Description
This best-selling (and well priced) guide to point location is now in its third edition.
The Way to Locate Acupoints is specifically designed for students of TCM who require a handy and easy-to-use guide to point location. Its concise approach is a boon to those who want a quick overview of the subject.
Locating acu-points properly is the key step in acupuncture to obtain a satisfactory therapeutic effect. It is of prime importance for those who learn acupuncture to have a thorough training in the basic skills of locating points.
Points of several channels adjacent to one another are grouped together according to different areas of the body. Locating points in a this manner is simple and easy to understand, and is suitable for teaching and clinical work.
Contents:
- Points on the Three Yin Channels of the Hand
- Points on the Three Yang Channels of the Hand
- Points on the Three Yang Channels of the Foot
- Points on the Three Yin Channels of the Foot
- Point location on Du & Ren Channels
- Rule of Locating Points on the Trunk
- Extensive Illustrations (photographs, figures, line drawings) giving precise location descriptions and details.
The author, Dr. Yang Jiasan, associate professor and Head of the Acupuncture Department at Dongzhimen Hospital, has been both a teacher and a clinicians for decades. Through practice as well as the study of both ancient and modern acupuncture literature, he has developed a method of locating points that those lacking knowledge of traditional Chinese medical theory find easy to grasp because it uses modern anatomical landmarks as much as possible. Its efficacy has been appreciated by students as well as patients of acupuncture treatment.
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