Acupuncture in Clinical Practice: A guide for health professionals

✍ Scribed by Nadia Ellis MSc MCSP (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 322
• Series: Therapy in Practice Series 43
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The history of traditional Chinese medicine....Pages 3-5
The basis of traditional Chinese medicine....Pages 6-26
Meridian theory....Pages 27-118
Traditional examination and diagnosis....Pages 119-141
Technique of treating acupoints with needles and non-invasive procedures....Pages 142-164
Current practice in China....Pages 165-169
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Current theories of the physiological effects of acupuncture....Pages 173-177
Electro-acupuncture....Pages 178-184
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)....Pages 185-191
Trigger point acupuncture....Pages 192-196
The use of lasers in acupuncture....Pages 197-202
Auricular therapy....Pages 203-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-221
Musculo-skeletal problems....Pages 222-241
Respiratory disorders....Pages 242-251
Pain....Pages 252-264
Headaches....Pages 265-279
Other conditions which are met in clinical practice....Pages 280-292
Back Matter....Pages 293-312

✦ Subjects

Acupuncture