Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas
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Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas
Translations of Chinese Terms by Karl Alfried Sahm Illustrations prepared by Petra Kofen
With 98 Figures and an Acupuncture Selector
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York Tokyo
Dr. med. Gabriel Stux Acupuncture Center GoltsteinstraBe 26, 4000 Dusseldorf Federal Republic of Germany Prof. Bruce Pomeranz 25. Governor's Road Toronto, M4W 2F9 Canada
This book is based on the following books published by Springer-Verlag: Lehrbuch der klinischen Akupunktur
Akupunktur: Lehrbuch und Atlas
Atlas der Akupunktur
Grundlagen der Akupunktur
ISBN-13: 978-3-642-71744-4 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-71742-0
e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-71742-0
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover I sl edition 1987 The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in the publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. 2119/3140-543210
Preface
Acupuncture: Textbook and Atlas is a fundamental textbook based on different books published in German by the first author. It is intended to meet the needs of western acupuncturists by providing a basic treatment of all the main fields of acupuncture. The chapter on the scientific basis of acupuncture has been written by Prof. Bruce Pomeranz, an eminent neurophysiologist who is in the vanguard of basic research into acupuncture. Following an introduction to the philosophical and theoretical background of traditional Chinese medicine, the traditional diagnostic system is presented. This is fundamentally different from western medical diagnosis. The Chinese system of channels and functional organs and the significance of points and point categories are described in detail in Chap. 5, the 14 main channels and about 150 acupuncture points important in daily practice being presented with the didactic emphasis on morphology and clinical application. The Chinese point names are given in the Pin Yin transcription according to the latest standardized system of the World Health Organization and have been translated into English by Karl Alfried Sahm. The most important acupuncture points in the different regions of the body are listed after the description of channels and points. The methods of needling and moxibustion are described with reference to their historical origins and development and presented in detail with their clinical applications. The treatmen
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