Celestial Lancets: A History and Rationale of Acupuncture and Moxa (Needham Research Institute Series) - Softcover

Book 9 of 13: Needham Research Institute

Lu, Gwei-Djen; Needham, Joseph

 
9780700714582: Celestial Lancets: A History and Rationale of Acupuncture and Moxa (Needham Research Institute Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0700714588 ISBN 13: 9780700714582
Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

Using modern knowledge to shed light on ancient techniques, this text examines two of the earliest 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 on the body's surface; moxibustion is the burning of Artemisia tinder (moxa) either directly on the skin 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. 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.

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Joseph Needham, Gwei-Djen Lu

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0700714588
ISBN 13 
9780700714582
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
480

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