The Great Compendium of Acupuncture & Moxibustion: Zhen Jiu Da Cheng Volume 9

Description

The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion by Yang Jizhou is an encyclopedic Ming dynasty work on Acupuncture and Moxibustion.

Volume 9 of The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion by Yang Jizhou translated by Lorraine Wilcox, Ph.D, L.Ac.,and is broken into four parts: The first part covers 151 different patterns and how to treat them with acupuncture and moxibustion, the second part covers miscellaneous subjects such as:

Li Dongyuan’s Method of Acupuncture

The Treatment Methods of Famous Physicians describing: Sores with Toxins, Throat Impediment, Dribbling Blockage, The Eyes, Injury, The Supreme Unity Spirit Talisman, and True Person Sun’s Song of Needling the Thirteen Ghost Points.

In the third part of the text Yang writes extensively about moxibustion methods, and treatment strategies such as: Clever Essentials for Moxibustion, The Four Flowers Method of Master Cui, Method for Applying Treatment to Gao Huang (UB 43), Riding the Bamboo Horse Moxibustion Point Method, Moxibustion on the Taxation Point, Applying Treatment to Shen Shu (UB 23), Moxibustion Method for the Small Intestine Shan Qi Points, etc.

In the the fourth part of the text Yang presents 31 case studies where he used acupuncture, moxibustion, and occasionally herbal formulas to treat the patients. This section serves not just to discuss Yang’s successes but is also a venue to talk about the deeper meaning of some of his treatment strategies.