The Acupuncture Points Functions Colouring Book
Published on 21. June 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-84819-266-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents a fun and practical way of learning the functions of acupuncture points on the twelve primary and eight extra channels..
Students are invited to colour and doodle their way through the sequence of images on each channel in turn embellishing anything they find difficult to remember or recall. Through the drawings the author offers her own imaginative visual representation of each point based on translations of the Chinese point names. The text page opposite each set of drawings provides a quick cross reference for the student, with a simple list of the point names and the main functions relating to each. The flexible style of this book accommodates the needs of students from a wide range of schools and traditions.
This is an essential learning resource for students of acupuncture, acupressure, shiatsu and massage, and is ideal for revision and self or paired testing.
Students are invited to colour and doodle their way through the sequence of images on each channel in turn embellishing anything they find difficult to remember or recall. Through the drawings the author offers her own imaginative visual representation of each point based on translations of the Chinese point names. The text page opposite each set of drawings provides a quick cross reference for the student, with a simple list of the point names and the main functions relating to each. The flexible style of this book accommodates the needs of students from a wide range of schools and traditions.
This is an essential learning resource for students of acupuncture, acupressure, shiatsu and massage, and is ideal for revision and self or paired testing.
Reviews / Votes
The book itself is very simple. The author consciously chose to describe only some of the points. Moreover, she decided to limit the information to one important sentence about each point. These decisions result in clarity and simplicity, and definitely help in focusing on the presented knowledge...The author encourages the readers to add their own pictures of missing points when they think these points are important. Doing this the reader is not just a passive receiver of the knowledge anymore, but becomes an active co-creator of the book -- Bartosz Chmielnicki * European Journal of Oriental Medicine *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
40 line illustrations, some of the meridian maps are already coloured in ink and this colour needs to be removed
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
323 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84819-266-9 (9781848192669)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Rainy Hutchinson is an acupuncturist, who runs her own clinic in Sheffield. She trained first in Fine Art Sculpture and worked for ten years as a teacher of Art & Design before retraining as an acupuncturist. While studying, she used drawings to visually represent her notes, and she was soon approached by fellow students, and those from other colleges who wanted to use her drawings as a learning aid. She has since completed further training in paediatric acupuncture, and she now treats both adults and children in her clinic.
Content
Foreword. Richard Blackwell. Foreword. Angie and John Hicks. Introduction. How to Use this Book. 1. Heart. 2. Small Intestine. 3. Bladder. 4. Kidney. 5. Pericardium. 6. Triple Burner. 7. Gall Bladder. 8. Liver. 9. Lung. 10. Large Intestine. 11. Stomach. 12. Spleen. 13. Du. 14. Ren. 15. Penetrating Vessel. 16. Girdle Vessel. 17. Yin Heel Vessel. 18. Yang Heel Vessel. 19. Yin Linking Vessel. 20. Yang Linking Vessel.