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Contemporary Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine explores the theory and practice of Oriental medicine, explaining what Oriental medicine is and how it works. It discusses the effectiveness of Oriental medicine in treating a number of common disorders, including pain control, substance abuse, asthma,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cassidy, Claire Monod
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Churchill Livingstone, ©2002.
Series:Medical guides to complementary and alternative medicine.
Subjects:
Medicine, Chinese.
Acupuncture.
Medicine, Chinese Traditional
Acupuncture Therapy
Médecine chinoise.
Acupuncture
Medicine, Chinese
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • The theory of oriental medicine / Peter Eckman
  • Diagnosis / Zoe Brenner
  • Acupuncture and moxibustion / Grant Zhang
  • Chinese herbal medicine / Tao Wang
  • Other treatment modalities : diet, bodywork, Qi Gong / Paulette McMillan, (et al.)
  • Putting it all together : practicing oriental medicine / Dan Kenner
  • Grand Rounds
  • Inside an acupuncture detoxification clinic / Martha Hare
  • A day in the life : practitioners reflect on their daily lives / Jane A. Grissmer, (et al.)
  • The psychology of acupuncture / Richard Hammerschlag
  • What patients say about Chinese medicine / Claire M. Cassidy and Mitra C. Emad
  • Treatment of pain by acupuncture / Stephen Birch
  • Acupuncture in the treatment of addictions / Michael O. Smith and James C. Butler-Arkow
  • Treating respiratory disease with acupuncture / Kim A. Jobst
  • Oriental medicine for digestive disorders / David L. Diehl
  • Acupuncture in women's reproductive health / Valentin Tureanu and Luminita Tureanu
  • Acupuncture in depression and mental illness / Rosa N. Schnyer and John J.B. Allen
  • Acupuncture and laser acupuncture to treat paralysis in stroke, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, and Bell's Palsy / Margaret A. Naeser
  • The professionalization of acupuncture and oriental medicine in the United States / Barbara B. Mitchell.
  • Appendices
  • Auricular acupuncture
  • Acupuncture points used for acupuncture treatments of stroke
  • NIH consensus statement on acupuncture.