Dermal Needling Therapy
By Zhang Xue, Liu Ying
Date Dec 2008
Language English
Format 188 mm x 260 mm, 350pages
ISBN 978-7-117-10636-8/R·10637
Price $ 49.95
Publisher People’s Medical Publishing House
Abstract
This book introduces the fundamentals of dermal needling therapy, such as the principles of treatment, characteristics, indications, management of and precautions with accidents during treatment. It supplies the locations and the indications of commonly used acupuncture points of the fourteen channels as well as extra points. It also outlines the principles for differentiating syndromes, treatment, point combination and point selection, as well as presents the treatment for 86 common diseases in internal medicine, external trauma, orthopedics, gynecology, pediatrics, dermatology and otolaryngology. Each disease includes such parts as overview, cause and mechanism of disease, types of syndrome and treatment.
Authors
Professor Zhang Xue-li is chief physician of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department of Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. She has 24 years of experience in clinical practice, teaching and research. She specializes in treating facial paralysis, acne, chloasma, digestive disorders and chronic pain syndrome with acupuncture, plum blossom needles and acupuncture technique associated to time.
