Body-Cun Measurement Method

As stated in Essential Recipes Worth a Thousand Gold: The ancient measuring standard defines eight ancient inches as one foot. For body-cun, take the first segment of the middle finger of the patient — left hand for males, right hand for females — as one cun. If finger lengths vary, use the transverse width of … Read more

Moxibustion Method for Gaohuangshu (BL43)

Excerpt from Essential Recipes Worth a Thousand Gold by Master Sun Simiao Gaohuangshu treats a wide range of illnesses. It is mainly indicated for emaciation, general debility, nocturnal emissions, adverse qi rising with cough, mania, mental confusion and poor memory. Point Location Ask the patient to sit upright, bend the spine and stretch both arms … Read more