This quick reference guide for acupuncture students and qualified practitioners provides acupuncture treatments for 1000 Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Actions, and Western signs, symptoms and disease states. Treatments are listed alphabetically, and most conditions are covered - from the most common signs and symptoms like neck pain to rarer and more chronic ones like Raynaud´s phenomenon. TCM Actions incorporate "Liver Yang Rising", "Sanjiao", "Qi Stagnation", etc – they are the cornerstone of any treatment planned by a TCM practitioner and are an important inclusion to this new edition. The remaining disorders are Western signs/symptoms/disease states, as well as treatment principles to adopt in certain situations. Basic signs and symptoms include memory loss and headache, disease states include hepatitis and irritable bowel syndrome, and treatment principles include inducing labour and reducing lactic acid build-up. Each of the 1000 disorders is presented with TCM Actions (referenced), main acupoints (referenced), secondary acupoints, and additional notes necessary to better understand the condition.
- lists both primary & secondary Acupoints
- fold out pictures for handy Acupoint locator
- 85 Patterns of disharmony
- 1000 TCM Actions, Western signs symptoms and disease states
- Contraindications/Cautions section
- acupoint/channel diagrams for the 14 principal channels
- extensive referencing used throughout
Introduction; List of abbreviations; Cautions and Contraindications; Patterns of Disharmony; Gall Bladder; Heart; Kidney; Large intestines; Liver; Lung; Pericardium; Sanjiao; Small intestine; Spleen; Stomach; Urinary Bladder; A to Z list of disease states and acupoints; Acutonics; Bibliography
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; List of abbreviations; Cautions and Contraindications; Patterns of Disharmony; Gall Bladder; Heart; Kidney; Large intestines; Liver; Lung; Pericardium; Sanjiao; Small intestine; Spleen; Stomach; Urinary Bladder; A to Z list of disease states and acupoints; Acutonics; Bibliography
Klappentext
This is a ready reference which provides acupuncture treatments for common disorders encountered in clinical practice. Disorders are presented in Western medical and colloquial terminology (eg. Both Pertussis and whooping cough are listed). Disorders have primary and secondary Acupoints listed, unless the condition has an approved general treatment plan, in which case only one list of Acupoints is given, and these are considered the primary treatment. There is a section on Cautions & Contraindications. In the back of the "Acupoint Dictionary" are pictures of different body parts with the Acupoints labelled on each. They are designed to fold out so that the practitioner can see the picture and keep the page open where their disorder is so that it remains "ready reference". New material will include:
. Tuning fork extension
. Expanded Contraindication/Cautions section
. Additional disorders eg., high Cholesterolrn
