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 A Manual of Acupuncture
ASIN: 0951054678
Customer's Rating: 5
Summary: A MUST HAVE BOOK!
Comments: Peter Deadman et. al. have really hit the nail on the head with this book. It is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful and functional books of acupuncture points on the market! The drawings illustrating the points are wonderful! There is a reason this is a reference for the NCCAOM!
The Manual starts off describing the channels and collaterals, point categories ( luo connecting, xi cleft, eight influential, etc) and does a really nice, concise job of explaining the function of the points. Point selection methods are discussed (local, distal, point combos, cross needling etc.) and then point location and needling (cun measurements, needle angles, depth, surface anatomy, precautions, etc). There is a nice chart of the Meeting Points of the Channels and drawings illustrating the cutaneous regions.
I can't stress how incredible the drawings are...clear, concise, easy to see where the point is in relation to bone, tendons, and/or musculature. The descriptions of the points aren't limited to the usual functions and indications, but delve into the logic behind the uses for points. There are references to classical literature, such as the Spiritual Pivot and Essential Questions, which are used to explain the classical reasoning behind point application.
My favorite of all my dozens of books on acupuncture. If you never buy another book, this one is the last one to get...or the first!
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 Acupuncture: A Comprehensive Text
ASIN: 0939616009
Customer's Rating: 4
Summary: Still a worthwhile reference
Comments: When I was in college, we learned the ill-fated Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion for exams, but this was the book we actually used in acupuncture classes. We called it the "Shanghai book," as it is an abridged translation of a four-volume set, originally published in Chinese in 1962 by the Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, revised in 1974. Since most of our teachers were from Shanghai, this book was the favorite for teaching English-speaking students.
It includes a thorough discussion of basic acupuncture theory, an overview of acupuncture points organized by anatomical region (which makes it perhaps more useful as a reference than as a textbook), a large collection of material on technique, including cupping, suture implants, lymphatic piercing, acupuncture microsystems, and injection therapy. Unusual is the inclusion of specific information on channel diagnosis by palpation and observation; most other English-language books on Chinese acupuncture do not offer any details on these methods. A portion of the book is devoted to examples of acupuncture treatment, organized according to Western syndromes.
No book can give the whole story of the practice of Chinese acupuncture, but Acupuncture: A Comprehensive Text is an important source of information on modern Chinese practices for the intermediate student.
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 Acupuncture Point Combinations: the Key to Clinical Success
ASIN: 0443050066
Customer's Rating: 5
Summary: great book
Comments: This is a great book. It supplements other great authors, such as Joseph Helms M.D. There are so many styles of acupuncture, this is another well outlined method. There are no descriptions for physical technique of needle placement or manipulation, but multiple point selections. This is a modern book for an ancient medicine. Mr Ross very skillfully sorts out what you need and do not need form the ancient material and he eliminates sources that are contradictory.
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 Master Tong's Acupuncture: An Ancient Alternative Style in Modern Clinical Practice
ASIN: 0936185376
Customer's Rating: 4
Summary: No mere curiosity
Comments: Tong's Acupuncture is a system of treatment that developed in parallel to the more widely-known channel-style acupuncture. It was preserved as a Tong family lineage up until this century, when political upheaval saw the last Tong lineage-holder leave China for Taiwan. Dr. Tong often treated 100 patients daily in his Taiwan clinic. Upon realizing that he had no heir apparent to the Tong lineage, he allowed his students to persuade him to publish the Tong acupuncture system.
It is a blessing, indeed, that this system has survived. This is what I would term a "zone" system of acupuncture as opposed to a channel system. Extensive use is made of contralateral treatment (miu ci), and the Tong perspective on five-phase theory, while not explicitly discussed, will gradually reveal itself to the careful student. The Tong system applies five-phase theory in a way that at first seems very alien to the more familiar channel acupuncture, but it turns out to be a different application of the same concepts, and it will be accessible, with nominal effort, to anyone versed in five-phase thinking.
I owe Miriam Lee an enormous debt of gratitude for translating this material. This book has had a profound influence on my conceptualization and practice of acupuncture, and my patients would confirm the healing potential of Tong-style treatment. The Tong system continues to enjoy popularity on Taiwan, and is now becoming increasingly known abroad as an effective and elegant style of treatment, appropriate for internal diseases as well as pain.
Even if you never use any Tong points, this book will forever change your view of acupuncture.
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