Acupuncture for brain: Treatment for Neurological and Psychologic Disorders

The Brain in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and its Acupuncture Treatments is systematically introduced in this soft cover book. It covers the origin and development of TCM brain theory, current research on the brain and acupuncture, the unique brain-related techniques such as scalp acupuncture and Dao-qi technique, the newly developing acupuncture treatment methods for brain-related conditions such as stroke, Parkinson’s disease, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, autism, cerebral palsy, and depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and others.

This book will interest TCM and acupuncture practitioners in the West, as well as acupuncture researchers and educators. It provides a new understanding of the brain and treatments for brain-related conditions from a complementary medicine perspective.

Content:

• Part One. Acupuncture for Brain, Introduction and Theory
• 1. Brain in original Traditional Chinese Medicine
• 2. Acupuncture and The Brain Current Understanding.- 3. Acupuncture Research and the Brain
• 4. Acupuncture Brain. physiology and Pathology
• 5. Scalp acupuncture
• 6. Dao qi acupuncture technique
• 7. Abdominal acupuncture
• 8. Other Commonly used acupuncture techniques for Brain conditions
• 9. Commonly used Herb formulas for Brain Conditions
• 10. The Chinese View-Preserving a Healthy Functioning Brain
• 11. Stroke
• 12. Parkinson’s disease
• 13. Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
• 14. Multiple Sclerosis.- 15. Brain Injuries
• 16. Cerebral palsy and Brain retardation
• 17. Other neurological conditions
• 18. Depression
• 19. Anxiety
• 20. Bipolar Disease
• 21. Autism
• 22. Other psychological conditions
• 23. Other brain related conditions
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Index.

Softcover version