Selected Readings in Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medical Classics

This book is a National Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry Higher Education "13th Five-Year Plan" textbook and a National Higher Traditional Chinese Medicine Institutions Planning Textbook (10th Edition), edited by Chang Xiaorong and intended for programs in acupuncture-moxibustion and tuina, rehabilitation therapy, and related fields. Aiming to strengthen students' ability to read classical Chinese medical texts and to consolidate their grounding in basic acupuncture-moxibustion theory, it arranges its material by the nature of the sources. Part One, "Selections from Medical Classics," gathers discussions related to acupuncture and moxibustion from the Huangdi Neijing and the Nanjing. The Lingshu selections cover chapters such as Nine Needles and Twelve Sources, Evil Qi, Zang-Fu, and the Forms of Disease, Root and Knot, Beginning and End, Qi of the Four Seasons, Heat Diseases, Jue Diseases, Miscellaneous Diseases, Zhou Bi, Five Disorders, On Distension, On Blood Vessels, On the Conduct of the Needle, Evil Guests, Official Abilities, and Needle Regulation, True Evil. The Suwen selections cover chapters such as Treasuring Life and Preserving Form, Eightfold Correctness and Divine Clarity, Parting and Joining, True and Evil, Needling Heat, Needling Low Back Pain, Needling Prohibitions, Needle Explanations, Discourse on Bone Cavities, Discourse on Water-Heat Acupoints, and Discourse on Contralateral Needling. Part Two, "Selections from Medical Treatises," draws on works including the Zhenjiu Jiayijing, Qianjin Yaofang, Tongren Shuxue Zhenjiu Tujing, Zhenjiu Zisheng Jing, Zhenjiu Wenda, Zhenjiu Dacheng, and Zhouhou Beiji Fang, first outlining each author's acupuncture-moxibustion thought and then selecting original passages. Part Three, "Selections from Songs and Rhapsodies," collects acupuncture-moxibustion songs and rhapsodies such as the Biaoyou Fu, Tongxuan Zhiyao Fu, Baizheng Fu, Xihong Fu, and Xingzhen Zhiyao Ge. The appendix, "Selections from Medical Cases," gathers acupuncture-moxibustion cases from the Zhenjiu Zisheng Jing, Zhenjiu Dacheng, Mingyi Leian, Xu Mingyi Leian, Gujin Yian An, Bianque Xinshu, Rumen Shiqin, and Weisheng Baojian. Each selected passage is divided into paragraphs accompanied by summaries, annotations, and commentary to help readers understand classical Chinese expressions and the threads of acupuncture-moxibustion theory.