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Needham Research Institute Series
Celestial Lancets - A History and Rationale of Acupuncture and Moxa
Lu Gwei-djen and Joseph Needham
First Published by Cambridge University Press, 1980
RoutledgeCurzon
Reprint, 2002
ISBN 0700714588
This is a study of two of the most ancient therapeutic techniques of Chinese
Medicine: acupuncture and moxibustion. Acupuncture is the implantation
of very thin needles into subcutaneous connective tissue and muscle
at a great number of different points of the body's surface; moxibustion
is the burning of artemisia tinder (moxa) either directly on the shin
or just above it. For 2500 years the Chinese have used both techniques
to relieve pain and to heal a wide variety of illnesses and malfunctions.
Dr Lu and Dr Needham give a full historical account of acupuncture
and moxibustion in the theoretical structure of Chinese medicine, and
combine this with a rationale of the two techniques in the light of
modern scientific knowledge. This reprint contains a new introduction
to the subject by Vivienne Lo. |
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