Preliminary study on characteristics of the Illustrations of Moxibustion in Dunhuang Caves in treatment of 5 kinds of strain and 7 kinds of impairments.
- Author:
Tian-Sheng WANG
1
;
Lan-Ping LÜ
;
Yong-Qiang WANG
Author Information
1. Anning District People's Hospital of Lanzhou City, Gansu 730070, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Acupuncture;
Acupuncture Points;
Acupuncture Therapy;
Caves;
China;
Humans;
Medicine, East Asian Traditional;
Moxibustion
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2006;26(10):753-755
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The Illustrations of Moxibustion, a remained book in Dunhuang Caves, is available the earliest monograph about moxibustion methods with both pictures and writing since recorded writing. In treatment of 5 kinds of strain and 7 kinds of impairments, point association for correspondence between man and universe was adopted human point distribution according to Jiugong and Bagua; and point association method of viewing the situation as a whole according to humam point distribution on the head, the body and the limbs; it wrote and drew available the earliest naked figures for acupuncture and moxibustion in simple natural materialism; and it is the most reasonable, the most complete explanation of sexual science in Chinese medicine, and is a sample for treatment of 5 kinds of strain and 7 kinds of impairments by ancient physicians stressing moxibustion, with convenient point selection and safety.
