The main difficulty facing the newcomer to acupuncture is deciding where to place the needles. There is a bewildering range of possibilities, including traditional acupuncture, the use of trigger points, and the segmental approach.
At a time when interest in Chinese medicine is increasing in popularity, this is a lay-person’s guide to understanding the workings of the body, detecting imbalances and self healing, and an excellent guide to finding and working with a practitioner.
The text organizes and examines the fundamental theories of acupuncture according to the different Yijing perspectives of The One, Two Poles, Four Signs, and Eight Trigrams.
A glossary that presents all the Chinese terms (in Chinese characters and in Pinyin script) that are relevant to TCM and provides their English translations. It also provides an explanation of how, for example, the location or the function of an acupuncture point can be concluded from its name.
Written by The leading lights in the field of integrating acupuncture into a Western medical system, this book bridges the gap between the theoretical foundations of acupuncture and its application in a modern Western clinical context. Each case history focuses on the complexities and dilemmas of treatment that are tackled, providing valuable insights by experienced practitioners into th...
This book is: comprehensive, giving a broad overview of scientific data combined with a detailed analysis of available information; scientific, drawing on the latest studies and presenting modern understanding; practical, covering methods of acupuncture and their applications in various clinical settings; authoritative, distilling the knowledge and wisdom of leading authors and medical a...
An outstandingly successful and internationally acclaimed work from Mr Grieve. The text provides sweeping coverage of manipulative work in the spinomusculoskeletal field, from practical, clinical aspects to the wider medical and surgical perspective.
Every psychotherapist needs supervision, not only in the early years but throughout his or her career. This book describes a coherent, comprehensive model of psychotherapy supervision that is both broad and deep, relevant both to novice supervisors and to those with many years of experience. The author uses the metaphor of maps to cover the varied dimensions of supervision. He begins wit...
The Feng Shui theory, once heard in China, is now firmly placed on the world's music scene. Based on the theories of the Yi Ching and Chinese Five Tones, this Feng Shui music is designed to help people improve their life throught the energy released from the sound of music. The proper cycle of arrangement of the five elements generates productive Qi (Chi) circulation in the human body an...
Cet enregistrement est destiné à toutes les personnes chez qui un acte diagnostic ou thérapeutique concerne un sein ou les seins et qui peuvent, à un moment de leur vie, se sentir menacées par cet acte ou son résultat au niveau de leur féminité ou de leur vie de femme.
In LaStone Therapy, bestselling Detox author Jane Scrivner introduces you to an exciting new form of bodywork. LaStone massage therapy is a modern technique drawing on ancient Native American traditions and using heated and cooled stones on the body.
