MANUAL OF ACUPUNCTURE (2nd Ed.)

Painstakingly researched, written, and illustrated over a period of seven years, this book may well become one of the primary reference sources in the West for the study of acupuncture points and channels. The book contains chapter-length descriptions of the channels and collaterals, point categories and locations and point selection and needling methods. In addition, it includes illustrations and text descriptions of all primary, extraordinary, divergent, luo-connecting and sinew channels and individual and regional illustrations for each of the 14 channel and extra channel points (in English, Chinese, and Pinyin). The material for each point actions, extensive lists of point indications, drawn from classical and modern texts, in –depth commentaries explaining the principal historical and modern applications and classical prescriptions that demonstrate point combinations. There are extensive indexes, including one dedicated to point indications.