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C19 Chinese MS moxibustion point chart: Tongli
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C19 Chinese MS moxibustion point chart: Tongli
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Acu-moxa point chart, showing the point, 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: Thetongli(Penetrating the Interior) point is located on the palmar side of the forearm, 1cunposterior to the crease of the wrist (1cun[Chinese/proportional inch] = c. 3 cm), in the depression between the two tendons. It can be needled to a depth of 3fen(1fen[0.1cun/Chinese proportional inch] = c. 0.3 cm), and moxibusted with three moxa cones. It is indicated for loss of voice; sore throat; feeling of suffocation and distress in the heart and chest; fright palpitation and fearful throbbing (jingji zhengzhong); heavy limbs; red, swollen face; yawning and somnolence; langour and reluctance to speak; suffocating feeling in the chest and shortness of breath; insufficiency detriment and lack of appetite, etc.
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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 199, External Reference Yin 41/1869 Qiu 199 and External Reference Vivienne Lo
  • Photo number: L0039498
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