| Practical English-Chinese Library of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion
By Lu Jianping, Cui Yanliang, Shi Renhua
Publishing House of Shanghai College of TCM, 1990 The science of acupuncture and moxibustion is a subject dealing with the prevention and treatment of diseases by needling and moxibustion methods. It has been accepted by the general population for its good curative effect, wide range of indications, simple application, low cost, safety, etc. Since the 1950s, the international spread of the science of acupuncture and moxibustion has become widened. Many countries have sent their doctors to China to learn acupuncture and moxibustion. Particularly after when China made known the achievements of acupuncture anesthesia, acupuncture anesthesia evoked strong repercussions in the medical field of the world, and a great upsurge in study and research on acupuncture, moxibustion and acupuncture anesthesia was set off. Since 1975, at the request of the World Health Organization, the International Acupuncture Training Courses have been offered in Beijing, Shanghai, and Nanjing, and acupuncturists have been trained for many countries. Up to now, acupuncture and moxibustion are being used and studied with good results in more than one hundred countries.Contents- The Channels and Collaterals and Acupoints
- The channels and collaterals: the composition of the system of the channels and collaterals, body-surface distribution of the fourteen channels, physiological functions of the channels and collaterals, modern studies of the channels and collaterals
- Acupoints: classification and therapeutic properties of acupoints, methods of locating acupoints, specific points
- The fourteen channels and their commonly-used points
- The techniques of acupuncture and moxibustion
- Acupuncture techniques: preparations, needling methods, management of possible accidents
- Moxibustion (appendix: cupping therapy)
- The three-edged needle
- Point injection
- Electrotherapy
- Scalp acupuncture
- Ear acupuncture therapy
- A general introduction to acupuncture treatment
- General principles of acupuncture treatment
- Point prescription
- Application of specific points
- Acupuncture therapy of common diseases
- Infectious diseases
- Diseases of the respiratory system
- Diseases of the digestive system
- Diseases of the circulatory system
- Diseases of the urogenital system
- Diseases of the motor system
- Neurotic and mental diseases
- AIDS, acute conjunctivitis, hyperthyroidism, urticaria, thecal cyst, simple obesity, abstention of smoking by acupuncture
|
