Acupuncture: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know - Softcover

Gary F. Fleischman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1886449090 ISBN 13: 9781886449091

Publisher: AmazonUs/INDPB, 1998

Synopsis

If you have ever been treated by an acupuncturist and want to understand what it is all about, or if you are curious about whether acupuncture might work for you or someone you love, here is a straight-forward presentation of the basic facts about acupuncture in an easy-to-follow and easy-to-understand Question and Answer Format.Acupuncture can help headaches, diabetes, strokes and seizures, menstrual problems, infertility, gallstones, respiratory ailments, emotional disturbances, AIDS, cancer and many other health problems.

About this title

From the Author:

Dr. Gary Fleischman is a certified acupuncturist. He is a member of the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and is presently chairman of the Connecticut Board of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. He is a recipient of the Excellence in Acupuncture Award for the 1995 edition of Outstanding American Acupuncturists.

From Booklist:

This timely book by an American acupuncturist provides a superior introduction to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in general and the practice of acupuncture in particular. Its question-and-answer format delivers information in discrete, easily digestible portions. Fleischman always speaks to the layperson but does not put the difficult topic of TCM into Western terms. Indeed, at times the text is as instructive about Western medicine as about Oriental medicine, since the patients' experiences in their M.D.'s office are contrasted with what might happen at the acupuncturist's for the same complaint. Introductory chapters cover the basics of TCM and acupuncture, followed by detailed discussions of specific organ energy systems, their dysfunctions, and their treatments. Chinese dietary principles, emergency medicine, and the treatment of children, AIDS, cancer, and neurological and emotional diseases round out the text. A few illustrations of needles, techniques, meridians, and other aspects of TCM and Chinese culture dot the book. It concludes with 11 case studies. This may be the most accessible guide to this medical art. Penny Spokes

About this edition

• Publisher: AmazonUs/INDPB
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1886449090
• ISBN 13: 9781886449091
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Charles Stein