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A Manual of ACUPUNCTURE

Overview
Since its publication in 1998, A Manual of Acupuncture has rapidly become the standard acupuncture point book for students and practitioners throughout the English-speaking world.

With detailed exposition of the names, locations, indications and actions of every point, it is characterised by hundreds of beautiful and anatomically exacting illustrations (one for every point), lengthy commentaries on the points, numerous point combinations drawn from classical texts and comprehensive indexes.

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The channels and collaterals
The functions of the channels
The twelve primary channels
The twelve divergent channels
The eight extraordinary vessels
- the Penetrating vessel
- the Girdling vessel
- the Yang Motility vessel
- the Yin Motility vessel
- the Yang Linking vessel
- the Yin linking vessel
The Luo-connecting channel
The twelve sinew channels
The twelve cutaneous regions
Point categories
- The five shu points
- the jing-well points
- the ying-spring points
- the shu-stream points
- the jing-river points the he-sea points
The five phase points
The xi-cleft points
The yuan-source points
The luo-connecting points
The back-shu points
The front-mu points
The hui-meeting points
The confluent points of the eight extraordinary channels
Ma Dan-yang's heavenly star points
The four and six command points
The points of the four seas
The points of the window of heaven
The thirteen ghost points of Sun Si-miao
The nine needles for returning the yang
Chart of the meeting points of more than one channel
Point selection methods
- Selecting local points
- Selecting adjacent points
- Selecting distal points
- Selecting proximal points
- Selecting points from below to treat above
- Selecting points from above to treat below
- Selecting points from the front to treat the back
- Selecting points from the centre to treat the extremities
- Selecting points from one channel to treat its interiorly-exteriorly related channel
- Selecting points from one pair of the six channels to treat disease of the other
- Selecting points according to channel connections
- Cross needling

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“If Chinese medicine is a treasure house, this book is a large treasure chest overflowing with glittering jewels. The clarity of the illustrations is particularly striking. Authoritative, thoroughly researched, and filled with detailed information of great clinical value, this is a 'must-have' book for students and practitioners alike".
Richard Blackwell, Academic Dean, Northern College of Acupuncture, York, England
"This is an indispensible book for any acupuncturist's library and clinic, an incredible source of knowledge, user-friendly, clear and free from obscurity. From student to practitioner to teacher, this is a book to grow with."
Dr. Reuven Barak, Israel
"I love your book. It has everything a College Principal would want in recommending a text. For students it will become their ultimate reference manual that will last them their working lives. Your new book really is an outstanding contribution to the field of Chinese medicine. Its level of scholarship is exceptionally high with very full referencing of sources. It is a fantastic book".
Hugh MacPherson, Principal Northern College of Acupuncture, York, England
"Finally! It's about time this book was published! For 25 years I've been dancing among French, English, American and Anglo-Chinese compilations of the functions and indications of the points. No single source, nor combination of sources, can match the thoroughness of A Manual of Acupuncture. My teaching has suddenly been made easier".
Joseph Helms, MD, Founding President, American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
"The most scholarly, complete and detailed book on points to date; a must for any student and practitioner. The definitive and most authoritative book on points in the English language".
Giovanni Maciocia
"The scope and depth of this book, together with its truly wonderful illustrations, make it a 'must have' for any student or practitioner who is serious about the study of acupuncture".
Dan Bensky

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The Authors

Peter Deadman

Peter Deadman spent several years travelling before settling down to work, founding Infinity Foods natural foods shop, bakery and warehouse in Brighton, England 1969 and co-founding The Brighton Natural Health Centre in 1981 – a charity of which he is Chair of the Trustees. He graduated in acupuncture in 1978 and Chinese herbal medicine in 1991 and followed both with post graduate training in Nanjing, China. In 1979 he founded The Journal of Chinese Medicine which he publishes, edits and writes for. He has lectured on Chinese medicine and acupuncture throughout the world since 1979. In 2016 Peter authored and published Live Well, Live Long – a book that integrates the traditional Chinese nourishment of life tradition (yangsheng) and the findings of the past few decades of lifestyle research. Peter is a committed practitioner and teacher of qigong.

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Mazin Al-Khafaji

Mazin Al-Khafaji was brought up and educated in the Middle East and the UK. He began his studies in acupuncture as well as modern and classical Chinese in 1979. His thorough study of the Chinese language earned him the first Sino-British scholarship to study Internal Medicine at the Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine alongside Chinese students, where he graduated as Doctor of Chinese Medicine in 1987. He has been in practice in the UK ever since.

Today he is recognised as one of the leaders in the field of dermatology and Chinese herbal medicine, and is highly respected as a clinician. He lectures at postgraduate level and at conferences all over the world. He is the founder of the Avicenna Centre of Chinese Medicine, which is dedicated to furthering the integrated practice and study of Chinese Medicine.
Kevin Baker

Dr. Kevin Baker qualified in medicine from Cambridge University and St. George’s Hospital Medical School in 1979. He specialised in Accident and Emergency Medicine and Surgery, obtaining his Membership of the Royal College of Physicians in London and Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. He obtained his Diploma in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine at LSATCM in 1989 and undertook postgraduate training at the Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1991. He accredited as a UKCP psychotherapist in 1998. He practised widely in the UK and New Zealand as an Integrative Health Physician specialising in traditional acupuncture and mind body psychotherapy and medicine. Kevin died in 2015.

A Manual of ACUPUNCTURE

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A Manual of ACUPUNCTURE

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Peter Deadman

Mazin Al-Khafaji

Kevin Baker