Celestial Lancets: A History and Rationale of Acupuncture and Moxa (Needham Research Institute Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (566 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0700714588 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Using modern knowledge to shed light on ancient techniques, this text examines two of the earliest therapeutic techniques of Chinese medicine: acupuncture and moxibustion. For 2500 years the Chinese have used both techniques to relieve pain and to heal a wide variety of illnesses and malfunctions. Providing a full historical account of acupuncture and moxibustion in the theoretical structure of Chinese medicine, Doctors Lu and Needham combine it with a rationale of the two techniques in the light of modern scientific knowledge.. Acupuncture is the implantation of very thin needles into subcutaneous connective tissue and muscle at a great number of different points on the body's surface; moxibustion is the burning of Artemisia tinder (moxa) either directly on the skin or just above it
A fundamental work Ernesto The book was originally published in 1980, thirty years ago, nowadays this reprint is enriched by two writings : a short preface by Prof. Christopher Cullen and an introduction by Dr. Vivienne Lo.At the time of the first printing Needham was 80 years old, and as happens in the case of books which have been compiled by great masters, this work is still to. Academics & serious students of acupuncture only should buy PeacefulJeff After finding out that what is taught in the West as `Traditional Chinese Medicine' was basically created by a Chinese Communist government committee from some but not all of the various ancient texts and practices that are available, I wanted to reconstruct Traditional Chinese Medicine (particularly acupuncture) as it actually existed prior to the Commu