Review of Needling- or Moxibustion-prohibited Points in “Illustrated Manual for the Practice of Acupuncture and Moxibustion with the Help of a Bronze Figure bearing Acupuncture Points” and “The Classic of Supplementing Life with Acupuncture and Moxibustion”

摘要

Objectives: This research was projected to verify the validities of needling- or moxibustion eprohibited acupoints in the“Illustrated Manual for the Practice of Acupuncture and Moxibustion with the Help of a Bronze Figure Bearing AcupuncturePoints” (IMPAM) and The Classic of Supplementing Life with Acupuncture and Moxibustion” (CSLAM).Methods: We investigated acupoints which have prohibitions, notices or adverse events in IMPAM and CSLAM when performing needling or moxibustion. Then, we verified those prohibitions, notices, and adverse events.Results: In IMPAM, 2 acupoints were prohibited from both needling and moxibustion, 22 acupoints were prohibited fromneedling and 29 were prohibited from moxibustion. In CSLAM, 3 acupoints were prohibited from both needling and moxibustion, 24 acupoints were prohibited from needling and 31 were prohibited from moxibustion. Most of the prohibitions,the notices and the adverse events of the acupoints written in IMPAM and CSLAM had medical or philological bases, and thenumber of them was larger than that in the “A-B Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion” (ABCAM).Conclusions: The prohibitions, the notices and the adverse events in IMPAM and CSLAM when performing acupuncture ormoxibustion reflected the medical experience and knowledge of the Time, and the knowledge was increased compared tothat in the ABCAM.