Description
Book SynopsisIlluminates and examines the art of traditional Chinese acupuncture. This book offers an in-depth look at the secondary channels and other key structures encompassing the human body in Chinese anatomy. It describes in detail the pathways, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of the Luo, Muscle, and Divergent secondary channels.
Table of ContentsPART 1 THE CHANNEL SYSTEM Chapter 1 CONCEPT OF "CHANNEL IN CHINESE MEDICINE Chapter 2 MORPHOLOGY AND FLOW OF QI OF CHANNELS Chapter 3 THE MEMBRANES (HUANG), FAT TISSUE (GAO), THE CAVITIES AND TEXTURE (COU LI) AND THE TRIPLE BURNER CAVITIES Chapter 4 FUNCTIONS OF THE CHANNELS IN GENERAL Chapter 5 THE CHANNELS IN DIAGNOSIS PART 2 MAIN CHANNELS Chapter 6 PATHWAYS OF THE MAIN CHANNELS Chapter 7 CHANNEL SYMPTOMS Chapter 8 TREATMENT OF MAIN CHANNELS Chapter 9 THE FIVE TRANSPORTING (SHU) POINTS Chapter 10 CATEGORIES OF POINTS Chapter 11 THE COMBINATION OF ACUPUNCTURE POINTS PART 3 CONNECTING CHANNELS (LUO MAI) Chapter 12 MORPHOLOGY AND PATHWAYS OF CONNECTING CHANNELS Chapter 13 PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CONNECTING CHANNELS Chapter 14 AETIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS OF THE CONNECTING CHANNELS Chapter 15 PATHOLOGY OF CONNECTING CHANNELS Chapter 16 TREATMENT OF THE CONNECTING CHANNELS PART 4 MUSCLE CHANNELS (JING JIN) Chapter 17 MORPHOLOGY AND PATHWAYS OF THE MUSCLE CHANNELS Chapter 18 MUSCLE CHANNELS - FUNCTIONS AND AETIOLOGY Chapter 19 PATHOLOGY AND SYMPTOMS OF MUSCLE CHANNELS Chapter 20 TREATMENT OF MUSCLE CHANNELS PART 5 DIVERGENT CHANNELS (JING BIE) Chapter 21 MORPHOLOGY OF DIVERGENT CHANNELS Chapter 22 FUNCTIONS AND CLINICAL USE OF THE DIVERGENT CHANNELS PART 6 CUTANEOUS REGIONS Chapter 23 THE 12 CUTANEOUS REGIONS PART 7 EIGHT EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS Chapter 24 THE 8 EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS Chapter 25 CLINICAL USE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS CHAPTER 26 GOVERNING VESSEL (DU MAI) Chapter 27 DIRECTING VESSEL (REN MAI) Chapter 28 PENETRATING VESSEL (CHONG MAI) Chapter 29 GIRDLE VESSEL (DAI MAI) Chapter 30 YIN STEPPING VESSEL (YIN QIAO MAI) Chapter 31 YANG STEPPING VESSEL (YANG QIAO MAI) Chapter 32 COMBINED YIN AND YANG STEPPING VESSELS' PATHOLOGY Chapter 33 YIN LINKING VESSEL (YIN WEI MAI) Chapter 34 YANG LINKING VESSEL (YANG WEI MAI) Chapter 35 COMBINED YIN AND YANG LINKING VESSELS' PATHOLOGY Chapter 36 THE EIGHT POINTS OF THE DIVINE TURTLE PART 8 THE INTEGRATION OF MUSCLE AND CONNECTING CHANNELS Chapter 37 PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION (BI) SYNDROME (TRAUMA, SPORTS INJURIES, REPETITIVE-STRAIN INJURY)
