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11.—For the Solar Term of the Sixth Month, named 'Slight Heat.'
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11.—For the Solar Term of the Sixth Month, named 'Slight Heat.'


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


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11.—For the Solar Term of the Sixth Month, named "Slight Heat."—Press the two hands to the ground, bend one foot under the body, stretch out the other with force 3 × 5 times, etc. To cure rheumatism (wind and dampness) of the legs, knees, thighs, and loins, fulness of the lungs with excessive flow of phlegm, asthma, cough, pain in the middle of the sternum, violent sneezing, abdominal distension and pain to the right of the navel, the hands contracted (bent crooked), body heavy, hemiplegia, loss of memory, whooping cough, prolapsus ani, weakness of wrist, joy and anger inconstant. (See Figure). Corresponds with Amiot's No. 12, against paralysis of certain members, short and precipitate respiration, pains of the lower belly with tension.

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