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Acupuncture strategies for complex patients : from consultation to treatment / Skya Abbate.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abbate, Skya, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Acupuncture.
- Medicine, Oriental.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Singing Dragon, 2019.
- Summary:
- This book by Skya Abbate offers a comprehensive guide to acupuncture and Oriental medicine, tailored for both beginners and seasoned practitioners. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the root causes of ailments and provides strategies for treating complex patient presentations. The book covers foundational aspects of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), including diagnosis, prognosis, and effective treatment techniques. It serves as a valuable resource for students and practitioners, promoting clarity of principle and effective methods in acupuncture treatments. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Acupuncture Strategies for Complex Patients: From Consultation to Treatment by Skya Abbate, DOM
- Preface
- Ch 1. Building the Foundation, the Infrastructure of Treatment
- What is Illness?
- Western and Oriental Views of Illness
- The Natural Care of Life
- The Diagnosis
- The Prognosis
- Ch 2. The Interview, the Heart of the Clinical Encounter
- Initial and Follow-Up Interviews
- Interview Skills
- Interview Tips
- Patient Education
- Ch 3. The Relationship Between the Methods of Diagnosis and Therapeutic Effectiveness
- Case 1: Treating the Foundation: Insomnia and Pulses at the Adaptive Level
- Ch 4. Thoughts on Needling Within the Clinical Encounter
- Ch 5. The Stages of Needling
- The Six Stages of Needling
- Reaction
- Ch 6. What Is an Acupuncture Point?
- Ch 7. The Importance of Standard Nomenclature of the Acupuncture Meridians and Points
- The World Health Organization (WHO) Standard Nomenclature for Meridians
- Ch 8. The Point Classification System
- The Points of the Fourteen Channels
- Case 2: Numbness treated through the Jing (well) points
- Ch 9. The Rules of Point Selection and General Treatment Strategies
- The Rules of Point Selection
- Selection of Treatment Strategies
- Needling Strategies
- Case 3: The use of distal points for knee pain Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes indexes.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9780857013361
- 085701336X
- OCLC:
- 1078560754
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