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C19 Chinese MS moxibustion point chart: Zu san li
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C19 Chinese MS moxibustion point chart: Zu san li
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Acu-moxa point chart, showing thezu san li(Leg Three Miles) 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: Thezu san lipoint is located 3cun(1cun[Chinese, proportional inch] = c. 3 cm) below the the lateral depression of the knee (xiyan, Eye of the Knee), between the two tendons at the outer edge of the tibia. It can be needled to a depth of 5fen(1fen[0.1cun/Chinese proportional inch] = c. 0.3 cm), and moxibusted with three moxa cones. It is indicated for pain in the chest and sides; abdominal distension; diarrhoea related to cold in the spleen and stomach; red, swollen eyes; aching knees and shins; frailty and emaciation and insufficiency detriment consequent upon cold damage; gaseous pain in the small intestine; water Qi/oedema (shuiqi) from insect poisoning, etc. Moxibustion of this point is prohibited for child patients, as it may damage the eyes. Only in the case of patients over the age of thirty, moxibustion atzu san lican improve the eyesight.
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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 189, External Reference Yin 41/1869 Qiu 189 and External Reference Vivienne Lo
  • Photo number: L0039488
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