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Biomedical Acupuncture for Pain Management: An Integrative Approach, 1e

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Finally there is a biomedical explanation of practical acupuncture system which anyone practicing acupuncture can immediately use. It is easy to read and easy to understand. Explanation of basic neuroanatomy and dynamics of acupoints immediately answers a lot of my practical questions. The best part is their unique easy to follow system which I start to use for pain problems. This book definitely will be the desk reference for many practitioners.
Katrine Levin, London

I am a western trained Osteopathic Family Physician with a strong interest in integrating acupuncture into my clinical practice. I have studied numerous Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) texts and find myself lost and confused. My western trained mind has a difficult time grasping Qi, Essence, Channels, the Four Examinations, the Eight-Principle Pattern Identification. . . What I can grasp are the concepts of Biomedical and Neuroanatomic acupuncture as presented in "Biomedical Acupuncture for Pain Management". If you are a western trained health professional and are interested in learning more about acupunture or are interested in a practical book that can help you integrate acupuncture into your clinical practice, then this book is for you. I strongly recommend that you also look at "Acupuncture, An Anatomic Approach" by Houchi Dung. I carry both of these books back and forth to work every day. I use them and refer to them that often.

This book bridges the gap between the old and new acupuncture. What was previously seen as an exotic, traditional and obscure art is now simplified and quantified by these authors in a way that fits it directly into modern scientific thinking, and by extension, into the work of any contemporary health practitioner who has to treat pain. This book is all that a currently-practicing MD, osteopath, chiropractor, or other practitioner needs to incorporate acupuncture into their work, and in doing so to thoroughly transform and improve their ability to relieve most pain symptoms, and by amplifying the body's own natural healing capability, to cure many common causes of chronic and acute pain. I recommend it wholeheartedly, and anticipate that it will have a far-reaching effect.

I don't know too many physicians who pick up a textbook and consider themselves qualified for an entire branch or subspecialty of medicine. Those who seek to add acupuncture to their practices almost universally do it out of frustration with drugs and surgery, and the quest to help their patients in ways that western medicine cannot. I fall into this category, as do several of my colleagues.

I was not issued this book through my training, but I have purchased a copy and have found it to be very valuable as a reference in many ways. I would highly encourage anyone who is undergoing, or considering undergoing, acupuncture education to get a copy of this book and add it to their library, and if you're already in practice it's critical. Since MANY patients who are seeking acupuncture do so for some complaint related to pain, having a larger armamentarium with which to treat them is beneficial to everyone. Get this book.

I have practiced traditional acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for 15 years. I found the concepts and principles set forth by Dr. Ma to be fascinating and intriguing. The writing style of this book is scholarly and coherent. However, there are a lot of editorial choices that made the book challenging from a practical and clinical point of view. The locations of the points are not delineated in explicit detail,for example. Also, there are a lot of references in the earlier chapters to the clinical uses of Dr. Ma's treatment system that can only be understood having read as far as chapters 5-6. This created some confusion for me as an interested reader. Furthermore, there is A LOT of repetition. Certain phrases and concepts are repeated over and over throughout the book, often times verbatim. This I do not mind so much, as I appreciate repetition as a means of reinforcing learning. But, I can appreciate how this quality may put some readers off.

Overall, I think this book presents a new approach to modern acupuncture, or "Dry Needling," as it is being called today, and offers a valuable system for helping people in pain. If this goes to a second edition, some thoughtful, professional editing may hep to springboard this book to the status of "modern classic."

Biomedical Acupuncture for Pain Management introduces a simple, logical, easy to learn systematic approach to the management of chronic and acute pain. Through the use of treatment protocols and the patient evaluation method results are predictable and reproducible. I highly recommend this book to any practitioner looking to incorporate acupuncture into their practice. Tim Cooper, Physical Therapist for elite athletes, Australia

I have purchased at least fifty acupuncture text books and without a moment's hesitation I recommend this book to every doctor I know that is interested in learning acupuncture. When I first read Biomedical Acupuncture for Pain Management, my thought was "Wow! This is great! This approach makes a lot of sense!"

I have enjoyed reading this book and congratulate Dr Yun-tao Ma on preparing such an authoritative and innovative approach to successful treatment. I have been using acupuncture since 1998. So many acupuncture texts simply re-write the ancient and sometimes confusing tenants put forth two thousand years ago in the Yellow Emperor's Classic. Dr. Ma's explanations are eloquent. I have learned a great deal from this book and continue to try to learn more so I can be of greater help to my patients.