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Item No: BK01080
Title: Advanced Modern Chinese Acupuncture Therapy: A Practical Handbook for Intermediate & Advanced Study
Author: Ganglin Yin and Zhenghua Liu
Publisher: New World Press
Language: English, Hardcover, 255 x 180mm, 592pp
ISBN:7-80005-558-2
Book Description
Each passing year, Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion (Zhenjiu) attracts the attention of more and more people from countries all over the world. Modern research also is clearly proving that acupuncture is a credible form of health care. As a result the demand for knowledge in this field has dramatically increased, not only from students and practitioners of Chinese medicine and acupuncture, but from the Western medical community as well. The numbers of students and practitioners of Chinese Zhenjiu has dramatically increased too.
We decided to publish this book, ˇ°Advanced Modern Chinese Acupuncture Therapyˇ±, to meet the demand for an advanced textbook and an advanced clinical handbook of Chinese Zhenjiu for students and practitioners of Chinese Zhenjiu. It is meant as a comprehensive text and/or handbook for students and practitioners of Zhenjiu, and a reference for those within the field of Western medicine who may be interested to learn about Chinese medicine.
The book has two parts. Part One introduces a basic knowledge of Zhenjiu, including Jingluo (meridians and collaterals), standard locations, properties, actions, point indications and Zhenjiu methods, specific points and clinical applications, treatment principles and selection of points, It also comprehensively details the arts of Zhenjiu and its techniques. Part Two discusses in detail 105 common clinical diseases and morbid conditions which respond well to the application of Zhenjiu. Each disease is described in Western medical terms and differentiated in accordance with the Chinese theory of syndromes. Treatment is divided into standard treatment and experiential treatment, in which many simple and effective methods are described. Indexes of acupoints in Chinese Pinyin, symptoms and diseases known to Western medical science, and diseases known to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in both Pinyin and characters are provided.
We are also dedicated to the process of combining Zhenjiu with Western medicine. Blending acupuncture and moxibustion with Western medicine is very important in improving the results of Zhenjiu treatment, summarizing treatment experiences, and widening its application to the prevention and treatment of disease. The diseases in Part Two are named and introduced briefly according to Western medical practice and translated into the terms of Chinese medicine. As now more and more students and practitioners of Chinese medicine in Western countries have knowledge of Western medicine, the book is designed so that they can take advantage of that knowledge. Also almost every practitioner of Chinese medicine has to have some knowledge of Western medicine and the book is designed so that he or she might learn the necessary knowledge of Western medicine.
This unique book should meet an increasing demand for knowledge of TCM, and shows specifically how Zhenjiu can be used effectively to treat diseases in a modern acupuncture clinic.
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