The book Internal Pathways is created as a study book for students of acupuncture & as a reference book for acupuncture practitioners. The text in this book is composed from different translations of the Nei Jing (Su Wen & Ling Shu), Nan Jing & Jia Yi Jing. When needed, the original Chinese text was consulted in order to prevent omissions. These translations of the original text, are written down on a practical & didactical way, so as to serve the reader. Furthermore, the original text is extended with modern physiology terminology of tissue & muscles. The acupuncture points & Chinese terminology found in this book are described as advised in A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine (Wiseman & Feng). The book consists of four parts. Part I contains the description of the pathways of the jing jin (tendo-muscular channels), jing bie (divergent channels), & luo mai (connecting channels). Part II, describes the channels of the eight extraordinary (ba qi jing mai). Part III, miscellaneous internal branches,
Includes:: five groups of internal branches which are important for practical use in the clinic. Part IV, describes special internal branches. In the clinic of the acupuncturist, it is important to direct qi towards specific parts & tissues of the body. In this part, the most important 13 internal branches, out of 81, are described.