Fan Yu-qi and "Taiyi miraculous moxa roll"
Liu, L.-g.; Gu-Jie
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu 27(7): 543-544
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0255-2930 PMID: 17722839 Document Number: 611448
To explore the manipulation method, the range of indications and the characteristics of acupoint selection for "Taiyi miraculous moxa roll". Apply computer to make retrieval and statistics of the literature, and then induction and analysis were made by manual methods. The "Taiyi miraculous moxa roll" method substitutes moxibustion for acupuncture, with very wide ranges of indications, the most being the thoracico-abdominal diseases, the next being the diseases in the head, and the less being in the limbs and in the lumbodorsal position; so far as the syndrome differentiation is concerned, the most is deficiency syndrome, the next is cold syndrome, wind syndrome, heat syndrome, phlegm syndrome and so on. The most acupoints selected are on the trunk, and the next on the limbs, and then on the head. This method is worth to be popularized.