Acupuncture: Visible Holism Book

	About the authors
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction	1
1	The origins of acupuncture - a unique synthesis of Chinese culture	5
	Unique characteristics of acupuncture	5
	The origins of acupuncture: challenging the accepted theory	7
	Preconditions for the invention of acupuncture	20
	The invention of acupuncture	32
	Additional questions concerning the origins of acupuncture	36
	Acupuncture as visible holism	44
2	Meridians - the network of the body	56
	The system of meridians	56
	Applications of meridian theory	67
	Disorders of the Fourteen Meridians	73
	Selection of acupoints	77
3	Acupoints - the terminals of the network	83
	Discovery of the acupoints	83
	Classification of the acupoints	88
	Effects of the acupoints	89
	Specific acupoints	92
	Acupoint diagnosis	102
4	Acupuncture in practice a holistic sculpture	106
	The holistic interaction of practitioner, patient, and needle	106
	Needling methods	109
	Enhancing the needling sensation	114
	Indications and contraindications of acupuncture	119
App. 1	The Ancient Medical Relics of Mawangdui	126
App. 2	The Classic of Moxibustion with Eleven Foot-Arm Meridians	130
App. 3	The Classic of Moxibustion with Eleven Yin-Yang Meridians	134
App. 4	Chapter 10 of the Lingshu: 'Meridians'	138
App. 5	Pattern identification - deduce the invisible from the visible	146
	Bibliography	160
	Index	163