Sufferers of chronic pain well know the frustration of treatments involving endless rounds of drugs or expensive physical therapy
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These easily learned & mastered methods are designed for individuals seeking to alleviate their own physical ailments. They centre around using deep finger & thumb pressure over acupuncture points to enhance the natural energy flow of the body
- acupressure. Practical & fully illustrated, this book also

Includes:: a chapter dealing with various sports injuries, from tennis elbow to pulled hamstrings. This guide to the effective use of acupressure can treat a wide range of conditions, from migraines & carpal tunnel syndrome to tendonitis.


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With your hands you have potential to relieve everyday aches, pains & ailments without taking drugs, to improve your health, & 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
- & use in your own home. In Acupressure's Potent Points, Michael Reed Gach, founder & director of the Acupressure Institute of America, reveals simple techniques that enable you to relieve headaches, arthritis, colds & flu, insomnia, backaches, hiccups, leg pain, hot flashes, depression & more, using the power & sensitivity of your own hands. This practical guide covers more than forty ailments & symptoms, from allergies to wrist pain, providing pressure-point maps & exercises to relieve pain & restore function. Acupressure complements conventional medical care, & enables you to take a vital role in becoming well & staying well. With this book you can turn your hands into healing tools
- & start feeling good now.

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Acupuncture: a scientific appraisal takes an evaluative approach, summarising the evidence for acupuncture in an impartial way. An international team of specialist contributors brings a wide range of expertise to the book, drawing together different facets of research & clinical practice to provide a cohesive look at acupuncture today. The increasing integration of acupuncture into health care services in the west, requires stringent criteria of efficacy, safety & cost in order to provide optimal benefit for patients, at minimal risk. All professionals involved in the delivery of healthcare will find this new book of great interest. The conclusions reached should provide a focus for future debate. Fully referenced throughout, Acupuncture: a scientific appraisal is an easily accessible, balanced source of information for all practitioners of acupuncture. Healthcare providers, complementary therapists & members of the primary healthcare team will also find this an invaluable purchase. ...

The book Acupuncture
- Celestial Treatments for Terrestrial Diseases is a must for students, teachers & acupuncturists because
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Acupuncture & moxibustion together are the principal therapeutic method of external Chinese medicine. This is a highly illustrated guide to acupuncture & moxibustion techniques. It describes the tools of the trade & how to use them. Presentation of each needle & moxibustion technique is followed with practical advice on how to use it. ...

Acupuncture & the chakra energy system have both become increasingly mainstream in the West, but rarely have the two approaches been joined into one practice. Acupuncture & the Chakra Energy System: Treating the Cause of Disease does just that. By comparing the traditional approaches of Chinese medicine & modern Western acupuncture with the chakra energy system of Ayurvedic philosophy, author John Cross offers clinically proven strategies for treating the causes of conditions, not just the symptoms. The book describes the seven major & twenty-one minor chakras in detail & explains how each is related to the bodys aura, meridians, Key points, endocrine glands, autonomic nervous system, & varying symptomatology. Focusing on how to use the chakras in the treatment of chronic physical & emotional conditionsosteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, low back pain with sciatica, insomnia, hypertension, depression, menopausal symptoms, & frozen shoulder, among others. Cross' clear, in-depth explanations make his techniques easy for anyone to follow. Including appendices on how to use the chakras with copper & zinc needles & biomagnets, as well as which types of patients respond to such treatments, Acupuncture & the Chakra Energy System is a well-rounded guide for acupuncturists & other practitioners as well as interested students. ...

This book marks the first original collection of acupuncture case histories in English. Included are over one hundred case histories contributed by prominent practitioners of acupuncture in China. The case histories represent a broad spectrum of disorders for which acupuncture is used in contemporary China.  Each of the case histories provides a thorough discussion of the traditional Chinese diagnosis & syndrome differentiation, together with the points & techniques selected for treatment. The course of therapy is described, & alterations in the diagnosis & treatment regimen are analyzed. The results of treatment ­- both favourable & unfavourable
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The book is intended as a practical manual for students of acupuncture & as a reference manual for professional acupuncturists. The manual reinforces channel theory, point location & body marking through drawing. It complements all formal & self-directed learning of channel theory & practice. Each chapter consists of the following: A summary of the internal & external branches of the channel Five successive body outlines for 12 main channels & two body outlines for the eight extraordinary channels. Students are prompted to draw & build a sequential model of each channel on an overlay to record the flows & points of each channel Four diagrams showing the anatomical relationships of the channel to muscles, tendons, ligaments & blood vessels A case study to reinforce the function of the channel & its points. By completing work sections on each channel students are given a framework for understanding the pathways of the channels, memorising points, identifying special points & learning their uses. Learning channel flows & point locations is time consuming & involves repetition. With these diagrams students will be able to practice in their own time, & reinforce & retain their channel knowledge. ...

The significance of calling this methodology " Acupuncture Core Therapy" is in the way that both the concept & the methodology of the system combine three fundamental elements of the body's vital energy system: the hara, which is the abdominal centre of physiological vital force; the spinal energy system, which is the original source of our being & our link with other realms of consciousness; and qi gong, which is development of the body's ability to intentionally store, concentrate & distribute vital force. Dr. Shji Kobayashi has distilled the essence from traditional teachings on the vital energy system & developed a method of acupuncture treatment that should redefine root treatment (honchih in Japanese). This work is not a direct translation, but an adaptation of translations from the book by Dr. Kobayashi entitled  Shakujy Chiry, some of his articles & notes from lectures & discussions. Dr. Kobayashi reassembles the fragments of transmitted teachings & condenses them to their intrinsic core significance. His effort is an endeavour of crucial importance for understanding how to use acupuncture to influence subtle energy. Dr. Kobayashi is quick to note that many practitioners are very successful at evaluation & treatment of patients using a wide array of interpretations of yin-yang & the five phases & applying them to various treatment methodologies. With respect to systems of practice there are clearly a lot of ways to do it right. Those practitioners who do not choose to adopt Dr. Kobayashi's approach to treatment can still benefit in many ways by reading his work. As a result they will maximize the benefits to their patients as they continue to use their present methods of acupuncture & moxibustion. ...