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Point location book written in easy to understand terms, for the layperson.
An understanding of acu-points is vital not only for acupuncturists but also for bodyworkers. This user-friendly manual contains current, comprehensive information for both groups, with special emphasis on how shiatsu and tuina therapists can best utilize point knowledge in their practice. Renowned experts Chris Jarmey and Ilaira Bouratinos use succinct text, a well-organized framework, and detailed color anatomical illustrations to clarify the complexities of acu-points. In keeping with normal practice, the authors give the precise anatomical location of a point and illustrate it with a dot, along with alternative locations where relevant. However, the book goes further by delineating the larger area where the point can be activated by pressure, gua sha, and other means. In addition, it explains the optimum physical position for treatment via acupuncture, acupressure, and other strategies, as treatment positions can vary according to the method of point stimulation. The book also documents the distribution of sensation resulting from point stimulation, and differentiates between pressure and needle application where appropriate. A Practical Guide to Acu-Points presents a wealth of carefully researched information equally valuable for professionals, students, and conscientious practitioners.
This guide is a response to the need for clear and accessible descriptions of acupoint locations, a small but critical part of Chinese traditional Acu-medicine knowledge. This revised edition endeavors to provide easy to use directions for the exact locating of acupoints. Short, uniformly formatted textual descriptions are given alongside corresponding anatomical maps. The text and illustrations conform to the guidelines listed below. Efforts have been made to include alternative locations of points which are mentioned in various sources. It does not presume to be a new approach, nor is it limited to one particular perspective. The Acupoint Location Guide was first published in 2000, and was written as the book I envisioned as a student. Since then it has served thousands of students in their studies. I hope you will enjoy it too. Illustration Guidelines: ----------------------- -The illustrations present all important anatomical details required for accurate location of the points. -The different strata of the body: bones, muscles and tendons, skin, and arteries, are clearly delineated. -The illustrations show the correct body posture for locating the points. -All points are shown on the left side of the body, although they are found on both sides. Some illustrations show the point, untitled, also on the right side with additional anatomical aspects of the location. -It is a good idea to use different colors to mark the various body structures in the illustrations, and to underline the corresponding text in the same color. Text Guidelines: ----------------- -The names of the acupoints are given in Pinyin and in the NCCA abbreviations. -The "Location" describes the point's horizontal and vertical position on the body, following the recommended body posture, if such is relevant. -"Tips & References" provide the reader with additional information such as definitions from traditional sources, anatomically related structures and finger-tip search instructions. -Most sources agree on the locations of points. "Alternative Locations" gives a variant location when such exists. Sources for alternative locations are given in the appendix, on p. 179. -The text aims at accessibility to the general reader. All special terms ("cun" units, anatomical directions) are defined and illustrated in the Introduction. Names of anatomical structures are shown in the accompanying illustration. -In order to keep the location definitions short and clear, simple terms have been substituted for the classical terminology. For example, a point located on the upper border of an organ is described as "superior to..." instead of "on the superior border of...." A point located directly above a site is described as "vertically superior to...," or, if a cun measure is given: "X cun superior to...."
Acupuncture has been practiced for more than 2500 years in the Western Pacific region and has become a global therapeutic method in recent decades. However, it was reported that acupuncturists differed by up to 25% in the acupuncture points they used, raising doubts and uncertainty regarding the efficacy and safety of acupuncture treatment, as well as causing difficulties in the fields of acupuncture research and education. Member States therefore increasingly began to demand standardization in acupuncture point locations. Responding to this request, the WHO Western Pacific Regional Office initiated a project to reach consensus on acupuncture point locations and thus convened 11 serial meetings resulting in these guidelines. This Standard acupuncture point locations in the Western Pacific Region stipulates the methodology for locating acupuncture points on the surface of the human body, as well as the locations of 361 acupuncture points. The Standard is applicable for teaching, research, clinical service, publication, and academic exchanges involving acupuncture.
The study of acupoints plays an essential part in the effective practice of acupuncture. This book provides a practical guide to the key acupuncture points that aid the treatment of many common conditions. It covers the most important acupuncture points located on the fourteen meridians, from the five-shu points to the confluence points of the eight extraordinary vessels. With full color illustrations, it offers practical information on the locations, functions and indications for the points and how they should be needled or otherwise treated. The names of the points are presented in both English and Chinese, providing readers with a comprehensive pocket reference for the treatment of common conditions using acupuncture. Compiled by professors of the School of Acupuncture and Massage of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, this is an authoritative handbook that will be of interest to acupuncturists as well as teachers, students and practitioners of Chinese medicine.
Established as the most complete work on the channels, collaterals and points in English, A Manual of Acupuncture has become the gold standard text for students and practioners of acupuncture. Introductory chapters on the channels and collaterals, point categories, point selection models, point location and needling. Illustrations and text descriptions of all primary, extraordinary, divergent, luo-connecting and sinew channels. The points of the fourteen channels and the extra points with their English name, Chinese name, and Chinese character. the most exacting and accurate anatomical point locations yet published in any English text with practical point location notes to assist in easy location. Nearly 500 illustrations, with a single dedicated illustration for every point. Point actions to aid the understanding and memorization of each point's prinicpal qualities. Extensive lists of point indications taken from numerous classical and modern source texts and grouped for ease of reference. Substantial commentaries explaining in detail the principal historical and modern applications of the point, and drawing on classical and modern texts and the extensive clinical experience of the authors. Numerous classical prescriptions showing how the points have been used and combined through nearly two millenia of practice. Area illustrations showing the locations of the major points in each region of the body. Extensive idexes including an index of every point indication.
The illustrated manual of acupunture points.
With your hands you have potential to relieve everyday aches, pains and ailments without taking drugs, to improve your health, and to increase your vitality. Acupressure is an ancient healing art that uses the fingers to stimulate key points on the skin that, in turn, activate the body's natural self-healing processes. With this book, it is a skill you can learn now--and use in your own home. In Acupressure's Potent Points, Michael Reed Gach, founder and director of the Acupressure Institute of America, reveals simple techniques that enable you to relieve headaches, arthritis, colds and flu, insomnia, backaches, hiccups, leg pain, hot flashes, depression, and more--using the power and sensitivity of your own hands. This practical guide covers more than forty ailments and symptoms, from allergies to wrist pain, providing pressure-point maps and exercises to relieve pain and restore function. Acupressure complements conventional medical care, and enables you to take a vital role in becoming well and staying well. With this book you can turn your hands into healing tools--and start feeling good now.
"This book answers one of the most critical problems in acupuncture: how to accurately locate the points. It is imperative to practice exact point location. Inaccurate needling may not only cause ineffective treatment, but may even lead to harm (e.g. penetration of the blood vessels, injury to nerves, etc.) In addition, the location is closely related to one's body frame and structure -- the points on the body of a slender woman are not the same as those of a heavy man, and both are different from those of a small child. In this guide, Alon has found the perfect method of simplifying point location technique through the combination of unique, all new original illustrations and easy-to-follow text for each and every point on all the meridians."--The preface