Moxibustion in Early Chinese Medicine and Its Relation to the Origin of Meridians: A Study on the Unearthed Literatures

Table 2

The moxibustion prescriptions in Recipes for Fifty-Two Ailments.

Disease	Serial number in each chapter	Modality	Material	Moxibustion method
Venomous snake bite	Number 2 prescription	Natural moxibustion	Mustard poultices	Putting mustard poultices on the patient’s vertex cranii (GV 20)
Wart	Number 1 prescription	Sear moxibustion with moxa stick	Scirpoides holoschoenus	Lighting the rope of Scirpoides holoschoenus to cauterize the terminal of wart and then take it out
Dysuria	Number 6 prescription	Direct moxibustion	Unknown	Moxibustion on middle toe of right foot
Scrotal hernia	Number 10 prescription	Direct moxibustion	Mugwort leaves, tow	Burning tow wrapped with mugwort leaves on vertex cranii (GV 20) until moxibustion scar appeared
Scrotal hernia	Number 18 prescription	Moxibustion after stone needle therapy	Unknown	Moxibustion on the vulnus after stone needle cutting or “Taiyin” (太阴) and “Taiyang” (太阳)
Scrotal hernia	Number 23 prescription	Direct moxibustion	Unknown	Moxibustion on left shank (based on A-B Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, the treatment points might be SP8, LR5, or KI8)
External hemorrhoid or anal fistula	Number 1 prescription	Sear moxibustion with moxa stick	Unknown	Taking moxibustion to cauterize the terminal of hemorrhoid and then twisting it off
Pruritus ani	Number 1 prescription	Fume moxibustion	Mugwort leaves, mushroom on the willow	Burning mugwort leaves and mushroom form the willow in a hole and applying moxibustion smoke to the patient’s anus