Needling Techniques and Selection
9Needling Techniques and Selection From the Ling Shu: “The importance of the de qi lies in the ability to feel the arrival of qi. The judgment of therapeutic effect depends…
YNSA Special Points
8YNSA Special Points The Yellow Emperor asked Ch’i Po: “When the wind has harmed someone, it causes in some cases cold and heat…These illnesses are in each case different and…
Energy and Healing in YNSA
3Energy and Healing in YNSA “In every culture and in every medical tradition before ours, healing was accomplished by moving energy”17 – Albert Szent-Györgyi Energy Medicine History Energy fields have…
YNSA Treatment Protocol and Practical Procedures
11YNSA Treatment Protocol and Practical Procedures The Yellow Emperor asked Shao-shih: “I have heard it said that the existence of man encompasses firmness and softness, weakness and strength, short and…
Case Reports
13Case Reports “In the ancient times The sages worked on I. They followed the truth of nature And the meaning of destiny. They established the Tao of Heaven And named…
YNSA Treatment
12YNSA Treatment Zhen Jiu Jia Yi Jing says: “The superior physician controls disease before any illness has declared itself; the average practioner uses acupuncture before the disease has come to…
YNSA Treatment Protocols
10YNSA Treatment Protocols “The stability of the inner environment is a cardinal requirement for the preservation of well being.”1 “There is no wave without the wind.” – Chinese Proverb Principles…
YNSA Indications, Contraindications, and Side Effects
4YNSA Indications, Contraindications, and Side Effects “The sages do not treat those who have already fallen ill, but rather those who are not yet ill.” “When medical therapy is initiated…
Biomechanics
Chapter 15 Biomechanics Jim Richards, Ambreen Chohan and Renuka Erande Introduction This chapter will take you through an introduction to clinical gait analysis, definitions and detailed descriptions of the movement…
Musculoskeletal assessment
Chapter 11 Musculoskeletal assessment Lynne Gaskell Introduction Students are often in awe of qualified clinicians who assess and make complex clinical reasoning decisions in real time with apparently little effort….
