The Treatment of External Diseases with Acupuncture and Moxibustion is a clinical manual for the treatment of traumatic injuries, muscle joint problems, dermatological conditions, and postoperative complaints. It has been written by Yan Cui-lan, a well-known acupuncturist specializing in external diseases from Tangshan, Hebei. Dr. Yan has written this book specifically with Western pract...

This volume gives readers the familiarity with the script, strokes, meaning, usage, and pronounciation of the most common characters that compromise many medicinal names. Often, these names provide additional insights into the substances themselves. The relative frequency of these characters in medical Chinese makes this text a must for any student or practitioner seeking to expand their...

Depuis la nuit des temps, la Chine et le Japon, pays de sciences millénaires, ont su comment rééquilibrer les énergies perturbées en appliquant des moxas (petits cônes ou bâtons d’armoise) sur certaines zones anatomiques (points d’acupuncture).

La moxibustion, par son apport énergétique yang, permet de tonifier et d’harmoniser. Il s’en suit une stimulation activant le flux constant de l’énergie dénommé Qi (tchi).