title: [Preliminary study on characteristics of the Illustrations of Moxibustion in Dunhuang Caves in treatment of 5 kinds of strain and 7 kinds of impairments].
abstract: The Illustrations of Moxibustion, a remained book in Dunhuang Caves, is available the earliest monograph about moxibustion methods with both pictures and writing since recorded writing. In treatment of 5 kinds of strain and 7 kinds of impairments, point association for correspondence between man and universe was adopted human point distribution according to Jiugong and Bagua; and point association method of viewing the situation as a whole according to humam point distribution on the head, the body and the limbs; it wrote and drew available the earliest naked figures for acupuncture and moxibustion in simple natural materialism; and it is the most reasonable, the most complete explanation of sexual science in Chinese medicine, and is a sample for treatment of 5 kinds of strain and 7 kinds of impairments by ancient physicians stressing moxibustion, with convenient point selection and safety.
authors.affiliation: Anning District People's Hospital of Lanzhou City, Gansu 730070, China.
authors.forename: Tian-Sheng
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lan-Ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: Yong-Qiang
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D026881:Acupuncture; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D059552:Caves; D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D009071:Moxibustion