The paper introduces the investigation on the versions

herbal composition

indications and treatment of

Taiyi Shenzhen

(

Taiyi Miraculous Pressing Moxibustion Technique with Herbal Moxa Stick

).

Taiyi Shenzhen Xinfa

written by

HAN Yifeng

in the Qing Dynasty

is the special book with this moxibustion technique recorded in the earliest time. But this book did not record the related herbal composition. In

Taiyi Shenzhen

written by

FAN Yuyi

in the later time of the same dynasty

the herbal composition and the preparation of moxa stick were described in detail. There are many versions of this book

with various content contained. Nowadays

there are at le

ast 4 versions of

Taiyi Shenzhen

named

the re-carved version of the original block-printed edition of

Taiyi Shenzhen

of Yinxiang bookstore version;

ZHOU Yonghe

's block-printed edition

with the greatest influence and the most widely spread. In terms of the herbal composition

indications and treatment

this version is greatly different from those of Yinxiang bookstore version; and the reprinted version of Guansheng Pavilion in the 19th year of Jiaqing Emperor (1814) and the block-printed version of Hanmo hall in the 12th year of Tongzhi Emperor (1873). These two versions were less spread

and the herbal composition

indications and treatment were very close to those in the version of Yinxiang bookstore.