Handbook of Acupuncture in Treatment of Nervous System Disorders

This practical and innovative handbook presents the author's unique clinical experience in the assessment and acupuncture treatment of 57 disorders related to the nervous system and provides valuable clinical notes offering an insight into the treatment involved. This book will be useful for doctors and other health professionals whose main training is in Western medicine, but who apply acupuncture as a complement to Western treatment methods. The main features include: 1) a concise description of the symptoms and clinical manifestations of a range of cranial nerve disorders, cerebral disorders, conditions of the spinal nerves, and other nervous system disorders; 2) the selection of appropriate acupuncture for treatment, needling techniques and needling sensation; 3) a detailed description of the methods to be used; 4) practical clinical notes; and 5) diagrams illustrating the location of acupuncture points used in the book

Features

* Compact format - easy to use and practical for the clinic
A desktop reference book - ideal for the practitioner who already has a basic knowledge of acupuncture
Concise description of the symptoms and clinical manifestations of a range of cranial nerve disorders, cerebral disorders, conditions of the spinal nerves and other nervous system disorders

Suggests ways in which acupuncture can be used to alleviate, improve or otherwise treat disorders of the nervous system and indicates how acupuncture can form part of a broader treatment programme
Practical clinical notes discussing the effectiveness and suitability of the treatment indicated
Includes Western perspective on disease descriptions, needling depth, needling precautions and integration of treatment
Easy to read format - with tables to facilitate rapid reference
* Useful diagrams illustrating the location of standard and special acupuncture points.

Contents

CHAPTER 1:CRANIAL NERVE DISORDERS. Olfactory nerve disorders. Optic neuritis. Retinal periphlebitis. Optic atrophy. Myopia. Oculomotor paralysis. Trochlear paralysis. Trigeminal neuralgia. Abducent (lateral rectus) nerve paralysis. Facial paralysis (Bell's palsy). Facial tic. Glossopharynegeal neuralgia. Glossopharyngeal paralysis. Accessory nerve paralysis. Vagus nerve paralysis. Hypoglossal paralysis. Sphenopalatine neuralgia. Vestibular neuronitis.
CHAPTER 2: CEREBRAL DISORDERS. Transient ischaemic attack. Cerebral thrombosis. Cerebral embolism. Cerebral arteriosclerosis. Lacunar cerebral infarction. Syringomyelia. Parkinson's disease. Sydenham's chorea (chorea minor). Athetosis. Epilepsy. Hysteria. Ménière's syndrome.
CHAPTER 3: CONDITIONS OF THE SPINAL NERVES. Injury of the brachial plexus. Brachial plexus neuropathy. Thoracic outlet syndrome. Long thoracic nerve paralysis. Axillary nerve paralysis. Median nerve paralysis. Ulnar nerve paralysis. Radial nerve paralysis. Superior clunial nerve injury. Obturator nerve paralysis. Sciatica. Tibial nerve paralysis. Paralysis of the common peroneal nerve. Polyneuropathy.
CHAPTER 4: OTHER DISORDERS. Post-lumbar puncture headache. Radicular cervical spondylosis. Vertebral artery compression syndrome. Cervical spondylosis with myelopathy. Cervical spondylosis with sympathetic nerve involvement. Functional disorders. Irritable bowel syndrome. Atypical chest pain. Myasthenia gravis. Periodic paralysis. Phantom limb pain. Traumatic paraplegia.
Appendix: Location of acupuncture points referred to in the book. Bibliography. Index.

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