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Complete Acupuncture (Alternative Health Series)
Complete Acupuncture - Alternative Health Series This CD-ROM introduces and describes the skilled use of acupuncture and moxibustion. It details the body points and needles used, diagnosis and treatment of common diseases, as well as use in medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, opthamology, and skin diseases. 534 clinical research studies using acupuncture are described in great depth. ... more »Videos include an accupuncture demonstration and a comprehensive lecture by Wei Liu, Doctor of Chinese Medicine. Also included are body charts, a glossary of acupuncture points, over 60 diagrams, tables relating to the study of acupuncture, full-text search, annotations, bookmarking, and more. Anyone with an interest in acupuncture, whether practitioner or patient, can benefit from this detailed, yet easy-to-use program. Practical Acupuncture and Moxibustion: The Basic Principle of Acupuncture Treatment, The Needles, Preparations and Moxibustion, The Classification and Selection of Acupuncture Points, and The Location and Measurement of Acupuncture Points Auricular Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Diseases with Auricular Therapy: Auricular diagnosis is a supplementary diagnostic method of examining the external ear according to the basic theory of TCM and anatomical projection. Any disorder of the body may result in corresponding appearance on the auricle. The purpose of auricular diagnosis is to find various positive reflecting indications, such as color change, sensitive points, substantial mass and electrical resistance changes occurring on any part of the ear's surface. These changes help identify the disease's location and nature. Nearly 100 common diseases treated with auricular therapy including: Acne, Appendicitis, Bronchial Asthma, Bronchitis, Cataract, Coronary Heart Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Epilepsy, Female Infertility, Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers, Glaucoma, Headache, Hypertension, Insomnia, Menopause Syndrome, Migraine, Pneumonia, Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Simple Obesity, Smoking Habit, Sprain and Contusion, The Common Cold, Tinnitus, Tonsillitis, Ulcerative Colitis, Ureteral Stones, Uterine Bleeding, Whooping Cough, and much more. Applied Accupuncture: More than 100 kinds of disease in over 200 cases are detailed, including: Medicine, Surgery, Gynecology, Pediatrics, Ophthalmology, Otozhinolarynology and Dermatology. The description of each disease involves clinical manifestations, treatments and remarks. Clinical manifestation: the chief clinical symptoms and signs. Treatment: the prescription of acupuncture points, acupuncture manipulations, and some clinical cases. Remarks: selecting points and manipulations according to the clinical feature, brief introduction of some clinical experiences and some recent important advances in acupuncture. All of the diseases presented are named with the terms of modern medicine and, for the sake of contrast, Chinese medical traditional terms are also given in the remark. The last section is the concept of Bu (reforcing) and Xie (reducing) and their manipulation methods. This is intended to provide a reference for the medical workers in their clinical practice and may also help to broaden patients' understanding. 534 Clinical Research Studies: The purpose, methods used and results of clinical research is detailed for hundreds of medical problems. Requires Windows and CD-ROM drive.« less