Principles and Practice of Contemporary Acupuncture
by Liao, Sung J.; Lee, Mathew H. M.; Ng, Lorenz K. Y.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1994-08-01
Publisher(s): CRC Pr I Llc
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Summary
This outstanding reference/text provides a fundamental understanding of acupuncture for mainstream medical professionals, examines acupuncture's scientific bases, and discusses its traditional foundations as well as the similarities and differences with western medicine. Contains previously unavailable translations of ancient Chinese literature on acupuncture! Upgrading the healing art of acupuncture to serve as adjunctive or conjunctive therapy for modern medical treatments, Principles and Practice of Contemporary Acupuncture interprets the theories of acupuncture in terms of current physiological research findings emphasizes the latest practical results of effective therapeutic techniques discusses the design of a protocol for the clinical investigation of acupuncture highlights the potential importance of acupuncture in the management of chronic pain and other diseases or conditions illustrates how acupuncture can complement standard medical procedures for more efficacious patient management and much more!
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. iii |
| Acknowledgments | p. v |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Historic Background | p. 8 |
| Evolution of Acupuncture | p. 8 |
| Stone Puncture | p. 8 |
| (Puncturing), (Needling), and Acupuncture | p. 10 |
| Medicine and Divination | p. 11 |
| Acupuncture Literature | p. 13 |
| The Teaching of Acupuncture | p. 20 |
| Acupuncture in Asia | p. 23 |
| Acupuncture in Europe | p. 25 |
| Acupuncture in the United States | p. 29 |
| The Traditional (Philosophico-Alchemic) Bases of Acupuncture | p. 42 |
| Yin-Yang and Homeostasis | p. 42 |
| Man as Microcosm | p. 42 |
| Yin and Yang | p. 43 |
| Five Xing (or Five Elements) | p. 49 |
| Qi and Circulation | p. 55 |
| The Jing-Luo System (i. e., the Meridians) | p. 58 |
| The Foot Tai Yang Jing (the Urinary Bladder Meridian) | p. 63 |
| The Foot Shao Yang Jing (the Gall Bladder Meridian) | p. 63 |
| The Foot Yang Ming Jing (the Stomach Meridian) | p. 63 |
| The Foot Tai Yin Jing (the Spleen Meridian) | p. 64 |
| The Foot Shao Yin Jing (the Kidney Meridian) | p. 64 |
| The Foot Jue Yin Jing (The Liver Meridian) | p. 64 |
| The Hand Jing Tai Yang (The Small Intestine Meridian) | p. 64 |
| The Hand Shao Yang Jing (the San Jiao or Triple Warmer Meridian) | p. 65 |
| The Hand Yang Ming Jing (the Large Intestine Meridian) | p. 65 |
| The Hand Tai Yin Jing (the Lung Meridian) | p. 65 |
| The Hand Xin Zhu Jing (the Pericardium Meridian) | p. 65 |
| The Hand Shao Yin Jing (the Heart Meridian) | p. 66 |
| Ziw u Liuzhu (Midnight-Noon Ebb-Flow System, or Chronobiology) | p. 68 |
| Etiologic Factors | p. 71 |
| The Physiologic Bases of Acupuncture Analgesia | p. 74 |
| The Neural Mechanisms | p. 75 |
| The Neuropathways | p. 75 |
| The Induction Time | p. 78 |
| Central Neuromodulatory Mechanisms | p. 79 |
| Neuropharmacologic Mechanisms | p. 82 |
| Afferent Stimulation: Peripheral Activating Mechanisms | p. 85 |
| Stimulus Parameters and Possible Neural Specificity | p. 90 |
| The Autonomic Nervous System | p. 92 |
| The Biophysical Phenomena | p. 93 |
| The Electrophysical Properties of the Acupuncture Needle | p. 93 |
| The Electrophysiologic Properties of Acupoints and Meridians | p. 94 |
| Nordenstrom's Electrophysiologic View of Acupuncture | p. 96 |
| Possible Clinical Applications | p. 96 |
| Acupuncture and Hypnosis | p. 98 |
| Chronic Pain as a Disease | p. 99 |
| Pain in Traditional Chinese Medicine | p. 99 |
| Modern Definition of Pain | p. 101 |
| Chronic Pain as a Medical Entity | p. 102 |
| Theories to Explain the Mechanisms of Pain | p. 102 |
| The Specificity Theory | p. 102 |
| The Reverberation (or Central Summation) Theory | p. 103 |
| The Pattern Theory | p. 103 |
| The Gate Control Theory | p. 103 |
| The Neurohumoral Theory | p. 104 |
| Pain and Sensory Dermatome | p. 104 |
| Sherrington's Remaining Sensibility | p. 104 |
| Head's Hyperesthetic Zones | p. 104 |
| Foerster's Vasodilation Areas | p. 105 |
| Lewis's Injection of Irritants | p. 106 |
| Keegan and Garrett's Hypalgesia in Patients with Herniated Intervertebral Nuclei Pulposus | p. 106 |
| Assessment of Pain | p. 107 |
| Control of Chronic Pain | p. 108 |
| Thermography as an Aid to the Studies of Acupuncture and Chronic Pain | p. 110 |
| Acupuncture Research | p. 119 |
| An Emerging Scientific View of Acupuncture | p. 119 |
| Implications for Research | p. 120 |
| The Design of a Clinical Experiment on Acupuncture | p. 124 |
| The Possible Alternatives | p. 130 |
| The Anatomy of a Research Protocol | p. 133 |
| The Traditional Chinese Diagnostic Techniques | p. 137 |
| Wang-Inspection | p. 137 |
| Wen-Smelling or Listening | p. 138 |
| Wen-Questioning | p. 139 |
| Qie-Palpation | p. 139 |
| Acupuncture Treatment | p. 143 |
| Acupoints (Acupuncture Points) | p. 143 |
| The Acupuncture Needle | p. 151 |
| The Size of the Acupuncture Needle | p. 151 |
| The Sterilization of Acupuncture Needles | p. 154 |
| The Needling Techniques | p. 156 |
| The Depth of the Needle Insertion | p. 157 |
| The Number of Acupuncture Needles Used in Each Treatment | p. 158 |
| The Number of Sessions of the Treatment | p. 158 |
| The Frequency of the Treatment | p. 159 |
| The Immediate Response | p. 159 |
| The Deqi Response (The Needling Sensation) | p. 161 |
| The Delayed Response | p. 162 |
| Fear of Pain from Acupuncture | p. 162 |
| The Need for Rest after Acupuncture Treatment | p. 163 |
| The Need to Continue with Current Medications | p. 164 |
| Acupuncture for Prevention | p. 164 |
| The Consent Form and Patient-Education Brochure | p. 165 |
| The Commonly Used Acupoints | p. 166 |
| The Head | p. 174 |
| The Calvarium | p. 174 |
| The Face | p. 177 |
| The Zygomatic Region | p. 187 |
| The Mandibular Region | p. 189 |
| The Auricular Region | p. 190 |
| The Neck | p. 194 |
| The Upper Back and Shoulder Girdle | p. 200 |
| The Upper Limb | p. 212 |
| The Chest | p. 234 |
| Abdominal and Pelvic Regions | p. 237 |
| The Lumbosacral Region | p. 244 |
| The Lower Limbs | p. 257 |
| Auricular Acupuncture | p. 284 |
| Scalp Acupuncture | p. 288 |
| Facial Acupuncture | p. 289 |
| Acupuncture for Chronic Pain and Surgical Analgesia | p. 290 |
| Low Back Pain Syndrome | p. 290 |
| Pain of the Neck | p. 294 |
| Headaches | p. 295 |
| Facial Pain | p. 296 |
| Painful Shoulder | p. 297 |
| Pain of the Elbow | p. 302 |
| Lateral Epicondylitis (or Tennis Elbow) | p. 302 |
| Medial Epicondylitis (or Golfer's Elbow) | p. 302 |
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | p. 304 |
| Other Common Painful Conditions of the Wrist | p. 304 |
| DeQuervain's Disease | p. 304 |
| Arthritis, Particularly of the Thumb | p. 305 |
| Intercostal Neuralgia | p. 305 |
| Post-herpetic Neuralgia | p. 305 |
| Metastatic Neoplasm | p. 305 |
| The Idiopathic Type | p. 305 |
| Arthritis | p. 306 |
| Musculoskeletal Pain | p. 307 |
| Phantom Limb Pain | p. 307 |
| Pain from Healed Malleolar Fractures of the Ankle | p. 309 |
| Painful Forefoot | p. 310 |
| Morton's Neuroma or Morton's Neuralgia | p. 310 |
| Morton's Toe or Morton's Metatarsalgia | p. 311 |
| Premenstrual Syndrome | p. 312 |
| Pain due to Rib Fracture | p. 312 |
| Pain in Malignancy | p. 313 |
| Painful Surgical Scars | p. 316 |
| Miscellaneous Painful Conditions | p. 320 |
| Paget's Disease | p. 320 |
| Dercum's Disease | p. 320 |
| Painless Child-Birth | p. 321 |
| Surgical and Dental Analgesia with Acupuncture | p. 322 |
| Acupuncture for Conditions Other than Pain | p. 327 |
| Narcotics Addiction | p. 327 |
| Alcoholism | p. 328 |
| Hangover | p. 329 |
| Nicotine Addiction | p. 330 |
| Overweight | p. 332 |
| Skin Diseases | p. 333 |
| Poison Ivy Contact Dermatitis | p. 333 |
| Psoriasis | p. 333 |
| Cystic Acne | p. 336 |
| Herpes Simplex (Type 1 and Type 2) | p. 336 |
| Eczema and Urticaria | p. 339 |
| Rhinophyma | p. 339 |
| Tinnitus | p. 340 |
| Deaf-Mutism | p. 343 |
| Nausea, Vomiting, and Diarrhea | p. 343 |
| Vasovagal Attack | p. 344 |
| Chronic Sinusitis and Posterior Nasal Drip | p. 344 |
| Hypertension | p. 344 |
| Arrhythmias | p. 345 |
| Bronchial Asthma | p. 345 |
| Hiccups | p. 346 |
| Frequent Urination | p. 346 |
| Stroke and Hemiplegia | p. 346 |
| Paraplegia | p. 347 |
| Anxiety, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and General Depressive Disorders | p. 348 |
| Breech Presentation | p. 348 |
| Infectious Diseases | p. 348 |
| Mechanisms of Gastric Secretion | p. 349 |
| Spastic Colon and Crohn's Disease | p. 349 |
| Renal Colic | p. 350 |
| Post-Surgical Complications | p. 350 |
| Post-Chemotherapy and/or Post-Radiation Therapy Nausea and Vomiting | p. 351 |
| Electroacupuncture | p. 352 |
| The Historical Development | p. 352 |
| The Basic Principles of Electroacupuncture Devices | p. 354 |
| TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) Devices | p. 359 |
| The Ryodoraku Therapy | p. 360 |
| Acupuncture-Like Therapeutic Modalities | p. 361 |
| Pain and Trigger Points | p. 361 |
| Acupuncture and Trigger Point Therapy | p. 365 |
| Shiatsu or Acupoint Massage | p. 367 |
| Acupressure | p. 367 |
| Reflexology | p. 368 |
| Possible Risks and Complications with Acupuncture Treatment | p. 369 |
| The Legal and Insurance Aspects of Acupuncture Practice in the United States | p. 373 |
| Veterinary Acupuncture | p. 375 |
| Smoking Survey | p. 382 |
| A Suggested Patient consent Form | p. 384 |
| Brochure for Patient Education | p. 385 |
| References | p. 392 |
| A List of the Commonly Used Acupoints | p. 431 |
| Index | p. 437 |
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