Acupuncture: A Comprehensive Text 1st Edition

I am glad that I bought this book. I'm a student in a TCM master's program and an intern in the student clinic at my school. For clinic, I have used this book FAR more than any other (including the ubiquitous ADRs). It has myriad extra acupoints, most of which I had never even heard of, as well as all of the usual points with their locations/actions/indications (both modern and classic). There are pull-out charts, detailed technique descriptions, and an awesome auricular chart. It has a treatment guide arranged by condition. So, say you have a patient- main complaint: stiff neck. It gives the TCM etiologies/pathologies, principle and supplementary points with needling techniques and other main treatment methods, then it lists other techniques such as moxa/cupping/cutaneous needling/injection therapy (not legal where I live but still good to know)/different micro-systems techniques/common point prescriptions based on specifics of the symptomatology/etc. At the end of each condition, there's a "remarks" with valuable info on treatment. This text even discusses "barefoot doctor" acupoints, theory, and modern research. It is complete with illustrations and medical specialty sections (pediatrics, dermatology, gynecology, etc.). It's hard to believe that they fit so much into a textbook that can be held with one hand!In short, I am loving this book!

My goodness, this is quite the involved book on acupuncture and related therapies. This is NOT the book if you are a beginner in the subject, this is a scholarly tome. I wanted more in-depth knowledge of this Chinese Medicine modality and this book sure has enough for the better part of a lifetime. I had no idea about so much of this and I am not a newbie at studying acupuncture and moxibustion. This would be a great, complete reference book for a physician or student of TCM.

This book was recommended to me by a friend and it is the most comprehensive text I have found yet. Highly recommend

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This book was bought as a textbook for a master's course in Chinese healing arts. For that purpose, I would recommend it. Although I'm not the one taking the course, since it is a required textbook, I believe it is probably one of the best acupunture books available.

I am using this text as a supplement to my studies in TCM. I also love how detailed the charts are. Great investment and good to have as a study material.

Text book on acupuncture. Very deep and requires understanding many other aspects of the individual being. By working with the nature of the individual, we are able to correct imbalance. That is what we all want and desire.

It will not be easy