title: [A preliminary evaluation and discussion on the significance of the medical bamboo slipsCi shu(Needling Methods) unearthed from a Han tomb in the Mount. Laoguan, Chengdu].
abstract: The compilation of medical bamboo slips,Ci shu(Needling Methods), which was unearthed from a Han tomb in Mt. Laoguan, is a monograph dealing exclusively with the principles of clinical acupuncture manipulations with 40 acupuncture prescriptions, being the earliest unearthed work with documented standard methods of acupuncture manipulations and acupuncture prescriptions in China. The chapterZhen fang(Acupuncture Prescriptions) is the earliest summary of standardized acupoint prescriptions up to now in China, which is of great significance to clinical practice directly derived from ancient clinical performance of acupuncture. The chapterZhen fangof the bookCi shuis also one of the earliest ancient clinical reports archiving the acupoint. This may provide invaluable perspectives to the study of the conceptualization, origination, development, formation of theoretical system, and clinical application of acupoints.
authors.affiliation: Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610075, China.
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: M X
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D026881:Acupuncture / Q000266:history*; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002048:Burial; D002681:China; D049690:History, Ancient; D008373:Manuscripts as Topic
keywords: Ci shu (Needling Methods); Medical bamboo slips of the Western Han Dynasty; Needling methods; Zhen fang (Acupuncture Prescriptions)