Principles and Practice of Contemporary Acupuncture - Hardcover

Liao, Sung J.; Lee, Mathew H. M.; Ng, Lorenz K. Y.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824792912 ISBN 13: 9780824792916

Publisher: CRC Press, 1994

Synopsis

This outstanding reference/text provides a fundamental understanding of acupuncture for mainstream medical professionals, examines acupuncture's scientific bases, and discusses its traditional foundations as well as the similarities and differences with western medicine.
Contains previously unavailable translations of ancient Chinese literature on acupuncture!
Upgrading the healing art of acupuncture to serve as adjunctive or conjunctive therapy for modern medical treatments, Principles and Practice of Contemporary Acupuncture

interprets the theories of acupuncture in terms of current physiological research findings

emphasizes the latest practical results of effective therapeutic techniques

discusses the design of a protocol for the clinical investigation of acupuncture

highlights the potential importance of acupuncture in the management of chronic pain and other diseases or conditions

illustrates how acupuncture can complement standard medical procedures for more efficacious patient management

and much more!

About this title

Synopsis

Acupuncture presents an intolerable predicament to the Western-trained mind its practitioners make no claim to understand why the method is effective. Even so, this text reviews the principles behind the practice of acupuncture, with an eye on utilizing the art as a therapeutic modality that can complement and supplement Western practices, not repl

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0824792912
• ISBN 13: 9780824792916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472