Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture

Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Foreign Languages Press; 1ST edition
(January 1, 1993) Language: English ISBN-10: 7119002406 ISBN-13:
978-7119002408 Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.7 x 1.4 inches PREFACE
FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION
INTRODUCTION PART I A General Description of the Basic Knowledge of
Traditional Chinese Medicine CHAPTER I YIN-YANG AND THE FIVE ELEMENTS I.
YIN-YANG 1. The opposition and interdependence of yin and yang 2. The
inter-consuming-supporting and the inter-transforming relation of yin
and yang II. THE FIVE ELEMENTS 1. Attribution of things to the five
elements 2. The inter-promoting, inter-acting, over-acting and
counter-acting relation of the five elements CHAPTER II ZANG-FU
(INTERNAL ORGANS) I. THE ZANG ORGANS 1. Heart 2. Liver 3. Spleen 4. Lung
5. Kidney 6. Pericardium II. FU ORGANS 1. Small intestine 2. Gall
bladder 3. Stomach 4. Large intestine 5. Urinary bladder 6. Sa'njlao
III. EXTRAORDINARY ORGANS 1. Brain 2. Uterus CHAPTER III CHANNELS AND
COLLATERALS I. NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION II. FUNCTIONS OF CHANNELS
AND COLLATERALS CHAPTER IV QI, BLOOD AND BODY FLUID I. QI II. BLOOD
III. BODY FLUID CHAPTER V ETIOLOGY I. SIX EXOGENOUS FACTORS 1. Wind 2.
Cold 3. Summer heat 4. Damp 5. Dryness 6. Heat (fire, mild heat) II.
SEVEN EMOTIONAL FACTORS III. MISCELLANEOUS PATHOGENIC FACTORS 1.
Irregular food intake 2. Over-strain and stress or lack of physical
exertion 3. Traumatic injuries 4. Stagnant blood and phlegm CHAPTER VI
METHODS OF DIAGNOSIS I. INSPECTION 1. Observation of the expression 2.
Observation of the color 3. Observation of the appearance 4. Observation
of the tongue II. AUSCULTATION AND OLFACTION 1. Listening 2. Smelling
III. INQUIRING 1. Chills and fever 2. Perspiration 3. Food and drink,
appetite and taste 4. Defecation and urination 5. Pain 6. Sleep 7.
Menses and leukorrhea IV.

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