This book is based on TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) college students, primary medical personnel and TCM amateurs with prominent epochal character and practicability. The whole book is divided into 11 chapters with specific introduction of structure, specification, check and keep of the filiform needle; needling practices; preparations; insertions;direction, angle and depth of Insertion.The book is easy to learn and understand in the Chinese-English version with both pictures and texts for medical personnel home and abroad, TCM college students and TCM amateurs.The CD of "Needling Techniques Teaching Demonstration" is also given for further reference of learning.
CHAPTER 1 STRUCTURE, SPECIFICATION, CHECK AND KEEP OF THE FILIFORM NEEDLE.
1 STRUCTURE OF THE FILIFORM NEEDLE
2 SPECIFICATION OF THE FILIFORM NEEDLE
3 CHECK OF THE FILIFORM NEEDLE
4 KEEP OF THE FILIFORM NEEDLE
CHAPTER 2 NEEDLING PRACTICES
1 FINGER FORCE PRACTICES
2 MANIPULATION PRACTICES
3 NEEDLING PRACTICES ON A BODY
CHAPTER 3 PREPARATIONS
1 SELECTION OF THE FILIFORM NEEDLES
2 POSTURAL ALIGNMENT AND POSITIONING
3 DISINFECTION
CHAPTER 4 INSERTIONS
1 SINGLE-HANDED INSERTIONS
2 DOUBLE-HANDED INSERTIONS
3 POINT PENETRATION METHOD
4 NEEDLE IN TUBE INSERTIONS
CHAPTER 5 DIRECTION, ANGLE AND DEPTH OF INSERTION
1 DIRECTION OF INSERTION
2 ANGLE OF INSERTION
3 DEPTH OF NEEDLE INSERTION
CHAPTER 6 MANIPULATIONS AND ARRIVAL OF QI(NEEDLING SENSATION)
1 THE FUNDAMENTAL MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES
2 AUXILIARY TECHNIQUES
3 THE ARRIVAL OF QI
CHAPTER 7 REINFORCING AND REDUCING METHODS OF ACUPUNCTURE
1 BASIC REINFORCING AND REDUCING METHODS
2 COMPREHENSIVE REINFORCING AND REDUCING METHODS
CHAPTER 8 FOUR COMPREHENSIVE NEEDLING MANIPULATIONS CALLED DRAGON-TIGER-TORTOISE-PHOENIX(FEI JING ZOU QI Sl FA)
1 GREEN DRAGON WAGGING TAlL
2 WHITE TIGER SHAKING HEAD
3 GREEN TORTOISE SEEKING FOR CA VE
4 RED PHOENIX SPREADING WINGS TO FLY
CHAPTER 9 RETENTION AND WITHDRAWAL OF NEEDLES
1 RETENTION OF NEEDLES
2 WITHDRA WAL OF NEEDLES
CHAPTER 10 MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS
1 FAINTING DURING ACUPUNCTURE
2 STUCK NEEDLES
3 BENT NEEDLES
4 BROKEN NEEDLES
5 HEMATOMAS
6 TRAUMATIC PNEUMOTHORAX
7 THE VISCERA PUNCTURE
8 THE NERVE STEM PUNCTURE
CHAPTER 11 PRECAUTIONS