From the blog of Terry Fox, L.Ac.:
"Rx. Lithospermi / Zi Cao - this herb relieves Toxic Fire, Cools the Blood, and encourages progression of rashes. Rx. Angelica Sinensis / Dang Gui – Tonifies Blood, Moves and Harmonizes blood, Disperses Cold and alleviates pain. Resinae Myrrh / Mo Yao - Moves Blood, Dispels Blood Stasis, alleviates pain, relaxes sinews, promotes movement of Qi, reduce swellings, and generates flesh. Sm. Bruceae / Ya Dan Zi - Clears Heat and Expels Toxins Nidus Vespae / Lu Feng Fang (Wasp Nest) – relieves Toxicity, Expels Wind, alleviates pain, and Dries Dampness Rx. Glycyrrhizae / Gan Cao – Clears Heat & Toxic Fire, alleviates pain, stops spasms, Harmonizes & Moderates characteristics of other herbs, and is an antidote for Toxicity The herbs above are the ones most commonly found in Purple Cloud Ointment. Of course, each practitioner may add or subtract herbs from this formula to create their own version of the ointment. And thus, they can tailor it to their patient’s specific needs. I personally prefer to add Coptidis/Huang Lian and Rehmannia/Shu Di Huang. Huang Lian works to Drain Fire and relieve Toxicity. The Shu Di Huang helps to Tonify Blood and Nourish Yin." Terry sells both Purple Cloud Ointment and San Huang San ointment (shop link also available on the supplies page). Excerpted from www.oq83.jp:
"If you practice rolling with the moxa, your rolling technique becomes excellent. Referring baseball, I would say the high quality moxa is like metal bat, and the moxa is like wooden bat (You have to hit the ball at pinpoint = you can't cheat on wooden bat). When your technique isn't good enough, you can't roll well with the moxa... The lowest qualifying line of Ohsaka Okyu course is able to roll and burn 200 cones / 10 minutes within 2 months. a) practicing every day 30 minutes (one incense) for 2 months 400 cones x 30 days x 2 months = 24,000 cones b) Let's say you can roll 300 cones from 1g of moxa 24,000 cones / 300 cones = 80g *The size of cone is Fukaya Kyu diameter 2 x height 8mm" Warning: Not for sensitive viewers. Part of the treatment is returning three days later to have blisters drained and this is shown in some detail. |
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"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought."
Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) "Sawada Ken (1877-1938) stands out in recent history as one of the most skilled and famous practitioners of acupuncture and moxibustion. Few know that he used moxibustion almost exclusively, never having acquired an acupuncture license. Nevertheless, Sawada's approach to treatment has been widely emulated by Japanese acupuncturists."
- Japanese Classical Acupuncture: Introduction to Meridian Therapy by Shudo Denmei, Translated by Stephen Brown "Some relatively modern Japanese moxibustion specialists, such as Isaburo Fukaya, who practiced for over sixty years, Takeshi Sawada, who inspired a whole generation of practitioners with his uniquely brilliant and powerful treatments and Seiji Irie, the leading proponent of Fukaya's style, studied the Chinese classical literature extensively and many of their techniques derived from their study of the classics."
"Toward the end of his sixty years of practice, Fukaya wrote more than ten volumes almost exclusively concerning the use of moxibustion and little, if any, mention of acupuncture." Excerpted from Japanese Acupuncture: A Clinical Guide by Stephen Birch and Junko Ida |