Acupuncture Entries
The theory, techniques and clinical practice of needling.
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Scalp Acupuncture
Needling zones on the scalp, chiefly for disorders…
02
Principles and Methods of Point Combination
Three principles for choosing points and four ways…
03
Modern Research on Acupuncture
What neuroimaging, endocrinology and clinical tria…
04
Midnight-Noon Ebb-Flow and the Eight Methods of the Sacred Turtle
Two systems for choosing the time of treatment fro…
05
Contraindications and Precautions
Regions not to needle, states in which needling sh…
06
Preventing and Managing Needling Mishaps
Fainting, stuck needles, bent and broken needles, …
07
Retaining and Withdrawing the Needle
Waiting for qi is not the same as encouraging it; …
08
Compound Methods: Burning Mountain Fire and Penetrating Heaven Cool
The two most famous compound techniques, one for w…
09
Single Methods of Tonification and Reduction
Rotation, lifting and thrusting, slow and fast, di…
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Deqi and the Arrival of Qi
What the patient feels, what the practitioner feel…
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Insertion and Basic Manipulation
Four methods of insertion and the two movements fr…
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Structure and Specification of the Filiform Needle
Tip, body, root, handle and tail; how gauge and le…