Acupuncture and moxibustion are indispensable parts of traditiona[Chinses medicine in the prevention and control of disease.Since the founding of the People's Republic of China these arts have beendeveloped and are highly regarded by the international, academic community. Based upon Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture, used as a textbook by the International. Acupuncture Training Centers in Beijng, Shanghai and Nanjing, Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion incorporates the rich experience of class teaching and clinical, practice and the results of acupuncture research, retaining the characteristic features ofthe traditional theory of acupuncture and stressing the integration of theory and practice.The book consists of eighteen chapters and four appendices. Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion was compiled by the International Acupuncture Training Centers and Acupuncture Institute of China, Academy of Traditional. Chinese Medicine, on commission of the Ministry of Public Health. It is published by Foreign Languages Press and distributed by China International Book Trading Corporation.

This is a very complete book about all one must knows about Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), both theoretically and in practice. Theoretical chapters concern 'history of acupuncture', 'Yin-Yang and 5 Elements theory', the difference between 'zang and Fu organs' & 'qi, blood and body fluid', the 'Meridians and Collaterals'. Practical chapters deal with the localization of points, techniques of acupuncture regarding to the points, and analyses of all kind of diseases.