiccation. Now, locate the acupoints on the mouse, and identify the stimulation area. Shave the hair on the back of the mouse until the flesh-colored skin on the back of the mouse is seen.
Ensure the hair removal is 1.5 centimeter wide and extends from C7 to the tail vertebra. Using cotton gauze, apply the prepared ginger juice to the shaved area of the mouse's back. Then, with a writing brush, sprinkle the traditional Chinese medicine powder evenly on the median line of the mouse's back, and cover the area with mulberry paper.
Next, use ginger mud to make a trapezoidal ginger column, and fill it down the mulberry paper. Create a groove above the midline of the ginger column, and place the prepared moxa cone in the groove. Then, light the moxa cone, and replace it with a new one once it burns out.
Wipe off the ginger and traditional Chinese medicine powder from the mouse's back. Clean the back of the mouse, discontinue the anesthesia and allow the mouse to recover.
