The Healing Power of Acupressure and Acupuncture: A Complete Guide to Accepted Traditions and Modern Practice

by Matthew Bauer

This accessible, up-to-date resource guide leads you through the foundations and techniques of acupressure and acupuncture.   Acupressure and acupuncture can relieve painful conditions such as migraine headaches, lower back pain, joint disorders, carpal tunnel syndrome, asthma, allergies, stress, nausea, heart problems, and many others. Today, most health-care plans cover these treatments, making them more popular than ever.   Filled with insights into the history of these two age-old therapies, The Healing Power of Acupressure and Acupuncture helps readers choose when to see a licensed therapist, and even provides information about doing certain treatments at home. Matthew D. Bauer delves deeply into the traditions and remarkable benefits of acupressure and acupuncture, explains the many benefits of both, describes techniques for self-treatment, and illustrates how Chinese healing can augment modern Western medicine.  

Genres: Health, Bodies

224 pages, Paperback

First published March 3, 2005

Reviews

[Amanda ODonnell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was tempted to give a 3 star. The first 60 pages about the history of Chinese medicine was compelling. I was expecting more hands on acu-points and not so much the comparison of western and eastern medicine. BUT it was all imperative.

[Ruth · Rating 3 out of 5]

More than I wanted to know about theories of planets relating to the body but I liked the descriptions of the acupressure points at the end.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had some good things to say. I really like the way he worded Western & Eastern medicine as action & reaction medicine. I also liked his explaination of how Western medicine seperates the spiritual from the physcal. It really makes you think. However he had a tendancy to ramble in his thoughts, which made some of the reading difficult.