Acupuncture for Pain Management

The book Acupuncture for Pain Management features practical information for incorporating acupuncture into the practice of pain medicine. It is written for clinicians interested in integrating acupuncture into pain management.

Part I sets the foundation for practicing acupuncture. It includes the history of acupuncture, basic theories and pattern discrimination in Traditional Chinese  Medicine, mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia, common acupuncture practices,

peri-operative acupuncture, acupuncture pain research, and auricular acupuncture.

Part II addresses acupuncture Qi flow, point measurement, the twelve acupuncture principal meridians and extrameridian points. Part III presents the practical aspects of acupunture pain management for common pain and realted conditions, including  headache, facial pain, vertigo, toothache, neck pain, chest pain, epigastic pain, abdominal pain, dysmemorrhea, upperback pain, scapular pain, low back pain, sacroiliac joint pain, coccygeal pain, shoulder pain, elbow pain, wrist pain, hip pain, knee pain, ankle pain, heel pain, insomnia, nausea, vomiting, sedation, and dizziness.

The editors and authors have worked to ensure that these chapers reflect the need for acupucnture pain management. It is our hope that this book will provide clinicians with a sound foundation in acupuncture and the practical aspects of acupuncture pain management