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


No. 29.—The divine ancestor Hsü (#) shaking the "Heavenly Pillar."—To cure all sorts of ulcers on the head, face, shoulders and back.

Sit upright, let the two hands seize below the heart, agitate the "heavenly pillar" right and left, with each revolve the air, hem and blow 24 mouthfuls.

The Figure resembles Numbers 1, 18 (standing) and 23.

The Powder for dispersing the Poison.

Prescription.—Take of hwang-ch‘in, hwang-lien, rhubarb, pai-chïh, ch‘iang-hwo, fang-fêng, chin-yin-hwa (#) Lonicera japonica, lien-chi‘öh (valves of fruit of Forsythia suspensa), tang-kwei, ching-chieh, tien-hwa-fen (#), root of Trichosanthes multiloba, and liquorice,—equal quantities of each. Make a decoction, and drink.


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