Essentials of Contemporary Chinese Acupuncturists' Clinical Experiences

This large, recently published work is a compendium of 639 pages written by two highly respected Chinese professors and practitioners. They present many new ideas they hope will popularize acupuncture and stimulate academic development. The 69 articles represent years of personal clinical experience. Each article contains a brief introduction to the author, giving background and major achievements. Next, there is an overview of the theory, technique, prescription, acumoxa treatment, or instruments applied. Finally, there is a consideration of case records and an analysis of the clinical specialty presented. A total of 293 widely varied cases are collected including: "penetrating" acupuncture with gold needles, suppurating moxibustion, treatment of scrofula, windstroke and paraplegia, techniques of superficial insertion and frequent rotation, treatment of difficult diseases with the eight methods, point injection and ear acupuncture, bloodletting, and research on breast tumors.