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Kung-Fu, or Tauist Medical Gymnastics, by John Dudgeon, [1895], at sacred-texts.com


1.—For the Solar Term of the First Month, or "Beginning of Spring."—Hands folded, press the thigh, turn the body, twist the neck towards the right and left alternately 3 × 5 times; knock the teeth, respire, gargle (as it were the air in the mouth), and swallow 3 times. For the cure of rheumatism and obstructions, pain in the neck, shoulders, ear, back, elbow, and arm.—See Figure, next page.


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