Celestial Lancets: A History and Rationale of Acupuncture and Moxa (Cambridge History of Science)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Joseph Needham

Lu, Gwei-Djen

Alternative Medicine

Cambridge University Press

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

<p>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. </p> <p>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.</p>

Needham, Joseph

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