Written by an experienced acupuncturist and educator, this advanced textbook provides strategies which support the foundational energy of a person, including their qi, blood, yin, yang and essence. The book takes an integrative approach, providing insightful recommendations relating to diagnosis and the construction of treatment plans. It shows how needling strategies are connected to rules of point selection, the point classification system, and nourishing the foundational energies of patients. Techniques such as bloodletting, gua sha and the eight extraordinary meridians are covered, and the book is supported by clear illustrations, chapter summary charts and template patient handouts. Ideal for use as a practical manual for practitioners of acupuncture, it is also useful as a student textbook.?
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Dr. Skya Abbate offers an insightful and extremely thorough clinical text, covering a full range of practical applications for the budding acupuncturist. Having all of this information presented with this level of care and detail in one place is an enormous boon to Oriental medical educators and students alike. -- Ted Hall, L.Ac., Dipl. Ac., Dipl. C.H. (NCCAOM), Full Professor, Southwest Acupuncture College Skya Abbate's latest book belongs in the library of beginning acupuncture students as well as seasoned practitioners. It begins with the basics, but quickly dives deeply into more complex strategies to treat common ailments that aren't always what they appear to be. Ms. Abbate reminds us to always look below the surface and acknowledge the root. -- Joanne Neville L.Ac., Clinic Director, Boulder Campus Southwest Acupuncture College Medicine is not magic nor miracle. It is a logical method of diagnosing and implementing particular treatment strategies. As one of leading educators in the field of Oriental Medicine in America, Dr. Skya Abbate accomplished another comprehensive guide full of important information for those who learns and practices oriental medicine. It shines with her passion and wisdom. -- Li Xu, D.O.M., Ph.D. (Acupuncture) If "it takes a genius to make things simple," Dr. Abbate's new book, "Acupuncture Strategies for Complex Patients" uses it's simple and easily accessible organization to lay out the treatment of complex patient presentations with clarity of principle and effective methods. This book is destined to be a well-used reference in our student clinic and classrooms as well as promote "genius" in treatments professionally! -- Dr. Pamela Barrett, DOM - Clinic Director of Southwest Acupuncture College in Santa Fe New Mexico
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Höhe: 228 mm
Breite: 150 mm
Dicke: 17 mm
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978-1-84819-380-2 (9781848193802)
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Skya Abbate has been a practising acupuncturist for over three decades, and is an experienced and senior teacher at Southwest Acupuncture College. She has published books on Auricular Acupuncture, Palpatory Diagnosis and Advanced Techniques in Oriental Medicine.
Author Biography; Preface; Part I Building the Foundation; 1. Building the Foundation, The Infrastructure of Treatment; 2. The Interview, The Heart of the Clinical Encounter; Part II Treatment Strategies in Acupuncture; 3. The Relationship Between the Methods of Diagnosis and Therapeutic Effectiveness; Case 1 Treating the Foundation: Insomnia and Pulses at the Adaptive Level; 4. Thoughts on Needling within the Clinical Encounter;5. The Stages of Needling;6. What Is an Acupuncture Point?; 7. The Importance of Standard Nomenclature of the Acupuncture Meridians and Points;8. The Point ClassificationSystem; Case 2 Numbness treated through the Jing (well) points; 9. The Rules of Point Selection and General Treatment Strategies; Case 3 The use of distal points for knee pain; Case 4 Food poisoning headache treated with a combination of local and distal points; 10. Written Communications, Patient Handout Plans, Consent Forms in General and for Specialized Treatment; 11. Acupuncture Emergencies; Part III Tonification Treatments and What They Do; 12 Ten Needle Technique; Case5 TheApplicationofTenNeedleTechniquein the treatment ofEmotions; 13. Eight NeedleTechnique; Case 6 Eight Needle Technique for Back Pain and Overall Tonification; 14. Intradermals; 15. Luo Points: Special Vessels of Communication Between Channels; Case 7 Luo points in Excess Conditions; 16. The Eight Curious Vessels in Oriental Medicine;17. The Clinical Significance of the Confluent Points and Their Application in Gynecology; Case8 The treatment of menopause with the Eight CuriousVessels; Part IV Dispersion Treatments and What They Do; 18. The Six Divisions; Three Paradigms of Treatment; Case 9 Six Divisions: An energetic, philosophical model for pain and blockage in the treatment of back pain; 19. Heat Differentiations; 20. A Synopsis of Bloodletting Techniques; Case 10 Blood stasis patterns in the occipital region; Case 11 Additional case of Blood stasis patterns in the occipital region; Case 12 The Application of the Plum Blossom Needle in the Treatment of Hair Loss; Conclusion Nourishing the Foundation, The Beginning of Health; Appendices; A. Forms; 1. The Clinical Report Form; 2. Patient Handout Plan; 3. Informed Consent for Moxibustion; 4. Directions for Self-Treatment at Home with Moxa; 5. Informed Consent for Gwa Sha Treatment; 6. Informed Consent for Fire Cupping; B. SubjectIndex; C. DiseaseIndex; D. PointIndex; Glossary
