Acupuncture: Patterns and Practice

Patterns and Practice

Acupuncture Patterns & Practice is a practical, clinically oriented exposition of traditional Chinese diagnosis and acupuncture therapy. The book consists of nine series of cases, each devoted to a type of disorder that is commonly seen in the acupuncture clinic: common cold, cough, dizziness, headache, lower back pain, painful obstruction (bi), wind-stroke, insomnia and palpitations.
In each of the 40 illustrative case histories the authors provide a step-by-step method for applying the traditional Chinese diagnostic art of differentiation of patterns to these clinical problems. More than 80 charts graphically illustrate the material in the case histories, and each chapter concludes with a diagnostic master chart.

C O N T E N T S
Common Cold
Cough
Dizziness
Headache
Lower Back Pain
Painful Obstruction
Windstroke
Insomnia
Palpitations
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Point Index
General Index

This book covers the principles and practice of combining acupuncture points - expanding a practitioner's repertoire and increasing their skills. Information on the combination of the main points of the fourteen channels is covered in the book prior to outlining specific point combinations for selected disease syndromes. Discussion of combining points according to dermatome theory and according to... Read More...