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Acupuncture for Pain Management

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Editors:
  1. Yuan-Chi Lin

    1. Medical Acupuncture Service, Department of Anaesthesia (Pediatrics) Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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  2. Eric Shen-Zen Hsu

    1. Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management Fellowship, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA;, Los Angeles, USA

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  • Each individual meridian discussed in detail
  • Acupuncture for 25 clinical conditions, including headache, menstrual pain, low back pain, insomnia, and more
  • Aimed at acupuncturists as well as practitioners who want to add acupuncture to their clinical armamentarium
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (46 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. General Consideration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. History of Acupuncture

      • Jen-Hwey Chiu
      Pages 3-11

    3. Basic Theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine

      • Francisco Lozano
      Pages 13-43

    4. Pattern Discrimination in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

      • Francisco Lozano
      Pages 45-72

    5. Mechanisms of Acupuncture Analgesia

      • Annie D. Lee, Eric Shen-Zen Hsu
      Pages 73-85

    6. Common Acupuncture Practices

      • Shu-Ming Wang
      Pages 87-99

    7. Perioperative Acupuncture

      • Yue-Pang Mok
      Pages 101-115

    8. Acupuncture Pain Research: Quantitative and Qualitative

      • Tat Leang Lee, Zhen Zheng
      Pages 117-137

    9. Auricular Acupuncture

      • Yung-Fong Sung
      Pages 139-149

  3. Acupuncture Channels

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Acupuncture Qi Flow and Points Measurement

      • Yuan-Chi Lin, Cynthia Tung
      Pages 153-158

    3. Hand Tai Yin Lung Meridian 手太陰肺經穴

      • Yuan-Chi Lin, Rosalie F. Tassone
      Pages 159-160

    4. Hand Yang Ming Large Intestine Meridian 手陽明大腸經穴

      • Yuan-Chi Lin, Rosalie F. Tassone
      Pages 161-163

    5. Foot Yang Ming Stomach Meridian 足陽明胃經穴

      • Yuan-Chi Lin, Rosalie F. Tassone
      Pages 165-168

    6. Foot Tai Yin Spleen Meridian 足太陰睥經穴

      • Yuan-Chi Lin, Rosalie F. Tassone
      Pages 169-171

    7. The Hand Shao Yin Heart Meridian 手少陰心經穴

      • Rosalie F. Tassone, Yuan-Chi Lin
      Pages 173-174

    8. The Hand Tai Yang Small Intestine Meridian 手太陽小腸經穴

      • Rosalie F. Tassone, Yuan-Chi Lin
      Pages 175-177

    9. Foot Tai Yang Bladder Meridian 足太陽膀胱經穴

      • Rosalie F. Tassone, Yuan-Chi Lin
      Pages 179-183

    10. Foot Shao Yin Kidney Meridian 足少陰腎經穴

      • Rosalie F. Tassone, Yuan-Chi Lin
      Pages 185-187
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About this book

 

Acupuncture for Pain Management is intended as the premier resource for learning the fundamentals of the art of medical acupuncture. Edited by top pain medicine specialists at Harvard and UCLA, and based on their popular annual workshop at the American Society for Anesthesiologists, the book is the perfect synthesis of Western and Chinese medicine. Anesthesiologists, pain medicine specialists, primary care physicians, osteopaths, neurologists, psychiatrists, physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists, and other health professionals looking to add acupuncture to their repertoire will benefit from the concise and practical approach of the book.
 Features:

  • Each individual meridian discussed in detail
  • Acupuncture for 25 clinical conditions, including headache, menstrual pain, low back pain, insomnia, and more
  • Aimed at acupuncturists as well as practitioners who want to add acupuncture to their clinical armamentarium

Editors and Affiliations

  • Medical Acupuncture Service, Department of Anaesthesia (Pediatrics) Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Yuan-Chi Lin

  • Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management Fellowship, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA;, Los Angeles, USA

    Eric Shen-Zen Hsu

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Acupuncture for Pain Management

  • Editors: Yuan-Chi Lin, Eric Shen-Zen Hsu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5275-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-5274-4

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-5275-1

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 276

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Primary Care Medicine

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