A Manual of ACUPUNCTURE Peter Deadman & Mazi n Al-Khafaji with Kevin Baker JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE PUBLICATIONS
Main text Point location text Chinese translation Research into classical Chinese texts & commentaries Peter Deadman and Mazin Al-Khafaji Kevin Baker and Peter Deadman Mazin Al-Khafaji Mazin Al-Khafaji Book design Brush calligraphy Original illustrations Illustration commission and revision Illustrations adapted by John Chippindale, Peter Deadman and Simon Hedger A Hsiung Chen Marks Creative Consultants Barbara Loftus Peter Deadman and Kevin Baker Peter Deadman Printed by Sung In Printing America, Inc. O Copyright 2001 by Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications 22 Cromwell Road Hove East Sussex BN3 3EB England Fax : (+44) (0)1273-748588 e-mail :
[email protected] website : http: / / www.jcm.co.uk First published 1998 by Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications Reprinted August 1998, January 1999, March2000, September 2001. ISBN 0 9510546 7 8 Distributed in North America by Eastland Press, 1240 Activity Drive, #D Vista, California 92083, USA All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission in writing of the publishers. The information given in this book is intended as a resource and guide to trained practitioners of acupuncture. It is not intended to substitute for such training and should not be considered to supplant the clinical judgement derivingfiom such training. Whilst eve y effort has been made to include cautions with regard to acupuncture treatment, the authors cannot accept responsibility for any treatment advice or information ofered.
CONTENTS Chapter Contents Acknowledgements Introduction The channels and collaterals Point categories Point selection methods Point location and needling The Lung channel The Large Intestine channel The Stomach channel The Spleen channel The Heart channel The Small Intestine channel The Bladder channel The Kidney channel The Pericardium channel The Sanjiao channel The Gall Bladder channel The Liver channel The Conception vessel The Governing vessel The Extraordinary points Body area illustrations Areas reached by the channels Chinese dynasties Bibliography Glossary of terminology Point names index Point indications index General index Point numbers index About the authors
CHAPTER CONTENTS the the the the the the The channels and collaterals The functions of the channels The twelve primary channels The twelve divergent channels The eight extraordinary vessels Penetrating vessel Girdling vessel Yang Motility vessel Yin Motility vessel Yang Linking vessel Yin linking vessel The Luo-connecting channels The twelve sinew channels The minute collaterals The twelve cutaneous regions Point categories The five shu points the jing-well points the ying-spring points the shu-stream points the jing-river points the he-sea points The five phase points The xi-cleft points The yuan-source points The luo-connecting points The back-shu points The front-mu points The hui-meeting points The confluent points of the eight extraordinary channels Ma Dan-yang's heavenly star points The four and six command points The points of the four seas The points of the window of heaven The thirteen ghost points of Sun Si-miao The nine needles for returning the yang Chart of the meeting points of more than one channel Point selection methods Selecting local points Selecting adjacent points Selecting distal points Selecting proximal points Selecting points from below to treat above Selecting points from above to treat below Selecting points from the front to treat the back Selecting points from the centre to treat the extremities Selecting points from one channel to treat its interiorly-exteriorly related channel Selecting points from one pair of the six channels to treat disease of the other Selecting points according to channel connections Cross needling Selecting empirical points The chain and lock point association method Alternating points Point combinations Point location and needling Cun measurements Needling depth of needling avoidance of pneumothorax needling the abdomen needling close to major organs illustration of the location of major organs needling close to major blood vessels needling close to major nerves Surface anatomy how to locate and count the ribs how to locate C7 how to locate L3 and L5 how to locate the sacral foramina how to locate the sternocostal angle 0 palmaris longus