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Acupuncture: Cure of Many Diseases » (2nd Edition)

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Authors: Felix Mann, Aldous Huxley
ISBN-13: 9780750607001, ISBN-10: 0750607009
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Date Published: September 1992
Edition: 2nd Edition

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Author Biography: Felix Mann

Book Synopsis

Acupuncture: Cure of many diseases is one of the most widely read popular books on acupuncture in the Western World, with editions in seven languages. The new edition has been revised and up-dated and includes new chapters on 'strong Reactors' and the 'liver'.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Ch. IGeneral Theory1
Ch. IIThe Acupuncture Points6
Ch. IIIThe Meridians17
Ch. IVThe Twelve Spheres of Influence in the Body21
Ch. VThe Five Elements40
Ch. VIThe Energy of Life-Qi53
Ch. VIIThe Living Interdependent Dynamism of the Body61
Ch. VIIIThe Principle of Opposites67
Ch. IXPulse Diagnosis72
Ch. XDiseases that may be Treated by Acupuncture87
Ch. XIPreventive Medicine100
Statistics105
Ch. XIIThe Scientific Proof119
Ch. XIIIStrong Reactors122
Patients who respond well to acupuncture
Patients who may respond adversely to normal doses of drugs
Ch. XIVThe Liver or Upper Digestive Dysfunction132
Index143

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