Dissemination and Improvement of Taiyi Moxa-Stick Moxibustion in the Lingnan Area
10.13359/j.cnki.gzxbtcm.2024.05.040
- VernacularTitle:"太乙神针"在岭南的传播与改良
- Author:
Hong ZHENG
1
Author Information
1. 浙江中医药大学浙江中医药博物馆,浙江杭州 310053
- Keywords:
Taiyi moxa-stick moxibustion;
Lingnan area;
moxa-stick;
medicine block;
ginger-separated moxibustion;
dissemination;
improvement;
FAN Yu-Ni;
Qing Dynasty
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024;41(5):1359-1363
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Taiyi moxa-stick moxibustion refers to the method of compressing the ignited moxa-stick which is made of medicine and moxa on the acupoints by the partition of paper with Taoism magic figures,and the method has achieved significant efficacy in clinic.Taiyi moxa-stick moxibustion was first introduced to Lingnan area by FAN Yu-Ni in the Qing Dynasty when he was an official in Guangdong,and has been widely spread since then.In the book of Jing Yan Liang Fang(Empirical Prescriptions)which was compiled by ZHOU Gui-Shan born in Shunde region and in Qing Dynasty and was popular in Lingnan area,there is a unique method of ginger-separated Taiyi moxa-stick moxibustion,which appeared earlier than the ginger-separated and bowl-covered Taiyi moxa-stick moxibustion created by YE Gui in 1856.The comparison of 19 kinds of works on Taiyi moxa-stick moxibustion issued in the Qing Dynasty showed that the unique ginger-separated Taiyi moxa-stick moxibustion was only recorded in several Lingnan medical books,the medicated prescription for Taiyi moxa-stick moxibustion(composed of 12 drugs,namely Moschus,Aconiti Radix,Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix,Arisaematis Rhizoma,Pinelliae Rhizoma,Realgar,Orpiment,Caryophylli Flos,Asari Radix et Rhizoma,Clematidis Radix et Rhizoma,Scolopendra and Sulfur)was without moxa added,and the drugs were made into the medicine block for ginger-separated moxibustion.In this article,the origin and characteristics of Lingnan ginger-separated Taiyi moxa-stick moxibustion were investigated to provide ideas for the expansion of clinical application of moxibustion.
