A Literary Study of Skin Beauty in Traditional Chinese Medicine
10.3937/kampomed.65.124
- VernacularTitle:中国伝統医学における皮膚美容の文献的検討
- Author:
Zaigen OH
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
beauty acupuncture and moxibustion;
beauty;
Huangdi Neijing
- From:Kampo Medicine
2014;65(2):124-137
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Acupuncture and moxibustion, involving the existential improvement of the skin through physical acupuncture and moxibustion stimulation localized to the face, have been gathering attention as methods of creating physical “beauty.” However, traditional beauty acupuncture and moxibustion have recently been focused in the direction of holistic observation and treatment of the body because of risks such as subcutaneous facial hemorrhages. With regard to this environment, the law of abnormalities in the body being reflected on the body surface has been described throughout the medical text of Huangdi Neijing Lingshu (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon : Spiritual Pivot), in which an association has been drawn between skin tone, body surface luster, and skin elasticity and vital energy and blood, essential organs and the digestive tract, as well as meridians. In other words, disturbances of the mind and body spread to the complexion and appearance of the body surface and thus the “beauty” of one's physique. Accordingly, this suggests the need for future research into the mind and body with regard to the bipolarization of “acupuncture and moxibustion beauty” as a result of the symbiosis of philosophy and medicine, in addition to “beauty acupuncture and moxibustion,” which traditionally involves localized treatment.
