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Subject

Moxa

Images

  • Moxa treatment: a young woman kneels and applies moxa (a smouldering blend of medicinal plants) to another's leg. Woodcut by Sukenobu, ca. 1739 (?).
  • A Japanese physician applying moxa (a substance produced from leaves of various wormwoods) as a cautery: igniting it on the skin of a patient's back. Wood engraving.
  • Bloodletting points and moxa points. Ink drawing, Tibet.
  • Moxa treatment: a young woman kneels and applies moxa (a smouldering blend of medicinal plants) to another's leg. Woodcut by Sukenobu, ca. 1739 (?).
All images (4)

Catalogue

    • Books

    Remarks on the use of the moxa in chronic affections of the spinal cord / by D.H. Cullimore.

    Cullimore, D. H. (Daniel Henry) | Date: 1884
    • Books

    Three Tibetan instructions on acupuncture and moxibustion : a collection of manuscripts of the works of Dil-dmar Dge-bśes Bstan-'dzin-phun-tshogs.

    Bstan-ʼdzin-phun-tshogs, Deʼu-dmar Dge-bshes, active 18th century. | Date: 1986
    • Pictures

    Bloodletting points and moxa points. Ink drawing, Tibet.

    | Reference: 581554i
    Part of: Bloodletting points and moxa points: three drawings.
    • Books

    Chen chui shen shu : (Qiongyao shen shu) / Qiong Yao Zhen Ren zhuan [edited by] Lu Shoukang.

    Qiong Yao Zhen Ren, active 1101-1125. | Date: 1987
    • Books

    Zhongguo zhen jiu chu fang xue / Xiao Shaoqing bian zhu.

    Xiao, Shaoqing. | Date: 1986
All works (14)

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