By
David Hartmann, Dip App Sci (Acupuncture) ACNM; final year student MTCM, SCU
Description
This quick reference guide for acupuncture students and qualified practitioners provides acupuncture treatments for 1000 Traditional
Chinese Medicine (TCM) Actions, and Western signs, symptoms and disease states. Treatments are listed alphabetically, and most conditions
are covered - from the most common signs and symptoms like neck pain to rarer and more chronic ones like Raynaud’s phenomenon. TCM Actions
incorporate "Liver Yang Rising", "Sanjiao", "Qi Stagnation", etc - they are the cornerstone of any treatment planned by a TCM practitioner
and are an important inclusion to this new edition. The remaining disorders are Western signs/symptoms/disease states, as well as treatment
principles to adopt in certain situations. Basic signs and symptoms include memory loss and headache, disease states include hepatitis
and irritable bowel syndrome, and treatment principles include inducing labour and reducing lactic acid build-up. Each of the 1000 disorders
is presented with TCM Actions (referenced), main acupoints (referenced), secondary acupoints, and additional notes necessary to better
understand the condition.
