Courtly Wellness: Acupoint Therapy

Author: Xu Lianfa
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Features: Treating diseases by targeting specific points, simple and easy to practice. Combined with internal energy, the efficacy is even better. This book focuses on the Confucian court's (nèigōng), guiding the body with the mind and the force with intention. It promotes the positive and suppresses the negative, (fú zhèng qū xié), embedding internal energy in the fingertips, integrating the effects of acupuncture and massage. It employs the method of using fingers to replace needles for treating and maintaining health. The book also introduces basic knowledge of meridians and acupoints, the location, functions, and indications of commonly used acupoints, the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and treatment methods for 50 common diseases, methods for beauty and fitness, weight loss and gain, body shaping, as well as the practice techniques of the court's.