Language: Chinese and English bilingual
ISBN/ISSN: 9787532386120
2006; Hardcover;188mm×260mm;314 pages with 59 illustrations
The book introduces 43 external therapies of TCM which work to effectively treat diseases by stimulating the body surface through medication, photoelectric magnetic field and instrument, leading to dredging meridians and regulating qi, blood and function of internal organs through skin-penetrating absorption and meridian qi induction. Each therapy covers the preparation of external application agents or instrument, operation approaches, clinical application and treatment of diseases in subspecialties and attention points. In addition, the sketch maps of operation are also combined here to help better understanding and learning.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Section 1 History of external therapy
Section 2 Mechanism and principle of external therapy
Chapter 2 Herb External Therapies
Chapter 3 The Instrumental External Therapy
Section 1 The cupping therapy
Section 2 The fire cauterizing therapy
Section 3 The cutting therapy
Section 4 The incision therapy
Section 5 The blood letting therapy
Section 6 The Guasha therapy
Section 7 The stone needling and irrigating therapy
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