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Abstract
Skya Abbate has been a practising acupuncturist for over three decades, and is an experienced and senior teacher at Southwest Acupuncture College. She has published books on Auricular Acupuncture, Palpatory Diagnosis and Advanced Techniques in Oriental Medicine.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture Strategies for Complex Patients: From Consultation to Treatment by Skya Abbate, DOM | 1 | ||
| Preface | 15 | ||
| Ch 1. Building the Foundation, the Infrastructure of Treatment | 17 | ||
| What is Illness? | 19 | ||
| Western and Oriental Views of Illness | 20 | ||
| The Natural Care of Life | 26 | ||
| The Diagnosis | 28 | ||
| The Prognosis | 30 | ||
| Ch 2. The Interview, the Heart of the Clinical Encounter | 33 | ||
| Initial and Follow-Up Interviews | 34 | ||
| Interview Skills | 35 | ||
| Interview Tips | 37 | ||
| Patient Education | 40 | ||
| Ch 3. The Relationship Between the Methods of Diagnosis and Therapeutic Effectiveness | 41 | ||
| Case 1: Treating the Foundation: Insomnia and Pulses at the Adaptive Level | 48 | ||
| Ch 4. Thoughts on Needling Within the Clinical Encounter | 53 | ||
| Ch 5. The Stages of Needling | 57 | ||
| The Six Stages of Needling | 57 | ||
| Reaction | 64 | ||
| Ch 6. What Is an Acupuncture Point? | 67 | ||
| Ch 7. The Importance of Standard Nomenclature of the Acupuncture Meridians and Points | 75 | ||
| The World Health Organization (WHO) Standard Nomenclature for Meridians | 78 | ||
| Ch 8. The Point Classification System | 81 | ||
| The Points of the Fourteen Channels | 82 | ||
| Case 2: Numbness treated through the Jing (well) points | 100 | ||
| Ch 9. The Rules of Point Selection and General Treatment Strategies | 103 | ||
| The Rules of Point Selection | 105 | ||
| Selection of Treatment Strategies | 108 | ||
| Needling Strategies | 110 | ||
| Case 3: The use of distal points for knee pain | 114 | ||
| The Treatment of Headaches with Unusual Clinically Effective Points, Local and Distal Points | 115 | ||
| Case 4: Food poisoning headache treated with a combination of local and distal points | 116 | ||
| Ch 10. Written Communications, Patient Plans, and Consent Forms | 119 | ||
| The Clinical Report Form | 120 | ||
| Patient Handout Plan | 124 | ||
| Informed Consent for Acupuncture | 126 | ||
| Informed Consent for Moxibustion | 127 | ||
| Ch 11. Acupuncture Emergencies | 137 | ||
| Needle shock and managing accidents | 137 | ||
| Ch 12. Ten Needle Technique | 139 | ||
| Clinical energetics of the points | 141 | ||
| Applications | 143 | ||
| Case 5: The application of Ten Needle Technique in the treatment of emotions | 146 | ||
| Ch 13. Eight Needle Technique | 149 | ||
| Clinical Energetics of the Eight Needle Technique Points | 151 | ||
| Case 6: Eight Needle Technique for back pain and overall tonification | 155 | ||
| Ch 14. Intradermals | 157 | ||
| Clinical Adaptation: Frown Syndrome | 159 | ||
| Ch 15. Luo Points: Special Vessels of Communication Between Channels | 161 | ||
| Chinese Methods | 165 | ||
| English Methods | 165 | ||
| Rationale | 169 | ||
| Case 7: Luo points in excess conditions | 169 | ||
| Ch 16. The Eight Curious Vessels in Oriental Medicine | 173 | ||
| General Functions | 173 | ||
| Applications of the Eight Curious Vessels: Jing Treatments | 184 | ||
| Ch 17. The Clinical Significance of the Confluent Points and Their Applications in Gynecology | 191 | ||
| The Confluent points | 191 | ||
| Case 8: The treatment of menopause with the Eight Curious Vessels | 200 | ||
| Ch 18. Six Division Treatments, Three Paradigms of Treatment | 203 | ||
| Case 9: Six Divisions: an energetic, philosophical model for pain and blockage in the treatment of back pain | 208 | ||
| Ch 19. Heat Differentiations | 211 | ||
| True heat and Yin deficiency heat | 211 | ||
| Qi deficiency heat | 212 | ||
| Ch 20. A Synopsis of Bloodletting Techniques | 217 | ||
| Types of Bleeding | 218 | ||
| The Treatment of Blood Stasis with Bleeding Techniques | 222 | ||
| Case 10: Blood stasis patterns in the occipital region | 225 | ||
| Case 11: Additional case of Blood stasis patterns in the occipital region | 227 | ||
| Common Uses of the Plum Blossom Needle | 228 | ||
| Case 12: The application of the plum blossom needle in the treatment of hair loss | 229 | ||
| Gwa Sha: Scraping Evil Wetness | 231 | ||
| Conclusion: Nourishing the Foundation, the Beginning of Health | 235 | ||
| Glossary | 237 | ||
| References | 241 | ||
| List of Points | 243 | ||
| Index | 251 | ||
| About the Author | 269 |