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To make the reader a sense of conduction with a perceptual moxibustion, now give a few examples Cases below.

Cases a Chen × ×, male, 56 years old, farmer, at April 13, 1995 visit. Patients gastroptosis nearly two years. Had taken Buzhongyiqi (pill) soup, Huangqijianzhong soup and vitamins and other drugs, clinical symptoms eased, but repeated attacks. Recently, due to overwork and hair. See unbearable abdominal bulge carved, standing or after intensified, with minimalist looking, lassitude, dizziness, palpitations, barium shows Ⅲ degree gastroptosis. TCM for the weak stomach. With gall and the same amount of fresh crushed castor, made a diameter of 30mm, 3mm thick drug cake. Patients were sitting, the drug cake covered in Baihui Department and moxibustion, moxibustion sense until the emergence of strong informal time and the number of patients in the moxibustion have appeared after 40min non-halo halo like the feeling of hot head, spine and even body heat fever, sometimes there is a raise under the coke sense. Six times after treatment, the symptoms greatly reduced after treatment of B-12 and barium meal shows the gastric body has been restored in situ. See the end of follow-up a recurrence.

Example Two side × ×, male, 52 years old, teacher, back pain one week. Patients known as muscle strain, l weeks ago and heavy lifting waist sprain, then pain, Qianche right leg, the CT diagnosis of L4-5 disc. Doctors recommend temporarily unsuitable for reduction, then using acupuncture. Carved examination: See waist flat, psoas spasm obvious, right leg raising test was positive. Take Vital and bilateral kidney fertilizing moxibustion, the patient can tolerate for the degree. About 30min later, the patient is feeling the heat back to the center Vital flaky layers of the abdominal umbilical spreading, then the whole abdomen warm, turn heat down to extend the foot, then seems to have a heat cycle along the Bladder Meridian OK site in the waist and legs flow. Patients reported having indescribable feeling comfortable, low back pain regret it. 1 day, 7 times longer any discomfort. Vital and the patient is asked to re-moxibustion Zusanli a month in order to consolidate the curative effect.

Example Three Li × ×, female, aged 47, a worker. About 10 years suffering from arrhythmia. 10 years ago examination revealed ventricular arrhythmias, no other discomfort. Nearly a year, I feel palpitations, by a variety of methods of treatment, no significant effect. See PVCs carved 9-11 times / min, more than a dream, Shen Juan fatigue, sore left shoulder, left side near the heart shu often apathetic. Acupressure showed bilateral Neiguan pain, left staggering. Treatment that is in the bilateral Neiguan on moxibustion, moxibustion to 40min, the patient readme heat slug to the chest area was spread about 50min, the left Neiguan a glimmer of heat flow along Jueyin on hand to pass below the collarbone precordial. After 11 times the clinical symptoms disappeared after treatment, ask the patient self-moxibustion half consolidation effect.

Example Four king × ×, male, adult. Cough has been more than a month. Nighttime cough and even while sound noon sleep the brain, causing dizziness and insomnia. First moxibustion small business, moxibustion feeling about a finger thickness, along lunar through into the chest, when the line above the left breast after arrival, that uniform spreading two lungs, while the smell of the mouth Ai exhaled. About 10min or so induction disappeared, chest and feeling light. Yam was then left moxibustion, moxibustion flu since the beginning of the lateral dorsal, lateral leg after the leading edge of the lateral malleolus, knees, hips in stocks after the central, lateral along the spine about two cross-refers to the head from the back of the head on the left side of the head cool feeling occurs, the brain noon sound basis. Moxibustion feeling extended to the top of the left eye, which vaguely disappear. Second and third moxibustion, the moxa sense conduction above. To alleviate the symptoms and stop moxibustion.

Qin and Han Dynasties

Qin and Han is a traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture important formative years. Produced in the Qin and Han Dynasty’s medical masterpiece “Yellow Emperor Huang Di Nei Jing”, the moxibustion as an important element of the system introduced, stressing that “the needle does not do, moxibustion as appropriate” (“coffin functional”). It first states that “moxibustion fire Rui Zheyi come from the north.” Because “the North who …… its ground high hills home, wind Ice Lie, wild place and its people drinking milk, Tibet (dirty) cold and full of disease, its Expelling moxibustion.” (“Su asked different French side should theory “), indicating that the generation of moxibustion and Chinese northerners living conditions, customs and characteristics of the disease related. Moxibustion indications include exogenous disease, internal injuries, heart disease, cold and heat disease, ulcer, mania and so on. The role of moxibustion has since caved in, fill yin and yang, by pathogenic cold, smooth qi meridians and other aspects. “Yellow Emperor Huang Di Nei Jing” also mentioned moxibustion reinforcing the law: “to those who make up the fire, not blowing their fire shall be self-destruction also; diarrhea who by fire, disease blowing their fire, pass their AI shall destroy their fire too. “(“Coffin back acupoints”). Finally, noting that the contraindications moxibustion: yin and yang deficiency or yin and yang Sheng, Yang Sheng Kang interest accumulated heat and so on. “Yellow Emperor Huang Di Nei Jing” to some extent, laid the foundation moxibustion therapy.

Han ZhangZhongJing relegated to “Febrile Diseases” a book, the contents of herbs Treating exogenous fever and miscellaneous diseases mainly, though not many acupuncture provisions, including the “Treatise on” contains moxibustion 7, “Golden Chamber “two, back two, in fact, seven, however, the application of moxibustion and contraindications have to play. In application, Jhongjing noted moxibustion desirability yin disease, or at the beginning of Shao disease, yin yang, the moxibustion to help curb Yin yang; Shao benefits under the vomiting, pulse astringent fine but when Sun yin. Or Jue Yin disease cold limbs, veins and promote the card, moxibustion to Tong Yang outside the reach; pulse micro-stricken by Yang deficiency. Moxibustion contraindications include Sun Table disease, excess heat Sheng Yang, Yin fever. These, on the later physicians have had a significant impact.

Jin Tang and Song Dynasties

From the Jin Dynasty to the Tang and Song dynasties, is the history of acupuncture and moxibustion development of the most important period. It is mainly manifested in the following aspects:

One, moxibustion monograph appeared in large numbers

Moxibustion our history a monograph of the Three Kingdoms period Cao Xi (Cao Cao’s son) written “Cao moxibustion party”, a total of seven volumes, but unfortunately has been lost. Fragments of the examination paper in Dunhuang, “a new set of emergency preparedness moxibustion”, then not later than two years in Don Xiantong (AD 861) in accordance with the printed edition copy, the original engraving, published in the early Tang Dynasty Chang’an Kyoto, not only confirmed The book was written very early years,? also shows that China’s early printed edition of the book there moxibustion. Dunhuang class testament, there are China’s first human acupuncture moxibustion map “moxibustion map” and “moxibustion hall,” a book and its author’s, although difficult to ascertain, but as far as style and content, mostly on or before the Tang Dynasty the work. The Dunhuang papers were robbed abroad, the current collection in Paris, France, respectively, the National Library and the British Museum of London. Otherwise known Ti Don Choi’s “Gu Zheng disease moxibustion party” volume, record special disease moxibustion experience Although Yi original book, but still keep it in the “Taiwan Miyao” and “Su Shen recipe” at home. Another “Huangdi Ming Tong moxibustion” (sub roll, and three volumes of the two kinds of the same content) of the Tang Dynasty Anonymous’s essays. Song after the bookseller that changed this name and publish, to the Yuan Dynasty book series into “acupuncture four book”. Song moxibustion monograph to more emerging, such as the celebrity of the Elderly “emergency preparedness moxibustion” volume, is China’s first certified moxibustion acute monograph; while Zhuang Cheer “moxibustion Gaohuangshu shu Law” roll, it is anti- ill health moxibustion specialized books; otherwise western child “hall moxibustion” eight volumes and so on. These monographs at different times, from different angles and summary records of the ancient physicians moxibustion experience.

Second, medical books occupy an important position moxibustion

In the Jin and Tang to Song Dynasty some important medical books and books acupuncture, moxibustion are as important elements to be loaded. Jin Ge Hong’s “elbow Emergencies”, a large collection of men at the time and before the effective and simple moxibustion side. The book is 109 acupuncture medical side, moxibustion parties accounted for as much as 94. In addition to inheriting the “Yellow Emperor” and “Acupuncture and B by” direct moxibustion, the first partitioned moxibustion, moxibustion, including separated salt, garlic moxibustion, moxibustion, etc. Sichuan pepper. Another application of wax still moxibustion, and caldron in watts instead of burning moxa moxibustion and moxibustion smoked in the tube and so on. In the treatment of diseases and syndromes, the “elbow Emergencies” contains Cusi, dead Jue, died off disobedient dead, cholera, acute stroke and other 28 kinds of moxibustion treatment Fonda 102.

CHEN Yan Jin Sui period of medical home is one of the pioneers advocating moxibustion, relegated to “sketch party” (now Yi) is an important aspect of the ancient book, moxibustion also many expositions. He pointed out that “Cardiff needle technique is OK to be division, which would impose moxibustion is mortal. Exegesis as a teacher who readily acupuncture and the line; Non teacher who had interpreted the text, but the text can be set according to Figure moxibustion; Noma no figure does not Xie Wen person, but by disease moxibustion where they are all good law, “indicating moxibustion simple and effective easy to spread. Scattered in other medical books from nearly thirty Chen moxibustion prescription, it can be seen, he advocated acupoints concise, emphasizing the striking bad blood before moxibustion, moxibustion strong with as many as 50 to 100 strong,? There used with strong years. Particularly with regard to issues moxibustion ban, saying that “Yellow Emperor” is not an absolute ban moxibustion eighteen and made direct moxibustion should “avoid its face revealed at the extremities, sore scar damage to the ear” and so on. Many of view, is still desirable.

Sun Ssu Tang Dynasty famous doctor, in his book “Prescriptions for Emergencies” and “Qian Jin Yi Fang”, it also sets out a number of moxibustion content, moxibustion, they also increase the variety of partitioned moxibustion, such as every tempeh moxibustion, silt cake moxibustion, moxibustion and separated with a piece of pokeweed moxibustion and so on. In moxibustion have a large range of extensions, the first increase in the content of moxibustion disease prevention, such as “emergency preparedness Prescriptions 29 volumes,” pointed out: “mortal Wu Shu swim officer, body often have thirty-two moxibustion, Wuling sores temporarily recover from illness, then the temperature and malaria toxic miasma Li with people who can not. “Secondly, moxibustion treatment of the diseases has increased over the previous generation, especially in the heat of moxibustion has done a useful exploration, such as noxious heat of carbuncles to moxibustion so that the “popular anger” to make it collapsing; others such as jaundice, pour warm disease psychosis and thirst, loss of fine hemorrhagic fever certificate within the deficiency, etc., are used moxibustion to take effect. This is obviously a “Treatise on” biased wording of certain corrective, but also to supplement and improve moxibustion therapy. In moxibustion methods also emphasize the correctness of operation “cone so Euparagonimus with meat, fire and even sick of it.” (“Emergency preparedness Kango Prescriptions”). Wang Tao contemporaries, it is light weight moxibustion acupuncture, moxibustion proposed as “Doctor’s big surgery, should be deep in the body, to be in the To, no over this technique” (“Taiwan Miyao stroke Ji Zhu Fang a wind fourteen “), the” Taiwan Miyao, “a book, some acupuncture, moxibustion almost all parties. The disposable needle moxibustion point weight, of course belong to prejudice, but can prove that at the time of moxibustion attention.

Acupuncture home run king famous Song Dynasty in essays, “Acupuncture-funded students,” a book, they also dominated moxibustion and moxibustion documented labor law, moxibustion hemorrhoid method, intestinal wind moxibustion, moxibustion hair back, Gaohuangshu Yu moxibustion, moxibustion children tire hernia such as moxibustion of the law. The book also contains a lot of himself or his relatives moxibustion treatment experience, such as “I tasted suffering pond Lee, overnight moxibustion thirty-seven strong, then the next day do not go to the toilet, even the number of evening moxibustion, then do not go to the toilet a few days” (“Acupuncture • Third-funded students “). In addition, Wang Zhizhong, a sense of flow injection on moxibustion also made a more in-depth observation: “future is very distressed, anxious moxibustion tube (abdominal) number of strong, feel the lower abdomen on both sides of the air-conditioned bottom-up, to the point that is scattered moxibustion” (” Acupuncture-funded students • Fourth “). Song of the “Holy Benevolent Prescriptions”, “Lifeline skill party” and “San Franciscans overall record” and other important medical side of the book, it resembles the collection contains a moxibustion content. If Xu Shu micro stressed insidious, yin syndrome, the most appropriate to moxibustion yang micro perspective, the highest across Croton, berberine moxibustion, the method is “spit and into a paste with Tianjin, fill umbilical heart to moxibustion on it, belly sound , the disease to carry on “(” Puji Fang Juanjiu ability “). Since direct moxibustion burning more pain, fear makes PHA moxibustion, Song Dou timber in its relegated to the “Que heart book”, the first set of the “sleeping San San”, after serving moxibustion, “I do not know the pain that faint “(” Que heart book volume “).

Third, the application of specialization and moxibustion popularity

In the Tang and Song dynasties, with the specialization of moxibustion, moxibustion appeared for the purposes of moxibustion for the industry division. As Han Yu Tang’s “condemnation malaria ghost” poem: “Master Shi moxa cone moxibustion, cool if hunting around the fire” (“Mr. Changli collection • Juanqi”), vividly painted schedule large cone moxibustion scenes. Song Zhang Gao “doctors say”, the teacher said there have moxibustion. In addition to specialized master teacher moxibustion moxibustion techniques, given the then prevailing moxibustion, moxibustion non-healer can be applied for. “Appreciative Chippendale mind” set, it was learned from the North moxibustion, because treatment efficacious, rapid promotion, a time of much popular, is called the torch, even imperial prohibitions. “Emergency preparedness Prescriptions 29 volumes” also mentioned: “Wu Shu multi-line moxibustion.” Indicates that this method has been quite spread in the folk. In addition, the song “urgent disease Taizong, Emperor (refer brought in) to view the pro is burning Ai.” Song Su written “burning Ai quote,” Tang painting “moxibustion moxa map”, also confirmed the moxibustion in the Tang and Song Dynasties spread widely.

Jin and Yuan Dynasties

Jin and Yuan Dynasties, the rise of the needle and the needle of the application of increasingly promote the development of moxibustion be affected. Four Jinyuan but many physicians headed in moxibustion consolidate and improve aspects still made due contributions. Liu Hejian not confined Jhongjing bogey moxibustion heat syndrome that clearly states that “bone fever …… moxibustion Baihui, Ojo”, and summarizes the lead hot meals, cited heat down and unite such as diarrhea Du moxibustion, Luo Tianyi advocate the use of moxibustion warming in the coke, and more to take the sea air, the abdominal, moxibustion Zusanli three fertilizing, considered to be “germinal vitality”, “Zi Rong Lotus” and so on. Zhu Dan, there are many documented cases moxibustion experience, such as “a woman Hisatsumi anger, disease epilepsy, head on TV, bayan throwing foot, muscle pull, throat sound salivation, timed darkened, abdominal distension and pain, red heart, head to the chest sweating, epilepsy and pain intercropping, …… take the pain moxibustion Dadun, between the lines, the abdominal, …… and moxibustion Taichong, natural valley, between Juque and big nails, and moxibustion Guiku hole, I permit conditioning and proper “(” Danxi Heart “). Another danger if doctors also Lin Yuan, in his book “World Medical was effective party” thorn moxibustion therapy are described syndromes in 56, about eight tenths moxibustion, and more involving subjects with acute fever, seasonal disease and scared, Jue, damage embolism. And that “insidious disease potential weight difficulties, …… then burning Ai France but good.” (“Shi Yi was effective side • Set discourse”) guide insidious moxibustion point of view. In moxibustion methods, it is not used frequently during the Jin and Tang practices hundred strong, often due to illness permits, because large parts of the bamboo ribs, large grain, mung bean, bird excrement large, or the flexibility to “pour volume size to Italy “in order to set the size of the moxa cone. And the majority with seven strong, February Zhuang, three to five Zhuang. Also pay attention to the care after moxibustion, “handkerchief swab dipped in hot water” and “willow decoction washed moxibustion” to prevent infection, is indeed the voice of experience.

Ming and Qing Dynasties

Ming and Qing Dynasties, China acupuncture mature and gradually decline from the period, although this period emphasis on the application of acupuncture, moxibustion, but also have some progress.

First, the obvious increase of moxibustion

Ming is important in the history of literature of acupuncture summary period. According to historical records and existing medical membership statistics, before the Ming Dynasty about moxibustion monograph is relatively small. In the Ming Dynasty for the sector, according to the “National Traditional Chinese Medicine Library Union Catalog”, “Song previous medical books test”, “Chinese medical books test”, “Chinese medical books Tongkao”, “Chinese Acupuncture Medical Books Hui Cui” and other books of research: Ming previous moxibustion therapy books, including historical records, but there are already Folktales of: “disambiguation moxibustion” (Song), “Death Anonymous moxibustion” (Suizhi), “Cao moxibustion party” (Suizhi), “Cao moxibustion” (Suizhi), “Reye moxibustion” (New Tang), “Cui Gu Zheng sick side” (SONG Zhi). “Death Anonymous Xinji hall moxibustion”, “Young moxibustion” (Chongwen Head), “Huang Di moxibustion hall” (SONG Zhi), “Anonymous moxibustion back death phase” (SONG Zhi). Currently existing medical books moxibustion only: Sengoku’s Book “eleven foot arm vein moxibustion” and “yin and yang eleven veins moxibustion”; Dunhuang Shishi medical side Fragments “a new set of emergency preparedness moxibustion”; Tang “moxibustion Fatou Juan “,” Huangdi Ming Tong moxibustion “; Song” Gaohuangshu acupoints moxibustion “,” experimental effects moxibustion “,” emergency preparedness moxibustion “,” western sub-hall moxibustion “; Yuan” ulcer marvelous moxibustion “,” ulcer mysterious moxibustion “10 kinds. Qing Ming and Qing dynasties with relatively abundant monograph, author of “Cai Ai series”, “Tai Magic Heart”, “Cai Ai compiled wing”, “Tai Magic attached side”, “Tai-induction from the fire Magic, “” moxibustion usurp be, “” Tai Magic “(Fan Yu [Hong Qi] series),” Sin vivid needle “and” God moxibustion dispensation. ” “Tai Magic Annals.” “Chuan Wu Ling jilu”, “Volume pregnant moxibustion Mirror”, “Tai Magic” (Songjeong Lay biography), “moxibustion esoteric”, “moxibustion Heart” and “The Magic Taiyi sixteen “” moxibustion set test “,” Tai Magic “(author unknown, Ye Gui prefaces),” The experience moxibustion alone “,” life extension needle acupuncture treatment plans, “” moxibustion to usurp “and other 21 kinds of . In addition, there are a large number of relevant chapter discusses moxibustion, acupuncture scattered in the Ming and Qing dynasties for work or medical books. Such as the famous Ming Dynasty physicians Jingyue in book “category by the map-wing • Juan Shiyi”, the special featuring hundreds of Ming and moxibustion prescription, involving inside and outside, women, children dozens of subjects syndromes. Also in the “Jing Yue Quan Shu” 9 to 36 more than 70 subjects discussed in class syndromes in? Twenty categories mentioned acupuncture, moxibustion parties involved reached fifteen classes, and discusses in detail the moxibustion treatment effect. Therefore, it can be said that the Ming and moxibustion as a summary of clinical experience. Ming Yang Jizhou great scientist acupuncture, moxibustion also attach importance to the research and practice, emphasizing both acupuncture. “Acupuncture Dacheng,” the ninth volume discusses moxibustion Where forty-one, covering a wide range, there is moxibustion, take Gaohuangshu point, phase timing, hair moxibustion and moxibustion reinforcing, as well as a variety of acute and chronic moxibustion more than twenty kinds of diseases.

Especially in the Qing Dynasty, it can be considered a summary of Chinese moxibustion therapy period. Moxibustion literature, more representative for the Qing Xianfeng physicians Wuyi Ding relegated to the “God of moxibustion dispensation,” a book in his introduction to the book states: “moxibustion has both ground and its point in the trial , the trial obtaining points, legislation can be revived, “explains moxibustion important. “God moxibustion dispensation” a comprehensive summary of the Qing previously about moxibustion theory and practice, and the participation of a lot of my clinical experience. Is a master of style moxibustion monographs. Others, such as Qing Liaohong Run of the “acupuncture Integration” also reproduces a lot of moxibustion ancient literature, be groupings, such as the making of Viagra one, it presents selected “Introduction to Medicine”, “Medical side together,” “the Council “and many previous writings exposition. For “Hair moxibustion sore Law,” “Law therapy moxibustion sore”, “restore law” and so a detailed introduction.

Second, innovation moxibustion methods

The first is the reform and innovation of traditional moxibustion. Ming and Qing dynasties physicians in succession on the basis of previous moxibustion, but also a bold reform and innovation, resulting in a moxa moxibustion, thunderbolt Magic, Magic Tai, peach branches moxibustion. Mulberry moxibustion, tablets and other new moxibustion moxibustion methods. It is worth mentioning that the moxa moxibustion Creative. This method is first recorded in the early Ming Zhu rights “Shou field side of God Volume III”, which says: “Paper solid volume Ai, septa of acupuncture on paper, in reality by the force across the paper, to be abdominal feel hot, sweat out of the poor. ” This time, moxa still belongs to the real press moxibustion, moxa every paper that is pressed against the point, every paper was to reduce the patient’s pain, and later changed to suspended moxibustion, which leaves the skin a certain distance grill, this method is not only carry forward the long-moxibustion; also avoid the pain of burning. Meanwhile, all the indications are moxa cone moxibustion moxa moxibustion can be used, it is easy to operate, quite good effect, much welcomed by patients, and therefore has been using so far. Moxibustion appears to improve efficacy, physicians and drugs in the moxa is added to form a roll for moxibustion. To Jiajing eighteen years (1539) in the “Emperor Shennong true mass acupuncture figure,” a book for the first time referred to the incorporation of drugs moxa moxibustion. Ray called the fire needle, then named “thunderbolt needle.” This is the further development of moxa moxibustion. “Thunderbolt needle” later known as “thunderbolt Magic,” the Ming Dynasty, “Compendium of Materia Medica” records its moxibustion drug consisting of: “moxa twelve, incense, frankincense, capillaris, Notopterygium, ginger, pangolin the three lines, little musk. ” Here the so-called needle moxibustion in fact, because it is similar to the operation of the law needle – separated layers of paper or cloth, in fact, at the point on the rules. Moxibustion is easy to operate, painful and small, and the heat can be adjusted, it will soon be promoted. Therefore, “Sin vivid needle” and described it: “Its so desire God treating pain and treat illness of speed, Morrow Acupuncture The first commented on the law, iron needles were helpful, useful, epigraphy who lights burning moxibustion useful to those who, not all First, although the aid of power, fear of harm to the skin, is a pain is not eliminated, but also by a disease, nor is it the good way, only one law thunderbolt needle, a needle that is non-iron, and not with meat, most good governance. ” In addition, there are lights moxibustion Ming Dynasty records, shall mean the direct burning Dengcao dipped in oil ignited a point area skin moxibustion; also the use of bronze mirrors agglomeration “light as moxibustion heat” Yang Sui moxibustion “, etc. In moxibustion methods, appeared at this time called “Tai Magic” doped medicine moxa moxibustion. Usage and Magic with thunderbolt, but not toxic prescription drugs, placid, indications are Magic extensive thunderbolt has a “Tai Magic Heart” (Han Yi Feng), “Tai Magic” (Fan Yuxiang Qi, Zhou obstruct and compilation) the emergence and spread of such books. Qing Han Yi Feng “Tai Magic Heart France, “a book, but also on the basis of the needle in the thunderbolt, plus or minus a number of drugs, called” Tai Magic “, both for cold and dampness, cold abdominal pain and other cards. Subsequently, Zhao Xuemin and innovation out of the “one hundred hair Magic” with the governance prejudiced head wind, leakage shoulder wind, Cape Wind knee, half do not collate, hernia, etc.; “eliminate addiction SureFire needle” with the governance of the partial eclipse, weight loss, swelling of the liver accumulation block; “Yin disease scattered lethal “to cure ulcer disease psychosis.

Followed by the creation of new moxibustion methods, in addition to the AI-based moxibustion methods, Ming and Qing dynasties also hit a number of other moxibustion. Such as “peach branches Moxibustion” aka “Lightning moxibustion.” Its usage and the “thunderbolt Magic” similarity with peach branches dipped in sesame oil ignited and blew it out by hot pad tissue three, five iron cauterize the affected area. “Compendium of Materia Medica” records governance confidants Leng Tong, cold and dampness. Mulberry moxibustion called “Sang firewood.” “Mulberry needle.” That is attempting to use mulberry lit blow with moxibustion affected area. Also since the Sui Dynasty “Yellow Emperor frog by” idea “identified moxibustion Yagi Law” since physicians moxibustion disease bogey pine, cypress, orange, noted, elm, mulberry, jujube, bamboo eight kinds Muhuo that this eight kinds Muhuo : “were injured muscle blood marrow.” “Taiwan Miyao volume nineteen” is also clearly states: “Where the eight wood fire, will not be available too.” The Ming Dynasty physician but was given the mulberry for moxibustion to Qufenghuoluo, Tom Lee joints. “Introduction to Medicine” hair back with his government can not afford. “Compendium of Materia Medica” with its governance vaginal sores, scrofula, stream, boils, sores and other stubborn. “Liyue prose continued increase slightly words,” then use it to rule the wind paralysis. Tablets compared to the Qing Dynasty original moxibustion moxibustion. If the Qing doctors who leaves Japan, not only in the wet epidemiology significant achievements, but also successes in acupuncture, “sweet sulfur moxibustion” is what he created. In addition, there are “Golden Mirror” and “Yang then ingots Moxibustion”; Zhao Xuemin, “Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica” and “sulfur Zhu moxibustion.” These three tablets on the production method and function are very similar, are sulfur-based, with musk, cinnabar and other drugs made. And moxibustion is different: Ai fire channeling its spicy take toll twelve, regulating internal organs dirty, somewhat rule, rather tablets moxibustion reuse sulfur, mainly outside the fire-burning smoke to cure for swollen ulcer poison, or servant injury, rheumatism embolism has opened up new therapeutic approaches.

In addition, the Ming and Qing dynasties began to focus on the use of moxibustion instruments. Although the use of moxibustion moxibustion can be traced back to the Point, but substitute, rather than using dedicated or moxibustion, or the structure is very simple as a reed pipe. To the Qing, the gradual emergence of specially crafted moxibustion. Ming Gong letter in the “ancient Yi Jian” in order to coins as moxibustion, Qing Li Zong first in the “acupuncture to learn” the money is used for mud moxibustion. Gao Wen Jin in “surgical Illustrated” and were further improved, the use of moxibustion board, moxibustion cover; Tianshi first with a bowl as moxibustion, moxibustion later made a dedicated device: “Silver moxibustion light” and so on. Modern use moxa cup, moxa cylinder, moxa box, etc are based on this evolved. Moxa burner use and reform, so that moxibustion safer, painless, does not burn the skin, especially for the elderly, women, children, the infirm, be patient and his family are willing to accept a treatment.

Ming and Qing dynasties, with the growing trend of civil moxibustion, also received varying degrees of development. Zhao Xuemin relegated to the “Ya-woven string” a book to introduce a lot of folk moxibustion, moxibustion, such as chicken, the law as “chicken cooked on the split to yellow, with half the combined toxic to moxibustion” (“Ya string woven • Volume II”), and the other such as bowls, moxibustion, Mama moxibustion, moxibustion mulberry wood, etc., should be regarded as a colorful moxibustion is a supplement.

Three. Moxibustion further extensive application

Since Jin appeared Moxibustion moxibustion method, ancient in the choice of spacer has increased. Moxibustion out there before: every garlic, ginger, aconite, tempeh cakes, salt, loess, face, grubs, Tinglizi cake, saponins, scallion real, commercial land cake, peach, dander moxibustion and so on.

Moxibustion Ming later have a more significant development, has launched a large number of drugs across the lining so that moxibustion treatment become wider range of diseases. For example: Ming Liu Chun in “Jade machine micro righteousness” that separated onions with moxibustion treatment hernia; Gongting Xian in the “Shou Shi Bao Yuan” using every Palestinian cake moxibustion confidant of various diseases, diarrhea, constipation; Yang Jizhou in the “acupuncture Dacheng “is this method to treat insidious nodes in the chest; Li in the” Compendium of Materia Medica “using every euphorbia moxibustion two will be unreasonable;” Raising simple square “contains: white monkshood separated moxibustion with partial fall hernia; Zhang Jie-bin in the” Class The figure wing “toad separated moxibustion with scrofula; House English in the” Medical Checklist “using every herb moxibustion storm deaf ears; Zhu Xiao in the” Universal Relief “using every peach skin, every hyoscyamine root moxibustion, Earthworms mud moxibustion scrofula, bitter gourd with separated moxibustion ulcer, with every paper moxibustion cough Tan Chuan, slightly pus; Gong faith in the “ancient Yi Jian” using pepper cake separated moxibustion confidant thoracolumbar back pain. Qing Gu Shicheng in the “Encyclopedia of ulcer medicine” using leeks moxibustion sore; Xu g Chang in “Surgical Treatment book” using separated moxibustion Cyperus Phlegm nuclear, scrofula, moxibustion treatment with muxing servant loss sprain, blood stasis; Zhao Xuemin in the “string of elegant woven” using every Kwa moxibustion deafness, separated moxibustion chicken without a head swollen ulcer, every bowl moxibustion mastitis; Oh Sang first in the “Liyue prose” and separated moxibustion with betel violence deaf, separated moxibustion rheumatism walnut; Dou Menglin in the “sore experience of the book” using every sauce moxibustion prolapse; Wuyi Ding “God moxibustion dispensation” using alum separated moxibustion hemorrhoids. In addition, there pepper cake separated moxibustion wind musculoskeletal, apathetic; separated moxibustion sore earthworms; separated moxibustion Citrus vomiting hiccups; separated moxibustion Magnolia chest pain; separated moxibustion castor Jen visceral ptosis, rectal prolapse and other numerous enumeration. Thus, application of the Ming and Qing dynasties physicians Moxibustion selected interval wide variety of drugs, expanding the range of adaptation moxibustion.

Four would apply moxibustion anesthesia

Ancient moxibustion moxibustion fire Rui, Rui fire that ignited, burning meaning, because moxibustion materials mostly leaves, often called moxibustion. Ancient moxa cone moxibustion general use will be placed directly on the skin ignited moxibustion, so called direct moxibustion. Which in turn are divided into “non-suppurative moxibustion” and “festering moxibustion” two, purulent moxibustion also known as “scarring moxibustion.” Ancient physicians believed moxibustion sore fester, the more disease before treatment and improve efficacy. Such as “comedy side,” says: “moxibustion have pus or bad, is a cold, not too bad the disease is not removed.” “Huangdi Ming Tong moxibustion,” saying: “Where the fire curing diseases, calendar seasons were not effective, although the number of cone moxibustion foot, too bad sore pus that are suffering poor, such as sore pus not bad, its illness unhealed” . Direct moxibustion, moxibustion purulent although with good effect, highly respected ancients, however, because of its direct flesh burns, severe pain, the patient is difficult to accept. Song celebrity Elderly in “emergency preparedness moxibustion” and say: “the rich Jiaoshe person, frequently fear pain, Wen said the fire Ai, hatred efforts hoot to go, the worse is the cover self-esteem, do otherwise would avoid people of God, to endure a dump of moxibustion, there regeneration of the reason, since when the firm this heart-shaped forward emulated in full body skin, without vain yao, would not honor the doctor tonight. ” , Criticized the fire for fear of the pain of Ai, moxibustion rejected the practice of encouraging people to endure a moment of pain, the courage to heal illness with moxibustion. However, due to purulent moxibustion with moxa burning the skin directly, after all, patients will bring some pain. Therefore, the song “Que heart book” asked: “If the person can not Maniac moxibustion and cream beam afraid of the pain of the people who, first served ‘sleep San San’ and moxibustion, moxibustion can stop a fifty strong, awake then serving, and then moxibustion. ” Sleeping San San is harvested from August and July mandala flower harvest fire cannabis, dried and divided into the end, when taken with wine, three money transfer service can be. The book says: “People fire moxibustion moxa unbearable pain, clothing namely lethargy, I do not know pain nor hurt,” so as to achieve both medical treatment, without pain purposes. However, this is completely in the patient under anesthesia moxibustion, although reliable analgesic effect, but it requires other medication the patient unconscious before being moxibustion when burning, very inconvenient, and thus failed to promote.

Ming Dynasty physician has conducted some further reforms, using local anesthesia. Gong letter in the “ancient Yi Jian” Volume Thirteen “tendons moxibustion addiction Law” states: “medication system rub over the paper, so that the flesh numb with moxibustion a cone …… Paper method: using Huajiao launched cellular is not, is not and sesame oil with yellow wax dip frequency wipes, this paper rub the affected area on the skin that numb the pain I do not know. “hornet’s nest with Huajiao is to take on the analgesic effect of two drugs. Pepper Xin Wen, toxic, has analgesic power. According to “Chinese Dictionary” records; pepper dilute alcohol solution with a local anesthetic effect. Experiments show that: with its surface anesthesia, tetracaine weaker than effectiveness; anesthesia effect is stronger than for procaine. Hornet’s nest, also known as Honeycomb, Kuxin flat, toxic, has analgesic effect. “Chinese Dictionary” records: hives Jianshui topical anti-inflammatory pain. Sesame oil also has some analgesic effect. Made with the use of various drugs, drug paper, wipe the skin, the local skin numb, I do not know pain, then Shi needle pick and moxibustion. This method of local anesthesia, and change for the topical oral administration, compared with San San serving great improvement in sleep, so that anesthesia is more simple, practical, and appropriate for the patient and his family to accept.

The development of acupuncture in the late Qing Dynasty, because the ruler of prejudice has been limited. Late Qing rulers said: “fire moxibustion acupuncture study non-Bong Jun Zhisuo appropriate”, the Qing government hospitals and other official institutions too abolished acupuncture, acupuncture has led to the decline of the whole. However, because moxibustion is simple, safe good effect, economical and practical, deeply welcomed by the people of Lebanon, it is still widely popular in the folk, making moxibustion not only been preserved, but also to get a certain amount of development.

Modern Overview

Since the 1950s onwards, moxibustion has begun to attract the attention of the medical profession, and is used to treat splenomegaly, bone tuberculosis and drug toxicity, and other syndromes. 1960s to the 1970s, clinical reports concerning moxibustion increased dramatically, according to statistics, during this period, or by simply using moxibustion moxibustion Treatment of disease reached a hundred different kinds, and really made an important breakthrough progress, it is in the last twenty years. Mainly in the following aspects

First, to further expand the scope of moxibustion prevention

Moxibustion control expansion of the scope, the first is the rapid increase in disease prevention and control, set the end of 2000, are described in the literature of various syndromes with moxibustion control over two hundred kinds throughout the various systems in the body. Secondly, prevention and treatment of disease has broken the traditional moxibustion syndromes and common diseases, has begun for many intractable diseases moxibustion. In autoimmune diseases, for example, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an abnormal autoimmune response caused by thyroid disease, there is no effective therapy, moxibustion with monkshood, not only the clinical symptoms and signs improved significantly, but also can significantly regulate immune function and thyroid function; Another example is scleroderma, an autoimmune connective tissue disease, monkshood moxibustion reduce symptoms, microcirculation and immune function were significantly improved. In addition, moxibustion is still being used for cancer, treatment of chronic ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sperm reduce psychosis whom modern medicine know what’s difficult diseases. Have more precise results.

Second, the clinical observation of constantly tend depth

Clinical observation of the growing scientific, objective, progress in recent years moxibustion another feature. Some of the major syndromes, often using multiple indicators of large sample studies to explore its therapeutic law. Hugh g moxibustion in the 1960s has been applied, but limited to general syndromes observed changes over the past decade in clinical and experimental studies on a lot of work, not only observed in patients after moxibustion systolic blood pressure a significant increase in fingertip temperature rises, anal – refers to the temperature drop, peripheral capillary perfusion improvement; still observed on animal experiments moxibustion Guan Yuan on hemorrhagic shock g dogs hemodynamics and arterial oxygen transport volume effects, thereby to obtain a more comprehensive and profound understanding. Another example, application and monkshood Moxibustion moxibustion treatment of chronic hepatitis B, through the multi-index a large sample of repeated studies, revealing moxibustion can effectively adjust the function of the immune system in these patients, thereby inhibiting HBV replication? reduce or repair damage to liver cell pathology, promoting his condition improved. In the dialectical moxibustion treatment of essential hypertension stroke prevention process through systematic observation, found that moxibustion three months after the patient’s blood pressure dropped and remained relatively stable? Whole blood viscosity improved fibrinolytic system back into balance, thereby preventing stroke. Cake-separated moxibustion moxibustion treatment of chronic ulcerative colon, in the affirmative on the basis of clinical efficacy through animal studies showed that: Moxibustion can inhibit rat spleen, colon mucosal gene expression in inflammatory cells, correcting abnormal immune function, reduce inflammatory responses of the immune cells, thereby favor the elimination of inflammation, tissue repair. It is through the large number of such intensive work, not only affirmed the exact effect of moxibustion, but also to some extent summarized and found moxibustion clinical law. Strengthen moxibustion reinforcing the clinical use

Third, the growing wealth of moxibustion methods

Moxibustion therapy in long development history, our ancestors have created a variety of moxibustion of the law. For a variety of reasons, many of which moxibustion has been apparent annihilation. In recent decades, the development of the method of moxibustion on two aspects of the work done. On the one hand is the successor to explore traditional proven methods. Such as walnut shell and reed pipe moxibustion moxibustion, the former contained in “Liyue prose,” which first appeared in “emergency preparedness Prescriptions”, but on account of ancient books little neighbor also no longer have the application. In recent years, the discovery of these two laws and improvements found on retinal disease and paralysis, etc., have better results. In addition to the ancient moxibustion inheritance, but also on other peoples moxibustion validation and promotion, such as the popular line of Guangxi Zhuang folk medicine moxibustion, used in a variety of common or difficult medical treatment card, received very good results. On the other hand is a combination of modern technology create new moxibustion, such as light moxibustion, moxibustion freezer, electric moxibustion, moxibustion and so on aluminum. In addition, in terms moxibustion instrument also has more than ten years great progress, and most of them have become commodities for clinical application. Devices such as moxibustion, moxibustion instrument IF, fixed smoked moxibustion moxa, moxibustion NIR analyzer, infrared moxibustion instrument.

Fourth, the mechanism of the system to carry out

Over the past decade, the mechanism of moxibustion has made considerable progress, and get a more systematic results. In moxibustion on the regulation of the immune system, has been confirmed, moxibustion on cellular immunity and humoral immunity in varying degrees of impact, and this regulation is bidirectional. In the blood system, through animal experiments and clinical observations, moxibustion can increase the number of white blood cells and red blood cells. Moxibustion on microcirculation, blood rheology and hemodynamics were significantly affected. Can shorten the coagulation time of blood, and thrombocytopenia in patients with increased platelet counts. Role in the metabolic effects, animal studies found that moxibustion large injection of hydrocortisone for nucleic acid and protein metabolism caused chaos to improve the role, moxibustion can inhibit the process of steatosis and regulation of trace element metabolism.

Global Overview

A Western moxibustion Overview

Western moxibustion, at least in the modern sense moxibustion, is passed by the Chinese. Moxibustion therapy, or in the West called Moxa moxibustion, according to literature, the term was the Dutch side special (Dane Jacob Bontl) and Lai Nepal (William Ten Rhyne) and others created by them will moxibustion in the mid-17th century through Japan introduced to Europe. Benny Lai published in his 1693 “On Arthritis” a book on moxibustion therapy have a clear record: “Acquisition Ai’s head and leaves, dried in the hands rub to remove fibrous impurities, leaving a velvet-like material spare. …… will be placed on the need moxa cone moxibustion ailments, and firelighters ignite its top. combustion gentle, with the final on the skin caused by a vesicle. …… Chinese and Japanese physicians from simple picture can be seen in out should moxibustion site. figure painting simple meridian line and red crayon highlighted can moxibustion parts. “But beginning Europeans moxibustion burning materials, the use of very confusing, many materials have been used moxibustion, such as silk, wool, tinder, cotton cloth, cotton, paper, sunflower medulla. Particularly among the most popular in France moxibustion cotton, cotton cloth will bind tightly, cut into about 1 ~ 3cm 3cm diameter ranging cylinder, cone as moxibustion. Some doctors use it before soaked in potassium nitrate to promote its burning. German Gan Dover (Engelbert Kampfer) surgery especially in moxibustion moxibustion propagation process played an important role, he served as the Dutch East India Company surgeon and worked in Japan for moxibustion have been in contact, he “Overseas tidbit recorded” a book explicitly advocate the use of moxa moxibustion, because “in China and Japan, are often used as material moxibustion moxa”, in which he drew a diagram indicating the moxibustion acupuncture and moxibustion surgery indications.

Did not spread to the West after moxibustion aroused widespread attention, moxibustion were mostly from Asia back to Europe physician. In the promotion and application of moxibustion, the more remarkable is the French physician Lalanne, Lalanne is the surgical director of Napoleon’s army in battle during the march, he is most commonly used treatment is moxibustion. He used moxibustion treatment paralysis, tetanus, eye diseases, arthritis, spinal injury. Especially orthopedic diseases, he believes that “As noted in our extensive observation and treatment of diseases such ferocious general method is to repeat the purposes of moxibustion.” Because of his excellent work, so that moxibustion in Europe has been a greater degree of promotion.

Early application of the West in the moxibustion has its own characteristics. In the selection of points, because most people do not know the theory of Chinese medicine, it is to take on more pain at or near the site. In the method, multi-site moxibustion first shave, put a damp cloth on top, in the middle as a place to open a small hole moxibustion cone purposes. Fixed cone moxibustion moxibustion often use different ways to promote the burning moxa: If mouth Chuihuo, or glass Chuihuo, even with bellows. Specifically: a person hold moxibustion cone, another person sitting in a chair, his right hand pulling the bellows, left hand holding hair blowing tube aligned with the top cone moxibustion. Move back and forth through the blowpipe blowpipe wind and controlling the combustion progresses slowly and uniformly as possible. This is similar to China’s festering moxibustion moxibustion, moxibustion, moxibustion in the formation of blisters or coated with lead paste on the spot. If you want to short-festering wound as long as ordinary as putting a bandage gauze; if you want long-festering, cream or foam may apply to the center of the wound put a pea to form artificial ulcers.

Apart from the above moxibustion, the West were also early moxibustion moxibustion created a variety of laws. Commonly used are the following:

1, namely a mild moxibustion cotton long 12 ~ 15mm, 8 ~ 10mm diameter cylindrical batt Shi mild moxibustion, and more for the head, moxibustion requires only appear one at erythema.

2, moxibustion moxibustion with a hammer with wooden handle hammer, hammer ends of a diameter of 2 ~ 3cm round face, with moxa cone base diameter considerably. Moxibustion, the first two hammer the metal part immersed in boiling water for about an hour, then remove and immediately placed on the site of moxibustion, after a certain period of time after removing. As apparent erythema, already reached moxibustion purposes, such as erythema not significant, can place the second hammer.

3, will be a fresh lime moxibustion quicklime placed in a cardboard center of the hole, and on the site of moxibustion needed, and then a few drops of lime watering, so you can have some depth as required, skin burns, to achieve a similar Direct moxibustion effect.

4, gunpowder moxibustion deposited in a layer of powder on board, width 3cm, length and limb equal. The limb closer to the gunpowder, separated by about 18cm Xu, then gunpowder ignited. Wound dressing with cabbage leaves. This method is used for paralyzed patients.

5, washed cotton moxibustion take a gelatinous cotton, soaked in a solution of basic lead acetate, after soaking dry out, cut width equal moxa high strips. It rolled strips sewn into the bag. Tree with adhesive on the Arab moxibustion moxibustion Department.

6, moxibustion moxibustion which France Lalanne’s executive moxibustion developed more famous: as a metal ring, ring with two needles, moxibustion cone cross can be fixed to the ring, the ring is not easy to pass under the three Hot ebony ball as a support, the ring is not in contact with skin; ring after a wooden handle for moxibustion were sticking.

After our moxibustion to the West, was once popular in the 18th century, but the gradual decline of the mid-1800s onwards. Analysis of the reasons, partly because recent rapid development of modern Western medicine; hand may also be transmitted to the West and moxibustion therapy itself imperfections, such as: the selection of points on the formula, do not understand the diagnosis and treatment, pain at exactly moxibustion ; the moxibustion materials, varied, arbitrary; in moxibustion methods, only emphasizes heavy damage, the pain of the skin moxibustion large.

Second, the Japanese moxibustion Overview

Dazzling Chinese medicine in Foreign exchange, acupuncture has been acting as a vanguard role. AD 514 years, acupuncture first spread to Korea; 550 AD, China’s moxibustion introduced to Japan by the DPRK, since it is rooted in the land of EGL, growth, flowering, fruiting.

Japan and China belong to the oriental culture, and it is from the regional cultural circle are more inclined to Han (Confucianism, Taoism) cultural circle. So basically inherited the Japanese moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine fa, but also have a larger development, especially in the modern. Mainly in the following aspects:

1 From moxibustion moxibustion extended to defense, health in our country, despite the “emergency preparedness Prescriptions”, “Que book”, “acupuncture-funded students,” “Acupuncture Dacheng” etc. mentioned moxibustion prevention, care of the law, but has not been given due attention. In ancient Japan, civilian applications moxibustion therapy preventive health, longevity has been a major event as a year to exercise, the general people, health moxibustion widely practiced and popular “Do not moxibustion Zusanli with the people Streams”, “throttle Caverns Everyone moxibustion “and other sayings. In Japan, both men and women, life must moxibustion four times: teens, when the throttle moxibustion, is said to prevent colds, the ancient Japanese think a cold is the first of all diseases; twenty-four, old, moxibustion Sanyinjiao, Italy in enhancing reproductive capacity; thirties and forties, then moxibustion Zusanli that can promote stomach function, prevent disease and increase life expectancy; into old age, in order to prevent vision loss, and more generally taken with the full three years and moxibustion Qu pool, moxibustion Quchi aims to make the eyes bright, strong teeth. This practice continued until the eve of the Meiji Restoration. In fact, the use of moxibustion therapy disease prevention and health, in the modern still get attention, such as Japan from 1937 New Year’s Day, set off the so-called referendum three years moxibustion health movement. Especially in recent years in this area moxibustion value is increasingly being, including my doctors and patient attention.

(2) emphasis on experimental study of moxibustion work in this area in Japan is not only an early start, but made a series of achievements. Around 45 years of Meiji (1912) before and after the Japanese physicians began to study the modern moxibustion, acupuncture will introduce the field of experimental zoology. From the early days moxa size, weight, degree of combustion of Ai, various moxa moxibustion depth of the skin effect, etc., discussed moxibustion physical properties of raw materials; also observed moxibustion on blood, blood vessels, blood pressure, peristalsis and fatigue curves IMPACT. After the growing field of study moxibustion, moxibustion systematic study not only the blood vessels, digestive, respiratory, urinary, sports action principle of the system, but also to explore from different angles: for example, from HET’s belt and to explore the relationship between acupuncture and moxibustion treatment mechanism; right after moxibustion histological changes in the skin, from physiology, pathology, biochemistry and other aspects of comprehensive observation. Over the past decade, Japan moxibustion experimental research has achieved new progress. Clinical studies with emphasis on different country, it focuses moxibustion, direct moxibustion especially basic research, a lot of work in innovative research perspective, the findings have important reference value. Materials such as moxibustion moxa study found that the burning moxa on the glass, showing brown tar-like substance attached, called “Ai combustion products” and its in-depth research, that products of combustion through moxibustion moxa heat damage penetrate into the skin at, and thus play a role. Another example is the impact on the local noon moxibustion research showed that: moxibustion stimulation can induce local muscle produce some substances, and moxibustion part of this material may be generated as an immunogen and activates the immune system, which play a role in disease prevention.

In addition to the above, Japanese physicians in moxibustion material improvement, innovative methods such as moxibustion also done a lot of fruitful work.

In summary, originated in ancient times, formed in the Qin and Han dynasties, developed in the Tang and Song Jin and matured in the Ming Dynasty and the decline of the Qing quarter moxibustion therapy, went to Japan in the 6th century, the 17th century the West and Europe, through twists and turns, in Modern get great progress and has demonstrated a broad prospect. But a lot of research point of view, there are many issues worthy of further future study, such as moxa moxibustion role in different, whether purely thermal stimulation can replace moxibustion; partitioned moxibustion moxibustion compartment linings in the process of , in addition to preventive moxibustion fire burns, but whether there are different levels, different types of disease prevention role; different stimulation methods (heat, chemical, temperature) on the efficacy of IMPACT how; moxibustion amount and effect relationship between science, moxibustion volume parameter objective problems, and so on, all need to be acupuncture industry colleagues continue their efforts.