The PA of Acupuncture provides the reader with a brief overview of the history of acupuncture in China and Europe, it describes the underlying principles of Chinese medicine and how it differs from Western medicine, and it looks at the way Western medicine attempts to explain the effects achieved by acupuncture therapy. The main focus of this book is the presentation of the 361 classic acupuncture points giving details of their locations, the way they are classified, their actions and indications, as well as the needling techniques to be used. On the pages facing the descriptions, there are precise anatomical drawings showing the paths of the channels and the points located on them.
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Höhe: 19 cm
Breite: 12.5 cm
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978-3-13-141721-3 (9783131417213)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
History and Basics of Chinese Medicine
1 The History of Acupuncture in China
2 The History of Acupuncture in Europe
3 Western Medicine and Chinese Medicine
4 Methods and Prerequisites of Chinese Medicine
5 Acupuncture
6 Fundamental Standards and Basic Terminology of Energy
7 Correspondence of the Zang Fu
8 Doctrine of the Channels
9 Diagnostics
10 Liver and Gall Bladder Channels
11 Heart and Small Intestine Channels
12 Pericardium and Triple Burner Channels
13 Spleen and Stomach Channels
14 Lung and the Large Intestine Channels
15 Kidney and Bladder Channels
16 The Eights Extraordinary Vessels
17 The Four Diagnostic Methods (Si Jian)
18 Basic Principles of Acupuncture
Point Atlas
19 Acupuncture Points of the Lung Channel
20 Acupuncture Points of the Large Intestine Channel
21 Acupuncture Points of the Stomach Channel
22 Acupuncture Points of the Spleen Channel
23 Acupuncture Points of the Heart Channel
24 Acupuncture Points of the Small Intestine Channel
25 Acupuncture Points of the Bladder Channel
26 Acupuncture Points of the Main Channel of the Kidney
27 Acupuncture Points of the Main Channel of the Pericardium
28 Acupuncture Points of the Main Channel of the Triple Burner
29 Acupuncture Points of the Main Channel of the Gall Bladder
30 Acupuncture Points of the Main Channel of the Liver
31 Acupuncture Points of the Main Channel of the Governing Vessel
32 Acupuncture Points of the Main Channel of the Controlling Vessel
33 Extra Acupuncture Points
Practice and Technique
Ear Acupuncture
Acupuncture from a Western Perspective
34 Practice and Technique
35 Ear Acupuncture
36 Acupuncture from a Western Perspective
Appendix
37 Proven Treatments
List of the 361 Classic Acupuncture Points
Index
