This paper presents a textual research on the author, year of composition, basic content, and academic value of Zhenjiu Neipian (Inner Analects of Acupuncture and Moxibustion). This acupuncture-moxibustion work was written by DA Zhongguang, alias Jiang Shang Wai Shi, a renowned painter and calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty. The work was compiled around the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1661-1692). It includes four parts. The first part covers general theories and needle-forging techniques; the second part introduces meridian and acupoint diagrams and the verses of acupoints; the third part is the verses of contraindications of acupuncture and moxibustion; and the fourth part discusses reinforcing and reducing techniques. Zhenjiu Neipian is mainly based on Dou's acupuncture books, Pu Ji Fang (Formulas for Universal Relief), Lei Jing Tu Yi (Pictorial Appendices to 'The Classified Classic'), Zhenjiu Dacheng (The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion), Gu Jin Yi Tong Da Quan (The Complete Compendium of Ancient and Modern Medical Works), Zi Hui (Dictionary of Chinese Characters) , and Ling's acupuncture books. Zhenjiu Neipian preserves some lost writings in lost medical books such as Dou's acupuncture books and Ling's acupuncture books. In addition, it plays an important role in acupoint selection methods, acupuncture and moxibustion techniques, and the indications of acupoints, presenting a high literature and clinical value. This book is an invaluable acupuncture-moxibustion book for studying Ling's acupuncture techniques.
Humans ; China ; Acupuncture Therapy/history* ; Moxibustion/history* ; History, 17th Century ; Acupuncture/education* ; Books/history* ; Acupuncture Points

Brain tinnitus is a common clinical condition whose pathogenesis is not yet fully understood,and it still lacks effective therapies in clinical practice.Professor Liu Maocai believes that the clinical manifestations of brain tinnitus are usually characterized by deficiency syndrome,and sometimes are complicated excess syndrome.The disease is located in the brain and is closely related to the liver,spleen,and kidney.The treatment of brain tinnitus should be focused on tonifying the liver and kidney,and strengthening the spleen,and methods of calming the liver to extinguish wind,resolving phlegm to open the orifices,and activating blood circulation to unblock collaterals can be used for excess syndrome.In clinical practice,Professor Liu Maocai is skilled in using herb pairs such as Astragali Radix-Codonopsis Radix,Eucommiae Cortex-Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix,Paeoniae Radix Alba-Bupleuri Radix,Angelicae Sinensis Radix-Chuanxiong Rhizoma,Gastrodiae Rhizoma-Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncis,and Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma-Polygalae Radix.Professor Liu Maocai's experience in treating brain tinnitus from the perspective of the liver,spleen,and kidney can provide valuable references for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of brain tinnitus with traditional Chinese medicine.

By examining the records of Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex in the literature about materia medica before the Tang Dynasty,and through analyzing the practical application and botanical knowledge about Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex recorded in the Eastern Han Dynasty's Wu Wei Han Dai Yi Jian(Wuwei Medical Bamboo Slips)and the Tang Dynasty's Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang(Essential Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold Pieces for Emergency),this study conducted a comparative analysis of the therapeutic actions,plant morphology,and fruiting periods of Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex documented in Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu(Collective Commentaries on the Classic of Materia Medica)compiled by Tao Hongjing during the Liang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties.The findings suggest that before the Tang Dynasty,the inner bark of some Lauraceae plants might have been used as Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex.Specifically,the plant growing in Jiaozhi(present-day northern Vietnam)was likely Cinnamomumparthenoxylum(Jack)Nees of the Lauraceae family,while the one growing in Yuanqu(present-day Heze,Shandong)might have been Machilus thunbergii Sieb.et Zucc.or other Lauraceae species distributed in ancient Shandong.The results of textual research will provide reference for further clarifying the historical development of ancient pharmacology and the evolution of traditional Chinese medicinal sources,and will also offer valuable perspectives for the resource conservation and sustainable utilization of Magnoliaceae plants used for Houpoea officinalins nowadays.