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C19 Chinese MS moxibustion point chart: Malign attack
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C19 Chinese MS moxibustion point chart: Malign attack
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Acu-moxa point chart, showing thezhong 'e(malign attack) pointpoint, fromChuanwu lingji lu(Record of Sovereign Teachings), by Zhang Youheng, a treatise on acu-moxa in two volumes. This work survives only in a manuscript draft, completed in 1869 (8th year of the Tongzhi reign period of the Qing dynasty). It is illustrated with 84 charts, finely executed in colour.The text states: The malign attack (zhong 'e) point is located 3cunbehind the outer edge of the breasts (1cun[Chinese/proportional inch] = c. 3 cm). Moxibustion can be carried out at this point to treat corpse infection (shizhu) and inimical visitation (kewu), malign attack (zhong 'e) [forms of demonic possession], etc. Moxibustion takes place on the left for male patients and the right for female patients.
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Keywords: Acu-moxa, Chinese Medicine, TCM, Medicine, Chinese Traditional, Moxibustion, Acupuncture Points
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  • Library reference: External Reference Wang Shumin II 208, External Reference Yin 41/1869 Qiu 208 and External Reference Vivienne Lo
  • Photo number: L0039507
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