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Acupuncture and Neurophysiology -- Titles to Seek and a few to Avoid
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Acupuncture Energetics: A Clinical Approach for PhysiciansAcupuncture Energetics: A Clinical Approach for Physicians by Joseph Helms
Buy new: $119.95 / Used from: $75.00
Synthesizes the western and eastern traditions of acupuncture with a rare gift for communicating it very clearly. Extraordinarily organized, sequential presentation throughly illustrated with high quality photographs of the human body.
A Manual of AcupunctureA Manual of Acupuncture by Peter Deadman
Buy new: $146.25 / Used from: $144.95
I strongly recommend the DVD version -- but no link for it under List Mania options. After #1 above, my favorite reference and study aid with the flexibility to work across training styles.
The Web That Has No Weaver : Understanding Chinese MedicineThe Web That Has No Weaver : Understanding Chinese Medicine by Ted Kaptchuk
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $8.90
Bridges eastern and western concepts of health and illness. Very readable "sky-view" not intended to provide specific treatment recommendations, rather builds the underlying concepts.
Microsystems Acupuncture: The Complete Guide: Ear - Scalp - Mouth - HandMicrosystems Acupuncture: The Complete Guide: Ear - Scalp - Mouth - Hand by Hans-Ulrich Hecker
Buy new: $83.96 / Used from: $129.12
Excellent text especially for auriculotherapy with high quality photos of the human body to support point finding in realistic 3-dimensional matrix. In this respect excels over the Oleson manual and adds the other major microsystems as well.
Acupuncture Imaging: Perceiving the Energy Pathways of the BodyAcupuncture Imaging: Perceiving the Energy Pathways of the Body by Mark D. Seem Ph.D. DIPL. AC. (NCAA)
Buy new: $11.01 / Used from: $7.88
Explores the deeper dynamics of energy management in the body and how to motivate toward healing. It is assumed one already has acquired the basics of acupuncture.
Auriculotherapy Manual: Chinese and Western Systems of Ear AcupunctureAuriculotherapy Manual: Chinese and Western Systems of Ear Acupuncture by Terry Oleson
Buy new: $62.12 / Used from: $85.00
Fairly comprehensive with 2 dimensional line drawings for most of the known ear acupoints plus directions for locating them. A very small number are still difficult to follow and required another text by Hecker, Steveling and Peuker shown below.
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. Silberman Books)The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. Silberman Books) by Norman Doidge
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $8.49
Fascinating and inspiring book. Convincing in its array of multi-faceted human stories which now clearly document the ability of the brain to show recovery and remapping of function or "neuroplasticity". Acupuncture is not mentioned, but the concepts reveal a potential means by which acupuncture treatments might be translated into action.
The Second Brain: A Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and IntestineThe Second Brain: A Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and Intestine by Michael Gershon
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $7.00
Delightful story behind the struggle to document an independent "enteric brain" -- another route through which acupuncture may express its purposes. Requires significant bioscience background to follow easily.
Reinventing Acupuncture: A New Concept of Ancient MedicineReinventing Acupuncture: A New Concept of Ancient Medicine by Felix Mann MB BChir LMCC
Buy used from: $135.65
Continues to be a disappointment.