{"product_id":"celestial-lancets-paperback-softback","title":"Celestial Lancets - Paperback \/ softback","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":45563877720302,"sku":"9780700714582","price":84.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780700714582.jpg?v=1720663068","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/celestial-lancets-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}