Acupuncture Books

Like the other, I read the reveiws of the previous purchasers here and very positive to click buy right away. However, when I got the book and (excitedly) read it I didn't find any special content from another TCM diagnosis book I had. This book is just translated from the Chinese principle of diagnosis text and the language they use is very strange. The reason is that, as a TCM student, I think this book (the translator) uses different vocab from the other standard TCM Text and also there is less tongue diagnosis section which is the most important aspect of diagnosis in TCM. Even the cases they illusteate also not practical in clinic here.

The book is written narratively and has no tables or chart or any conclusion to help student or reader better understanding. Comparing with my other Chinese TCM books translated by some translaters without any praise or big name forward, they are easier to understand and have charts and necessary tables to sum up the content and help better understanding.

In a nut shell, I found this book is not worth my money eventhough I got excited when I see the foreword from a Harvard Medical school staff on the first page of this book. After I finish the book, I wonder if the one who forworded or those who wrote the 5-star review for this book probably never read any other good TCM Textbook at all.

I was hesitated to return or keep the book for few days...I decided to keep as a reference as we want to be a capable TCM practitioner, however I decided to return when I found few days later that the price dropped more than $65 when I bought. I paid more than $150 ... Just have to be careful before buying anything next time.

Okay, well, I am not alone in my assesment of this book. This book creeps along at an alarmingly slow pace, and the Chinese to English translation leaves me thinking that... well, something may have been lost in translation. They use some English words in a rather arcane way, and you have to stop, think, decode, and move on to the next sentence. Definitely not my first choice--I think this up there with my assesment of CAM.

When this book first came out, it filled a definite deficiency of English language texts about TCM diagnostics. While it is an excellent text, if one has to choose to buy only one text on diagnosis in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), I would highly recommend Giovanni Maciocia's Diagnosis In Chinese Medicine. That text is much more comprehensive and immensely more practical. That aside, Tie-Tao Deng's book is still a valuable item in my TCM library.

As a practicing acupuncturist of 12 years and teacher of this artful medicine, I found this book invaluable for both practioners and students of TCM. The wealth of information on examination methods(i.e.: tongue,pulse,abdomen,almost every aspect of facial diagnosis), 10 questions, and more was impressive! The author gives more than enough information to discern what pattern(s)are present and how to differentiate your diagnosis as well as how to write a report(listing helpful examples for the student or beginning practioner.) It was written in a very readable format and very interesting. Thanks to the author for compiling such a helpful text. I'm recommending it to all my students!

In my opinion, this is the single best book currently available on Chinese medical diagnostics. I think it is far better than Giovanni Maciocia's book on the same subject. Deng Tie-tao is an incontrovertible master of the art, and this book is considered a standard in the PRC. This is the real deal.

This "atlas" consists of three relatively large (about 2.5 feet) two-color pictures (front view, rear view, side view): bones and muscles drawn in reddish orange color, and the meridian lines in black. The points are shown against the bones and against the muscles.

I personally found nothing that I haven't already seen in most any other book. The quality of these three pictures (IMHO) is very poor, among the poorest I've seen, only larger. No matter how many books on this subject you can afford to have, this one isn't likely to serve you much (IMHO).

but,it's very older! isn't it? it must be renew. and you don't give any explanation about this book.Can you throw an e-mail about this book intent

This book is an excellent teaching tool. My shiatsu teacher brings it to my acupressure therapist class every week and it is one of his treasures we must be very careful of and we refer to it often. The book is easy to understand (front, rear and side views of the body) showing bones, muscles, meridian lines and acupressure/acupuncture points. One great feature is the book lays flat when the charts fold open (about 2.5 feet).

Before buying this outdated book you should be aware that Dr Mann, who is essentially the father of Western acupuncture (he treated me back in 1960-1) has recanted everything this book is about. He no longer believes that points or meridians exist. Read, rather, his Re-Inventing Acupuncture and skip this.

HI I am a licensed acupuncturist in NYC. I practice for over 14 years and do almost Mr. Tungs style exclusively now, for about 3 years.

I have about 6 to 10 books on Master Tung and I can honestly say that I still refer to Miriam Lee's book on Master Tung. This book does not say much about style guide lines but it is a good point energetics and applications book. Additionally it is supplemented with lots of detailed personal testimonials and stories. I would recommend this book for someone who already owns Dr. Young's or Dr. Chu's book.

Mark http://www.newyorkacupuncturecenter.com/tung_acupuncture.html

I am a practitioner of Tung's acupunture who has actually studied with direct disciples of Tung. So, my opinions of this book, which I have had for a long time, are based on my studies and clinical experience with Tung's acupuncture.

To begin, from a technical point, many of the diagrams in the text are incorrect, and internally conflict with the written descriptions of the points. For example, many of the diagrams of the points on the fingers are blatently incorrect in their location (even based on the text's own point descriptions). Much of the material also is poorly described due to the author's misunderstanding of this acupunture system. According to Dr. Young, one of Tung's direct disciples, Dr. Lee spent all of one week studying this acupuncture system in Taiwan - and most of this time was with Dr. Young and not Dr. Tung (Dr. Tung only allowed her to observe and didn't actually teach her anything - see www.drweichiehyoung.com for this information). For example, in this book Dr. Lee mentions that the point Mu Huo is useful for treating stroke, but admits that she doesn't know how to use it. Of course, all of Tung's actual students (and their subsequent students) know how to use this point. There are numerous other similar examples.

Most of this text is a direct translation of Dr. Young's original work in Chinese. Dr. Young himself, a direct disciple of Tung, recently published his own version of the text in English. Furthermore, Dr. Palden Carson, another disciple of Tung, has another text in English (which was personally authorized by Tung).

So, while it was a good effort in bringing a unique style of acupuncture to an English speaking audience, other texts are better. I think Dr. Lee was an excellent acupuncturist, but perhaps not the best person to be transmitting this particular type of acupuncture. So, with no disrespect to Dr. Lee (or the publisher who does great work), purchase and study from one of the direct disciple's books in English. For Chinese readers, there is much, much more information in print that is more accurate and clinically important.

the surprise for me was that this book covers mostly non-standard points (with some overlap at points like ST 36 and LR 3). This makes it a bit more difficult to integrate with my current treatment strategies, but offers a new approach to consider for some difficult patients. I like that each time I have needled these points there has been a definate 'da qi' sensation, also the advice about needling mainly on one side for most treatments (which I follow 80 % of the time now in my clinic)

Unfortunately, this is the best book out there on the subject. But not for long...

Master Tong's student, Yang Wei Jie is currently publishing his own book in English. He has already written many in Chinese.

Besides the errors in point location in this book, the biggest problem is that it fails to convey the system that Master Tong used to choose his points.

That's to be expected, since this is basically a translation of Master Tong's first book. Master Tong did not explain his system to his students until after that book was written.

So, if you want to learn the system by which you can choose and find and create your own points for whoever walks into your clinic, wait for another book! Either Yang Wei Jie's, or one that has yet to be written on the clinical use of the system by someone else like Dr. Robert Chu.

I was impressed and a bit overwhelmed by the level of questioning in this book. Doing the practice tests (with Mosby's medical encyclopedia at my side!) helped me to over prepare for the national exam and made me realize how much more I have yet to learn. Some of the questions were misleading in terms of their wording, yet overall I would say it was very helpful. It lacks questioning for shiatsu and acupressure points and locations, which there were many on the national exam. Overall, I am glad I purchased it over the other study guides I saw. This one at least offers more information than you'll actually need to know. It 's a bit of overkill but in a good way.

I was hoping this book would help me study for my National Certification test for bodywork, but after finding an error on one of the first pages, I put the book down. I certainly didn't want to study incorrect information, and I was afraid that I might not find any other errors, as I'm just learning and wouldn't necessarily know that I was memorizing things I shouldn't be! I contacted the publishing company to inquire as to any updated pages with corrections, and have been unable to get results. I paid a lot of money for nothing, and was greatly disappointed.

I found this book to be helpful in studying for the NCETMB. This book helped me to focus on the types of questions to study for. It was well-organized and showed me what I needed to study more. If you really want a great study guide get the following which is also on amazon.com:
The Ultimate Study Guide for the National Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork: Key Review Questions and Answers by Patrick Leonardi
Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3
These study guides showed the kind of questions the national certification test asked. These study guides took away a lot of surprise questions on the test, otherwise, I would not have known or prepared for.

As an acupuncturist with a special interest in neurologically related conditions (autism, stroke, learning disabled) I was very excited to finally purchase this volume. However, once I opeened it up I was greatly disappointed. There is 5% acupuncture-related material combined with 95% neurology 101, and almost never do the twain ever meet. Basically, they took a basic college text book on neurology and then threw in a little 1st semester acupuncture, and then simply state aloud that there are theories (mind you, they are talking about acupuncture theories, not hard research, which show state that certain acupuncture points can be beneficial for neurologically-related issues. Well, I already learned about those points in school. I didn't need to spend over $60 to hear those re-iterated. I thought this was going to be a book which laid out theory and research which show that the fields are getting in tune with one another. Instead, I paid top money for a fair text book, and a worse acuupuncture primer. If you are interested in this topic I suggest you actually look into some of the papers that have been published, particularly in China, on this very interesting topic.

This book kicks... if you want a crash course in neurology and neuro-anatomy. The pictures and wording is great for those of us with just a rudimentary knowledge of axons and dendrites. As for acupuncture though, I didn't feel like the book had a quality tie in with the two subjects. It was almost like he threw in info on acupuncture just at the end and he only explained what some mechanisms COULD be. If you are gonna make a book on neuro-acupuncture, show the studies of what it does. They are out there you just gotta use them.

i read this book in korea. this book have many picture for help many oriental medicine students, because many oriental student have not basic neuroscience knowledge, what is mechanism for acupuncture and neuroscience part!
so this book help many student studying for acupuncture and neuroscience! good book!

If it looks like a Duck ... and walks like a Duck ... it probably has a lot of quack in it. Worsley and his entire legacy have given us a distorted view on TCM. A white man's view to be totally honest, right down to hugely over analysing a construct which he clearly did not understand, he basically couldn't have understood. If you want to waste your time with guesses and questionable lineage, go to J.R. If you want to get the truth, get the 15$ Chinese books with something valid to say.

J.R. Worsley offers his 30+ years of experience practicing and teaching acupuncture with the down to earth charm of an English gentleman. Worsley conveys the essence and beauty of this natural medicine as well as his profound understanding of human nature and how illness affects us all. If you are thinking about trying acupuncture or have been in treatment for a while and have questions about acupuncture, this book is for you. Mackay Rippey, M.Ac., L.Ac.

Page-after-page of clumsy foreplay masquerading as massage. I got my money back.

This is a lovely book. If you are looking for complex masage techniques this is not for you. But if you want something simple yet deeply sensual that just caresses you into a sexy mood, this is perfect. Adds a spiritutal dimension to love making.

This is an well-researched, clearly presented work on the eight extraordinary vessels, which represent the deepest level of energetics in chinese medicine.
The book's first section covers vessel trajectories and classical chinese treatments. There are a lot of valuable quotes from the classics here to help you understand the nature of each vessel, as well as symptom/point combinations.
The second part of the book covers modern japanese extraordinary treatment strategies, especially those of Dr. Manaka, who was Kiiko Matsumoto's teacher.
This is a great reference book for any practicioner or advanced student of acupuncture, I highly recommend it.

Totally unreadable for beginners of acupuncture.
Even for a practitioner, one may get really
confused. Translations of Chinese and Japanese
words are lost in essence. Attemp to compile
a book according to the Japanese style of publishing
acupuncture books does not do good service to
American readers.

Good book for beginners. Has information on helping yourself with back and neck problems.

Great book for massage beginners. Has a help section to do massage on yourself.

Lindlahr's "Philosophy of Natural Therapeutics" is my main example of naturopathy's essential 'article of faith' amalgam: their 'vitalistic, spiritistic, teleological, autoentheistic woo-woo.' I hate to visit such terms on the reader, but they do cover naturopathy's sectarian set: 'purposeful life spirit / god power within' / 'healing power of nature / vis medicatrix naturae' keystone belief obligations {the metaphysical, supernatural, idealistic, theistic / religious}. I attended UBCNM, where I was taught that 'modern nonsectarian scientific medicine' is founded upon such flapdoodle: that within the scientific is the unevidenced, the nonscientific, the scientifically-ejected, and the scientifically-discarded. Lindlahr was a required author, along with Kent and Hahnemann, Kaptchuk and Goodheart, to name a few. Some quotes from this book pertaining to FNPLA naturopathy's woo-woo: "life or vital force [...is] the primary force of all forces [...] an expression of divine intelligence [...of] the divine energy which sets in motion the whirls in the ether [...an] intelligent energy [that] can have but one source: the will and intelligence of the creator [p.023...] the life force, [is] itself a manifestation of the great creative intelligence which some call god, others nature, the oversoul, brahma, prana, the great spirit, etc. [...] this supreme intelligence and power acting in and through every atom, molecule and cell in the human body, which is the true healer, the 'vis medicatrix naturae' [...aka] 'the healer within' [p.024...] everything is done to improve and economize the vital force [p.029...] health is dependent upon an abundant supply of life force [p.032...] just what this vital force is and where it originates we do not know. It is the manifestation of that which we term god, nature, the higher power, or the divine within [p.273]." How is the belief that god and the godly are within oneself NOT a religious type? The book is full of archaic crappola which is interesting from a 'history of sectarian medicine in America' point of view.

Lindlahr's books are not new, but then Natural Medicine isn't "new" either...

The fundamental laws of Natural Medicine handed down even from Hypocrates's time and before have changed very little - only the tools have been refigned.

These basic laws of Natural Medicine are thoroughly explored and explained in this the first volume of Lindlahr's texts.

A word of warning to the critic by nature: Heed not the phrases outdated and better understood from today's perspective [e.g. White blood corpsules = nothing but flowting isles of debree] explore the basic understandings of health and disease explained beautifuly as they are in this volume instead!

Enjoy & Good health!

Chen Profesorsky, Naturopathy and Chinese Medicine