Acupuncture and moxibustion are indispensable parts of traditiona[Chinses medicine in the prevention and control of disease.Since the founding of the People's Republic of China these arts have beendeveloped and are highly regarded by the international, academic community. Based upon Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture, used as a textbook by the International. Acupuncture Training Centers in Beijng, Shanghai and Nanjing, Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion incorporates the rich experience of class teaching and clinical, practice and the results of acupuncture research, retaining the characteristic features ofthe traditional theory of acupuncture and stressing the integration of theory and practice.The book consists of eighteen chapters and four appendices. Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion was compiled by the International Acupuncture Training Centers and Acupuncture Institute of China, Academy of Traditional. Chinese Medicine, on commission of the Ministry of Public Health. It is published by Foreign Languages Press and distributed by China International Book Trading Corporation.
  
  Preface to the Revised Edition
  Preface
  Chapter 1 A Brief History of Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion
  Chapter 2 Yin-Yang and the Five llements
  Chapter 3 The Zang-Fu Organs
  Chapter 4 Qi, Blood and Body Fluid
  Chapter 5 The Meridians and Collaterals
  Chapter 6 An Introduction to Acupuncture Points
  Chapter 7 Acupuncture Points of the Taiyin and Yangming Meridian
  Chapter 8 Acupuncture Points of The Shaoyin and Taiyang Meridians
  Chapter 9 Acupuncture Points of Jueyin and Shaoyang Meridians
  Chapter 10 Acupuncture Points of the Governor and the Conceptior Vessels and the Extra Points
  Chapter 11 Aetiology and Pathogenesis
  Chapter 12 Diagnostic Methods
  Chapter 13 Differentiation of Syndromes
  Chapter 14 Acupuncture Techniques
  Chapter 15 Moxibustion and Cupping Method
  Chapter 16 A General Introduction to Acupuncture Treatment
  Chapter 17 Internal Diseases
  Chapter 18 Gynecological and Other Diseases
  Ear Acupuncture Therapy
  Acupuncture Analgesia
  Bibliography
  Standard Nomenclature of the Acupuncture Points of the Fourteen Meridians
  Cross Index of Acupuncture Points (Pinyin)
  Index