{"product_id":"celestial-lancets-hardback","title":"Celestial Lancets - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eUsing modern knowledge to shed light on ancient techniques, this text examines two of the earliest therapeutic techniques of Chinese medicine: acupuncture and moxibustion. Acupuncture is the implantation of very thin needles into subcutaneous connective tissue and muscle at a great number of different points on the body's surface; moxibustion is the burning of Artemisia tinder (moxa) either directly on the skin or just above it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 2500 years the Chinese have used both techniques to relieve pain and to heal a wide variety of illnesses and malfunctions. Providing a full historical account of acupuncture and moxibustion in the theoretical structure of Chinese medicine, Doctors Lu and Needham combine it with a rationale of the two techniques in the light of modern scientific knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45575189004526,"sku":"9781138137165","price":227.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781138137165_b3ad595f-b1da-4fac-811e-53217d233a8b.jpg?v=1720945536","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/celestial-lancets-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}