New Meridian and Acupoint Science

Author: Shen Xiaoming
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book comprehensively covers the basic content of meridians and acupoints while also making selections and refinements in many aspects. Its unique organizational structure, logical reasoning, timely learning guidance, rich bibliographic references, and vivid, intuitive charts are the essence of the book. It not only provides us with meticulously organized acupuncture and moxibustion fundamentals but also embodies a "human-centered" academic spirit. The book has the following characteristics:
- Extensive literature sources, covering major ancient and modern acupuncture and moxibustion works and journals, such as modern applications of acupoints, which reference 1,583 articles.
- Reasonable selection of materials, prioritizing clinical relevance and proven efficacy.
- Novel academic perspective, emphasizing the guiding role of fundamental principles in specific content, such as deriving the meridian pathways based on naming patterns and summarizing the indications of acupoints through their therapeutic patterns.
- Unique structural system, focusing on logical consistency and organization, using the same framework for similar content to reinforce learning effects through repetition.
- Plain writing style;
- Rich illustrations and tables.
"The essence of acupuncture is simple to state but difficult to master." Achieving the level of "simplicity in explanation" in acupuncture and moxibustion literature to enable beginners to quickly grasp and improve is a highly valuable topic for exploration. Ancient physicians compiled many poetic and didactic texts on acupuncture and moxibustion, but from an academic perspective, they lacked concise guidance and systematic summaries of patterns. The inherent regularity and logic of meridians, acupoints, and other content were not given due attention. Based on a vast collection of ancient and modern literature, this book reorganizes and summarizes the content of meridians and acupoints, highlighting their patterns and logic to achieve the goals of "ease of learning" and "practicality."