Auricular Acupuncture Diagnosis

Opis książki

Auricular Acupuncture Diagnosis is valuable not only to the practising acupuncturist but to all medical practitioners. It is an extremely accurate means of interpretation of a patient's condition. Obtained quite simply through examination of the ear, diagnosis expediently offers the practitioner the possibility to choose the best approach to treatment. In this technological age, with so many sophisticated diagnostic tool at our disposal, it may seem overly simplistic to rely on basic procedures such as the inspection and palpation of the ear for diagnosis. However, all practitioners need to assess their patients personally, and the observation and examination of the ear can provide much valuable information which cannot be detected in other ways.

Spis treści

1. Preface
2. Acknowledgements
3. The history of the method 1
4. Anatomy, embryology and neurophysiology (Pierre Rabischong)
5. Morphology of the outer ear
6. Inspection of the outer ear
7. The pressure pain test
8. Measuring electrical skin resistance on acupuncture points (Filadelfio Puglisi)
9. The electrical skin resistance test
10. The needle contact test
11. How to interface auricular diagnosis with clinical status
12. From diagnosis to therapy: how to select points for treatment
13. Conclusions
14. Appendix 1 The auricular charts
15. Appendix 2 Observations on the Agiscop device (Filadelfio Puglisi)
16. Color plates
17. Case records sectogram
18. Index