Description

Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture (English Edition)
Compiled by
Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
The Acupuncture Institute of the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Foreign Language Press, Beijing, 1993
The textbook for the introductory course in Beijing, Shanghai, and Nanking International Acupuncture Training Centers since 1979. Over the years when it has been in use, its clear and simple presentation has proved invaluable in the teaching of non-Chinese doctors. Presented in an easily understandable form, it is applicable to those who are just beginning their studies of acupuncture and moxibustion.
A Short Table of Contents
Part I A General Description of the Basic Knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine

1. YIN-YANG AND THE FIVE ELEMENTS
YIN-YANG
THE FIVE ELEMENTS
2. ZANG-FU (INTERNAL ORGANS)
THE ZANG ORGANS
FU ORGANS
EXTRAORDINARY ORGANS
3. CHANNELSAND COLLATERALS
NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION
FUNCTIONS OF CHANNELS AND COLLATERALS
4. QI, BLOOD AND BODY FLUID
QI
BLOOD
BODY FLUID
5. ETIOLOGY
SIX EXOGENOUS FACTORS
SEVEN EMOTIONAL FACTORS
MISCELLANEOUS PATHOGENIC FACTORS
6. METHODS OF DIAGNOSIS
INSPECTION
AUSCULTATION AND OLFACTION
INQUIRING
PALPATION
7. DIFFERENTIATION OF SYNDROMES
DIFFERENTIATION OF SYNDROMES ACCORDING TO EIGHT PRINCIPLES
DIFFERENTIATION OF SYNDROMES ACCORDING TO THE THEORY OF ZANG-FU
DIFFERENTIATION OF SYNDROMES ACCORDING TO THE THEORY OF CHANNELS AND COLLATERALS

PART II Channels, Collaterals and Points

1. AN INTRODUCTION TO CHANNELS, COLLATERALS AND POINTS
DISTRIBUTION IF THE 14 CHANNELS ON THE BODY SURFACE
CLASSIFICATION OF POINTS
SPECIFIC POINTS
METHODS OF LOCATING POINTS
AN OUTLINE OF THE THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES OF THE POINTS OF THE 14 CHANNELS
2. THE 12 REGULAR CHANNELS AND THEIR POINTS
THE LUNG CHANNEL OF HAND-TAIYIN
THE LARGE INTESTINE CHANNEL OF HAND-YANGMING
THE STOMACH CHANNEL OF FOOT-YANGMING
THE SPLEEN CHANNEL OF FOOT-TAIYIN
THE HEART CHANNEL OF HAND-SHAOYIN
THE SMALL INTESTINE CHANNEL OF HAND-TAIYANG
THE URINARY BLADDER CHANNEL OF FOOT-TAIYANG
THE KIDNEY CHANNEL OF FOOT-SHAOYIN
THE PERICARDIUM CHANNEL OF HAND-JUEYIN
THE SANJIAO CHANNEL OF HAND-SHAOYANG
THE GALL BLADDER CHANNEL OF FOOT-SHAOYANG
THE LIVER CHANNEL OF FOOT-JUEYIN
3. THE EIGHT EXTRA CHANNELS AND THEIR POINTS
THE DU CHANNEL
THE REN CHANNEL
THE CHONG CHANNEL
THE DAI CHANNEL
THE YANGQIAO CHANNEL
THE YINQIAO CHANNEL
THE YANGWEI CHANNEL
THE YINWEI CHANNEL
EXTRAORDINARY POINTS

PART III Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy

1. TECHNIQUE OF ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION
MANIPULATION OF THE FILIFORM NEEDLE
OTHER ACUPUNCTURE METHODS
MOXIBUSTION
CUPPING
2. A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT ACCORDING TO DIFFERENTIATION OF PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS
THE BASIC PRINCIPLE GOVERNING PRESCRIPTION AND COMBINATION OF POINTS
THE APPLICATION OF SPECIFIC POINTS
3. TREATMENT OF COMMON DISEASES WITH ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION
WINDSTROKE (APOPLEXY) – SYNCOPE – HEADACHE – TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA – DIZZINESS AND VERTIGO – FACIAL PARALYSIS – SUNSTROKE – MALARIA THE COMMON COLD – COUGH – ASTHMA – INSOMNIA – PALAPITATION, ANXIETY – DEPRESSIVE AND MANIC MENTAL DISORDERS – VOMITING – HICCUP – EPIGASTRIC PAIN – ABDOMINAL PAIN – DIARRHEA – DYSENTERY – JAUNDICE – HYPOCHONDRIAC PAIN – LOW BACK PAIN – EDEMA – NOCTURNAL ENURESIS – RETENTION OF URINE – SEMINAL EMISSION – IMPOTENCE – BI SYNDROMES (PAINFUL JOINTS) – WEI SYNDROME (PARALYSIS) – HYSTERIA – AMENORRHEA – DYSMENORRHEA – UTERINE HEMORRHAGE – LEUKORRHEA – MORNING SICKNESS – LACTATION INSUFFICIENCY – INFANTILE DIARRHEA – MUMPS – URTICARIA – ERYSIPELAS – HERPES ZOSTER – FURUNCLE AND LYMPHANGITIS – ACUTE MASTITIS – APPENDICITIS – GOITER – SPRAIN – DEAFNESS AND TINNITUS – CONGESTION, SWELLING AND PAIN OF THE EYE – RHINORRHEA – EPISTAXIS – TOOTHACKE – SORE THROAT
4. EAR ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE AURICLE AND CHANNELS, COLLATERALS AND ZANG-FU ORGANS
ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF THE SURFACE OF THE AURICLE
AURICULAR POINTS
CLINICAL APPLICATION OF EAR ACUPUNCTURE
5. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA
PRINCIPLES OF SELECTING POINTS FOR ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA
MANIPULATION METHOD
REMARKS
SOME EXAMPLES OF SELECTING POINTS FOR ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA