Acupressure for Everybody: Gentle, Effective Relief for More Than 100 Common Ailments [Paperback]

Cathryn Bauer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1991

Safer and easier to administer than acupuncture, this ancient form of massage can be used to relieve a multitude of physical and psychological discomforts from backaches and beestings to anxiety and insomnia. Fully illustrated with charts and diagrams.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company (June 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805015795
• ISBN-13: 978-0805015799
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #682,516 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Nice tone, but not user-friendly, September 1, 2010

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N. J. Williams "armchair explorer" (Davis, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Acupressure for Everybody: Gentle, Effective Relief for More Than 100 Common Ailments (Paperback)

I got this book out of the library hoping for a basic, user-friendly, not overly hocus-pocus introduction to acupressure. The book almost delivers. Bauer has an easy-going writing style and doesn't pooh-pooh western medicine. Her write-ups often refer to other forms of treatment as well (herbal, diet changes, etc.). I like the holistic approach.

The problem is that the book needed a very careful once-over by a good editor to make sure the suggested acupressure treatments and associated drawings matched up, and sadly, they often don't. It's really frustrating to read, for instance, that one should try "Conception Vessel 21" to ease a sore throat & then not be able to locate that point on any of the charts. It's just missing. This happens distressingly often. It also would have been helpful to have an index of points with detailed descriptions of how to find them. The charts aren't always very clear. I'm sure there's something better out there on this subject.