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LicenseNeedle caps, two packets containing ten moxa caps
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Needle caps, two packets containing ten moxa caps
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Needle caps, two packets containing ten moxa caps, designed to cover the heads of acupuncture needles and be burned during Moxa Head Needling, manufactured in Japan, 1980-1985, from the surgery of a British practitioner c.1996.
A packet of moxa caps, designed to be placed on the heads of acupuncture needles. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, herbs are burnt in the cap, and the heat from the burning herbs travels through the acupuncture needle into the body.
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Object Number:
- 2002-448
- Measurements:
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overall (whole packet lyiing flat): 18 mm x 47 mm x 83 mm, 0.012 kg
overall (each): 17 mm 14 mm,
needle head: 18 x 15 mm
- type:
- moxa caps
- credit:
- Kelley, R.
