Comprehensive Overview of Acupuncture Classics for Emergency Illnesses

Author: Liu Ligong Gu Jie
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Publish Date: 2000-09-01
Features: This book is a combination of ancient acupuncture literature research and modern computer applications. It compiles the original records of acupuncture treatment for 39 acute diseases from ancient medical texts. The literature data comes from over 60 important acupuncture works from the pre-Qin period's Neijing to the late Qing Dynasty. The application of computers not only fulfills the long-standing desire of physicians to comprehensively and accurately organize literature but also completes the statistical analysis of acupuncture points for each disease. Based on the statistical results, the book summarizes the clinical treatment patterns and characteristics of the 39 diseases, including point selection along meridians, regional point selection, syndrome differentiation point selection, combined syndrome point selection, and the characteristics of acupuncture and moxibustion methods. This aims to provide a concise overview, a feat unprecedented in both ancient and modern times. When facing acute and difficult diseases in modern clinical practice, this book offers comprehensive and accurate ancient medical data, showcasing the rich and diverse acupuncture methods of ancient physicians and summarizing the main characteristics of treatment for reference and selection by doctors. Patients can also find acupuncture methods for their own conditions in this book, try them, and alleviate their pain.