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Acupuncture in Practice: Beyond Points and Meridians
This is my acupuncture textbook. It is available from Amazon.co.uk
and Amazon.com.
- Demystifies the needling process
- Demonstrates quick and effective treatment
- Builds on existing clinical knowledge
- Based on modern acupuncture
A practical manual describing the principles and practice of modern
medical acupuncture. This book frees the practitioner from dependence on
rule of thumb and builds on existing clinical knowledge. Demystifying
the process, Acupuncture in Practice demonstrates quick but
effective treatment of those disorders for which acupuncture is
suitable.
The main question facing the newcomer to acupuncture is often said to be
deciding where to place the needles. The practitioner is faced with a
bewildering range of possibilities, including traditional acupuncture,
the use of trigger points, and the segmental approach. This book aims to
simplify the choice by offering a rational procedure, based on modern
anatomy, physiology, and pathology, that provides a different way of
applying existing clinical knowledge.
The book is in four parts:
- Part 1 looks at traditional acupuncture in relation to the modern
version and describes how they differ from each other.
- Part 2 considers the important question of safety and then explains
the principles on which the approach used in the book is based.
- Part 3 applies the principles described in Part 2 to the treatment
of the disorders for which acupuncture is suitable. The approach used is
regional rather than systemic, because this accords best with the way in
which acupuncture is applied in practice.
- Part 4 looks at the use of electricity in acupuncture and at
specialized forms of acupuncture such as auriculotherapy. There are also
chapters on self-acupuncture by patients and the best way to integrate
acupuncture into one's existing practice. Finally, the future of
acupuncture in the West is reviewed, with a survey of modern research
and its problems.
CONTENTS: PART 1: Introduction; Ancient or modern? An outline of
the traditional system; Modern acupuncture; PART 2: The risks of
acupuncture; Principles of treatment; Choosing where to
needle; Using the ATA concept in practice; PART 3: General introduction
to the treatment section; Acupuncture for the head and neck; The
shoulder; The upper limb; Thoracic and lumbar spine; The lower limb;
The abdomen; Generalized stimulation; PART 4: Electricity in
acupuncture; Ear acupuncture (Auriculotherapy); Self-treatment with
acupuncture; Training and accreditation; The future of acupuncture in
the West; Bibliography.
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