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Moxibustion and Acupuncture (Third edition)


     Moxibustion, whose use had been thought at one time to be declining, has revived, and has come to have attained a good amount of popularity. This change is a fact of which all are well aware, and stems of course from the complete uselessness of Western medical science. About this assertion I will explain. By burning the skin, moxibustion induces toxins, whose solidified forms are the cause of diseases. It is the same principle as when at the very moment the skin is burned, pus forms in the affected region. Pain is experienced during moxibustion treatment and because of the ugly scars that remain after treatment, small burn marks become dispersed throughout the body, and the toxins gather and accumulate in these areas, so moxibustion creates temporary relief. Therefore, as time passes following a treatment, the toxins will reform, so that when moxibustion treatment is started, it must be continued every month or several times a year, which is due to the principle outlined above. Unlike pharmaceuticals, however, chemical addiction does not develop, so the treatment can be justified in terms of health. Still, there is obviously pain during the treatment, but here what cannot be ignored is that ugly scars will remain on the skin. Human beings are the greatest masterpieces fashioned by the Creator; it would be fair to call them the ultimate in beauty. Particularly in the case of women, the beauty of their skin is praised and in Japan, it is referred to as “skin as beautiful as a gem.” In the Occident, the nude female body is taken to be the highest form of beauty. In light of these circumstances, to artificially leave a burn mark is to disable the skin, and I do believe that the sin of blasphemy towards the Creator cannot be avoided.
     As for acupuncture, the skin is injured and internal hemorrhaging is caused whose coagulation temporarily halts the purifying process, so it is not a therapy for complete healing.

Medicine for Tomorrow, Volume 2, third edition, page 65, October 5, 1943
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