PART ONE SCIENTIFIC BASES OF ACUPUNCTURE
 CHAPTER 1 CHALLENGES IN ADVANCING CLASSICAL ACUPUNCTURE
  1.1 THE CURRENT STATE OF ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY
  1.2 METHODS OF STUDYING COMPLICATED SYSTEMS
  1.3 MODERN EXPRESSION OF ANCIENT TERMINOLOGY
  1.4 A SYSTEMIC VIEW OF MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE
 CHAPTER 2 REFLEX ARCS: BASIS OF ACUPUNCTURE
  2.1 HOMEOSTASIS AND REFLEX
  2.2 STIMULATION SIGNALS OF ACUPUNCTURE
  2.3 TISSUE STRUCTURES AND SENSORY RECEPTORS OF ACUPOINTS
  2.4 AFFERENT PATHWAYS OF NEEDLING SENSATIONS
  2.5 STRETCH REFLEX AND REACTIONS AROUND NEEDLES
  2.6 INPUT LOCATIONS OF ACUPUNCTURE STIMULATIONS
  2.7 REFLEX CENTERS AND AUTONOMIC EFFERENT PATHS OF ACUPUNCTURE
  2.8 LONG REFLEXES OF NERVE-HUMORAL REGULATION
  2.9 THERAPEUTIC FUNCTIONS OF ACUPUNCTURE
  2.10 ACUPUNCTURE ANESTHESIA
 CHAPTER 3 REFLEX ZONES: ESSENCE OF THE MERIDIANS
  3.1 CONTEMPORARY STUDIES OF THE MERIDIAN PHENOMENA
  3.2 REFERRED PAIN AND VISCERA-BODY SURFACE CORRELATION
  3.3 RADIATING PAIN AND BODY SURFACE-BODY SURFACE CORRELATION
  3.4 REVOLUTIONIZE THE MERIDIAN THEORY
  3.5 REFLEX ZONE: A SUBSTITUTABLE CONCEPT FOR THE MERIDIAN
  3.6 FORMATION OF REFLEX ZONES OR THE MERIDIANS
  3.7 CLASSIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION RULES OF REFLEX ZONES
  3.8 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN REFLEX ZONES AND THE MERIDIANS
  3.9 LOCAL OVERLAPPING AND LAYERING OF REFLEX ZONES
  3.10 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MICRO AND MACRO REFLEX ZONES
  3.11 A SIMPLIFIED MODEL OF REFLEX ZONES OR THE MERIDIANS
  3.12 REFLEXOTHERAPY: THE ASCRIPTION OF ACUPUNCTURE
 CHAPTER 4 MECHANISMS OF ACUPUNCTURE FUNCTIONS
  4.1 RELATIVE SPECIFICITY IN ACTIONS OF ACUPOINTS
  4.2 MECHANISMS OF REGULATORY FUNCTIONS OF ACUPUNCTURE
  4.3 MECHANISMS OF ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA
  4.4 MECHANISMS OF ACUPUNCTURE REHABILITATION
 CHAPTER 5 MECHANISMS OF PROPAGATION OF NEEDLING SENSATIONS
  5.1 CLASSIFICATION OF PROPAGATION OF NEEDLING SENSATIONS
  5.2 PROPAGATION OF EXCITATION INSIDE NERVOUS CENTERS
  5.3 ACTIVATION OF PERIPHERAL FACTORS
  5.4 HYPOTHESIS: PROPAGATION OF MUSCLE TENSION WAVES
  5.5 HYPOTHESIS: TRANSMISSION AMONG SENSORY NERVE ENDINGS
  5.6 HYPOTHESIS: THE RETRIEVAL OF SENSORY MEMORY
  PART TWO SYSTEMIC METHODOLOGY OF ACUPUNCTURE
 CHAPTER 6 BLACK BOX OF THE PATIENT
 CHAPTER 7 GATHERING REFLEX INFORMATION FROM THE BODY SURFACE
  7.1 SKIN TEMPERATURE
  7.2 APPEARANCE AND TENSION OF LOCAL SOFT TISSUES
  7.3 TENDER SPOTS
  7.4 ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE OF THE SKIN
 CHAPTER 8 INPUT OF INTERVENING INFORMATION OF ACUPUNCTURE
  8.1 OPTIMAL STIMULATION LOCATIONS
  8.2 TYPES OF STIMULATION
  8.3 INTENSITY AND DURATION OF STIMULATION
  8.4 STIMULATION FEATURES OF BASIC NEEDLING METHODS
  8.5 PROPERTIES AND GENERATIONS OF NEEDLING SENSATIONS
  8.6 SEPARATION OF EFFECTS AND NEEDLING SENSATIONS
  8.7 TREATMENT COURSE AND INTERVALS BETWEEN SESSIONS
 CHAPTER 9 FEEDBACK PRINCIPLE OF TREATMENT
  9.1 THE ASSESSMENT OF ACUPUNCTURE EFFECTIVENESS
  9.2 TIME MODELS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS
  9.3 INDICATORS OF REVISING TREATMENT PLAN
  9.4 SELF-CONTROL AND INSTANT RESPONSES
  9.5 RAPIDLY REVISING TREATMENT PLAN
  9.6 THE FLOW CHART OF ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY
 CHAPTER 10 FACTORS INFLUENCING EFFECTIVENESS OF ACUPUNCTURE
  10.1 THE SENSITIVITY OF THE BODY SURFACE
  10.2 PROPER BODY POSTURES
  10.3 PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
  10.4 MENTAL STATE OF THE PATIENT
  10.5 THE FINGER STRENGTH OF THE PRACTITIONER
  10.6 PAINLESS NEEDLE-INSERTION TECHNIQUES
  10.7 THE SETTINGS OF THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT
  10.8 THE ORDER OF STIMULATION
  10.9 THE AREA OF STIMULATION
  10.10 THE SIZE OF NEEDLES
  10.11 THE ANGLE,DEPTH AND DIRECTION OF NEEDLING
 CHAPTER 11 STRATEGIES TO RAISE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTIVENESS
  11.1 SELECTION OF TENDER SPOTS
  11.2 MULTIPLE NEEDLES AT A SINGLE POINT
  11.3 SINGLE NEEDLE THROUGH MULTIPLE POINTS
  11.4 INTEGRATING WITH ELECTRICAL STIMULATION
  11.5 TECHNIQUES OF HEAT-PENETRATING MOXIBUSTION
  11.6 PROLONGING STIMULATION
  11.7 POINT-ASSOCIATIONS THROUGH MULTIPLE PASSAGES
  11.8 ALTER PREEXISTING FUNCTIONAL STATES OF THE PATIENT
  11.9 MISCELLANEOUS NEEDLE-MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES
 CHAPTER 12 ADVANCED NEEDLING TECHNIQUES
  12.1 POINT-PROBING AND REPEATEDLY NEEDLE-THRUSTING METHODS
  12.2 NEEDLE-MANIPULATIONS WITH BOTH HANDS
  12.3 POINT-PROBING WITH ELECTROACUPUNCTURE
  12.4 NERVE-STIMULATION TECHNIQUES
  12.5 PULSATING RESPONSES AND PULSATING POINTS
  12.6 BLOOD VESSEL STIMULATION TECHNIQUES
  12.7 RESISTANCE-NEEDLING METHOD
  12.8 HEAT/COOL-PRODUCING TECHNIQUES
  12.9 CONTROL THE PROPAGATION OF NEEDLING SENSATIONS
  PART THREE CLINICAL TRIALS AND CASE STUDIES
 CHAPTER 13 DISORDERS OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
  13.1 FROZEN SHOULDER/SHOULDER PAIN
  13.2 CERVICAL SPONDYLOPATHY/CHRONIC NECK PAIN
  13.3 STIFF NECK/WHIPLASH
  13.4 LUMBAGO
  13.5 HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS/GROIN PAIN
  13.6 KNEE ARTHRITIS/KNEE PAIN
  13.7 RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS/ARTHRITIS OF SMALL JOINTS
  13.8 FIBROMYALGIA
  13.9 TENDONITIS/HEEL PAIN
  13.10 TENNIS ELBOW/EPICONDYLITIS
  13.11 CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME
  13.12 TENOSYNOVITIS/TRIGGER FINGER/GANGLION
  13.13 INJURED SOFT TISSUES OR SPRAINED ANKLE
  13.14 SCIATICA
 CHAPTER 14 DISORDERS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
  14.1 INTERCOSTAL NEURALGIA/CHEST PAIN
  14.2 LATERAL FEMORAL CUTANEOUS NEURITIS
  14.3 PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
  14.4 REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY
  14.5 TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA
  14.6 BELL’S PALSY
  14.7 FACIAL SPASM
  14.8 HEADACHE
  14.9 APOPLEXY/HEMIPLEGIA
  14.10 TREMOR/PARKINSON’S DISEASE
  14.11 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
  14.12 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
  14.13 EPILEPSY
 CHAPTER 15 MENTAL DISORDERS
  15.1 INSOMNIA
  15.2 NEUROSIS/NERVOUSNESS/ANXIETY
  15.3 HYSTERIA
  15.4 DEPRESSION/SCHIZOPHRENIA/PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
 CHAPTER 16 DISORDERS OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
  16.1 MYOPIA / AMETROPIA
  16.2 RETINOPATHY / OPTIC ATROPHY / GLAUCOMA
 CHAPTER 17 DISORDERS OF OTORINOLARINGOLOGY
  17.1 TINNITUS/NEUROSENSORY DEAFNESS
  17.2 MENIERE’S DISEASE
  17.3 RHINITIS/SINUSITIS
  17.4 DYSPHONIA
 CHAPTER 18 DENTAL DISORDERS
  18.1 TOOTHACHE/DENTAL PAIN
  18.2 DYSFUNCTION OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT
 CHAPTER 19 DISORDERS OF CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
  19.1 HYPERTENSION
  19.2 ANGINA PECTORIS/CORONARY ARTERY DISEASES
  19.3 ARRHYTHMIAS
  19.4 RAYNAUD’S SYNDROME
 CHAPTER 20 DISORDERS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
  20.1 COMMON COLD/TONSILLITIS
  20.2 ASTHMA/BRONCHITIS
 CHAPTER 21 DISORDERS OF DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
  21.1 NAUSEA/EMESIS/HICCUPS
  21.2 GASTRITIS/PEPTIC ULCER/REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS
  21.3 ULCERATIVE COLITIS/IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME/CROHN’S DISEASE
  21.4 CHOLELITHIASIS
  21.5 HEPATITIS
 CHAPTER 22 DISORDERS OF UROGENITAL SYSTEM
  22.1 URINARY RETENTION
  22.2 NOCTURNAL ENURESIS/NOCTURIA/BEDWETTING
  22.3 URINARY INCONTINENCE
  22.4 PROSTATITIS/PROSTATE CANCER
  22.5 IMPOTENCE/PROSPERMIA
  22.6 DYSMENORRHEA/ENDOMETRIOSIS
  22.7 MENOPAUSE/HOT FLUSH
  22.8 INFERTILITY
  22.9 MALPOSITION OF THE FETUS
  22.10 HYSTEROMYOMA
 CHAPTER 23 DISORDERS OF THE SKIN
  23.1 HERPES ZOSTER
  23.2 URTICARIA/PRURITUS/NEURODERMATITIS/PSORIASIS
  23.3 ACNE
 CHAPTER 24 DISORDERS OF ENDOCRINE
  24.1 OBESITY
  24.2 DIABETES
  24.3 THYROID DISEASES
 CHAPTER 25 OTHER DISORDERS
  25.1 SMOKING CESSATION
  25.2 ALCOHOLISM
  25.3 DRUG ADDICTION
  25.4 HIV/AIDS
  25.5 CANCERS
 APPENDIX A THE ATLAS OF WHOLE BODY REFLEX ZONES
 APPENDIX B INDEX OF ACUPOINTS AND EXTRAORDINARY POINTS
 APPENDIX C FREQUENT ASKED QUESTIDNS (FAQS)
 REFERENCES
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