Early Essays on Acupuncture and Moxa — 3. Moxibustion

 

Distributor: Lulu. $24.99. 278 pages.  Paperback UT. Vol. 3. 2017.

 

The series on early essays on acupuncture and moxa consists of three volumes grouping the first English texts covering this topic. These essays are fundamental within the context of history and historiography of the field, clinical applications, and early explorations of the mechanisms involved. This series truly belongs to the shelves of practitioners and libraries of Oriental Medicine schools.

 

See also: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3.

 

Contents of Volume 3

 

  • Introduction to the Essays
  • 1. A treatise on moxa – James Boyle, 1825
    • Introduction
    • On the derivation of the word “moxa”
    • History of moxa
    • Cases treated with moxa
      • Case I
      • Case II
      • Case III
      • Case IV
      • Case V
      • Case VI
      • Case VII
      • Case VIII
      • Case IX
      • Case X
      • Case XI
      • Case XII
      • Case XIII
    • Action of moxa
    • Observations on remedies usually employed in the treatment of diseased joints, considering them in the order in which they are most used
      • Cupping and leeching
      • Blistering
      • Setons and issues
      • Friction
      • Shampooing
      • Manipulation
      • Electricity and galvanism
    • Observations on affections of the spine; and the muscles which are more particularly concerned in its motions
    • On the nature of contracted or chicken chest
    • On the more common causes of spinal and joint diseases in infants
    • Exercise and diet, as regards children
    • General observations on the prevention and treatment of spinal disorders
  • 2. A physiological enquiry respecting the action of Moxa and its utility in inveterate cases – William Wallace, 1827
    • Preface
    • Introductory observations
    • Section I. Of the immediate cause of functional disease
    • Section II. Of the mode of action of moxa
    • Section III. Of the selection and preparation of cases for the application of moxa, &c.
      • [Of intermittent and continued morbid affections]
      • [Of intermittent morbid affections]
      • [Of evaporating lotions]
      • [Instrument for the application of evaporating lotions]
      • [Of cupping]
      • [An improved mode of cupping]
    • Section IV. Of the various modes of applying moxa
    • Section V. Of the means which may be employed as adjuvants to moxa
      • [Remedies which act by increasing tone]
      • [General tonic remedies]
      • [Local tonic remedies]
      • [Remedies which empty the capillaries]
      • [Counter-irritants]
      • [Pressure]
      • [Friction]
      • [Percussion of shampooing]
      • [Preventive measures]
    • Section VI. Cases of painful, paralytic and spasmodic diseases of the nerves and muscles, to illustrate the utility of moxa.
      • [Sciatica and other painful affections of the nerves]
      • [Lumbago and other painful affections of the muscles]
      • [Paraplegia and other paralytic affections]
      • [Epileptic or spasmodic affections]
    • Explanation of the plate
  • Annexes
    • Works by James Boyle
    • Works by William Wallace
    • References