This colour textbook is a comprehensive guide to diagnosis and treatment in paediatric acupuncture. Ill health related to modern lifestyles is discussed, as is the role of family dynamics in childhood disease. Rebecca Avern examines treatment of children from both a TCM and a Five Element perspective. Throughout, she highlights how diagnosis ......
Charles Buck draws on decades of Chinese medicine study, practice and teaching in this book to provide a relevant and engaging account of the origins of acupuncture and Chinese medicine. From pre-Han dynasty medical practice to Chinese medicine as we understand it today, Buck covers all the key ideas and conceptual developments, focussing on those ......
Recovery, renewal and transformation - a guide for practitioners
Acupuncture and Cancer Survivorship - Recovery, Renewal and Transformation is the first book to focus on the subject of using acupuncture in cancer survivorship. As a guide for practitioners it aims to help acupuncturists to: Understand the challenges faced by cancer survivors Relate their cancer experience to the principles of ......
An Integrative Guide for Acupuncturists and Birth Professionals
For acupuncturists and birth professionals, this book explains how yin/yang and other principles of Chinese medicine can improve birth experiences as well as outcomes. Acupuncture and Chinese medicine can shift and support the physical and emotional journey of birth and provide nonpharmacologic treatment approaches for commonly occurring ......
Every channel/meridian and point is named in Chinese with translation to English. Actions as the expected positive effect of a point's manipulation are succinct yet clear, along with indications/symptoms that would suggest treatment to that point, all covered in 6 laminated pages. A companion to our illustrated anatomical QuickStudy guide to ......
Complete, labeled illustrations of acupressure points in the human body from pre-teen to pre-med, this 6-page laminated guide is loaded with beautifully illustrated diagrams, clearly and concisely labeled for easy identification. Illustrations by award-winning medical illustrator Vince Perez.
The Active Points Test is a clinical instrument for identifying and selecting the points on the skin that are most effective for treatment. These points may be close to the seat of the disease, for example on the shoulder for periarthritis, or far away, for example on the ear or head for stomach pain or a cough.Drawing on principles from TCM and ......
Told in rhyming verse and beautifully illustrated, A World of Pausabilities is an inviting introduction to mindfulness. Following a neighbourhood on a summer day, readers will learn how to apply mindfulness to simple, everyday moments, and how days are filled with endless possibilities to take a pause.