By: Liu Zhao & Zhou Chen-hua
Pages: 294
Book Type: Soft Cover
ISBN: 978-7-117-08041-8
Year Published: 2006

The book Single-Point Acupuncture and Moxibustion (SAM) Therapy by Dr. Liu Zhao & Dr. Zhou Chen-hua is a compilation of ten years of study and clinical practice. It contains meridian theory of channels and collaterals, syndrome-differentiation, therapeutic principles, commonly used points in SAM and a myriad of case studies to illustrate the scope of healing utilizing a single acupuncture point. The authors cover herbal therapies, moxibustion and needling techniques necessary for optimal results.

Each case study is detailed with the patient’s disease, symptomatological facts, syndrome differentiation, therapeutic principle, treatment specifics and results of each treatment. When applicable the authors add important clinical notes and observations that can only be gleaned from years of practice. A wide representation of diseases are discussed in the case studies in areas of internal disorders, surgical disease, obstetrics and gynecologic disease, pediatric disease, and diseases of the skin, eyes, and ears.

About the Author:

Liu Zhao & Zhou Chen-hua

Dr. Liu Zhao, graduated from Nanjing Railway Medical College. As early as his college days, he had invented and gained a national patent for his microcomputer-controlled human body model of the Midday-midnight Ebb-flow (Zi Wu Liu Zhu), the Eightfold Method of the Sacred Tortoise (Ling Gui Ba Fa), and the Eightfold Method of Soaring (Fei Teng Ba Fa). He has been engaged in clinical practice for many years and is a master of TCM, acupuncture, and TCM specialty English translation. He is extremely experienced and talented at treating obstinate illnesses.