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ACUPUNCTURE A COMPREHENSIVE TEXT Shanghai College of Traditional Medicine translated and edited by john O'Connor and Dan Bensky
ACUPUNCTURE A COMPREHENSIVE TEXT . -· - Shanghai College of Traditional Medicine translated and edited by John 0' Connor and Dan..Bensky - ' -- - . First published in 1974 by one of China's most prominent schoo~s of J:!ledicine, the Shanghai College of Traditional Medicine, this _book has become recog- nized throughout the WOrld as one of the mGSt COm- - prehensive textbooks inl:he field of acupuncture. The present edition marks the first complete translation in a Western language. Included are descriptions of more than a thousand acupuncture points, hundreds 6f prescriptions, botQ ancient and.modern, for the tre_atment ·of numerous diseases,-and-detailed discussion of-a variety of acu- puncture techniques and modalitjes ranging from ear, head, hand aHd foot acupuncture to moxibustiGn, ultraviolet and surgical techniques. There are chapters devoted to modern research concerning acupuncture phenomena, and others which critically apalyze ancient theory and methodology. The book contains more than two hundred illustrations, and three fold-out charts showing all the acupuncture points of the body. In addition, the-editors of this translation have provided a lengthy introductiQn to the fundamental principles of traditional Chinese medicine, a selected bibliography of re~earch publi hed in English, and extensive indices: Acupuncture: A Comprehensive Texris aninvaluable textbook-and-reference work (or students, scholars and practifioners alike ..
Acupuncture A COMPREHENSIVE TEXT Shanghai College of Traditional Medicine TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY JOHN O'CONNOR AND DAN BENSKY Eastland Press SEATfLE
Copyright © 1981 by Eastland Press, Inc. Eastland Press, Inc. P.O. Box 99749 Seattle, WA 98139, USA www.eastlandpress.com All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except where permitted by law. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 81-65416 ISBN: 978-0-939616-00-8 Printed in the United States of America Section III. chapter 10, "A Summary of Research Concerning the Effects of Acupuncture," was initially published in the American Journal of Chinese Medicine Vol. 3, No.4, pp. 377-394, 1975, and is reprinted here in revised form by permission of the American Journal of Chinese Medicine, Inc., P.O. Box 555, Garden City, New York 11530. 26 25 24 23 22 Calligraphy by James Wang and Lilian Bensky. Cover design by Patricia O'Connor.