Description
Fully revised edition, includes teach-yourself manual
ISBN: 9781848191884
Singing Dragon Publishing
A practical companion for students and practitioners of five element acupuncture that helps stimulate thoughts, refresh memories and strengthen the foundation of practice.
With detailed outlines of the different components of five element diagnosis and treatment and overviews of the main characteristics of the five elements, this complete manual will support and invigorate practice. Full of examples, it explores the skills and techniques needed to nurture patient-practitioner relationships, assess patients correctly, select appropriate treatments and needle the points effectively. The book also includes a Teach Yourself Manual to further refresh understanding of this ancient form of healing.
This comprehensive handbook will be of immeasurable use to students and practitioners of five element acupuncture, as well as those who are interested in studying acupuncture and want to know more.
This is a unique opportunity to follow the thinking of Nora Franglen who has been immersed in five element practice for the past 20 years and for whom the elements represent the foundation of her work.
Chapter 1: Primary Diagnosis: The Guardian Element
>The elements
>The guardian element
Chapter 2: The Elements
>Introduction to the elements
>The Wood element
>The Fire element
>The Earth element
>The Metal Element
>The Water element
>The qualities of the elements
>The twelve officials
Chapter 3: Components of Five Element Diagnosis
>The patient-practitioner relationship
>Sensory & emotional signatures
>Training our senses
>The level of imbalance
>The cause of disease
Chapter 4: Secondary Diagnostic Information
>Pulse taking
>Blood pressure
>Three jiao
>Alarm points
>Abdominal diagnosis
>Centre pulse Akabane test
Chapter 5: Treatment
>The different stages of treatment
>Example of point selection
>Assessing the effects of treatment
>The law of cure
>The spacing of treatments
>The patient’s role in treatment
Chapter 6: Treatment Principles
>The law of mother-child & Sheng & Ke cycles
>Energy transfer
>Seasonal & daily treatment cycles
Chapter 7: Treatment Techniques
>Treatment techniques
>Needling techniques
>Moxibustion techniques
Chapter 8: Point Selection
>Point names & point locations
>Point selection guidelines
>The spirit of each acupuncture point
>Command points
>Associated effect points
>Windows of the sky
Chapter 9: Point Groupings
>Possession
>Aggressive energy
>The law of husband-wife
>Entry-exit blocks
>Blocks caused by scars
Nora Franglen is the founder/principal of the School of Five Element Acupuncture and Clinic in London
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