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Chopsticks Acupuncture

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The author claims that his innovative self-treatment technique works miracles... and he is absolutely right. As a practitioner of acupuncture I have often been frustrated at my disability to treat myself when I was in pain. This book has given me the gift of being able to treat myself - and very very effectively. It is also a fascinating book for people interested in Chinese medicine.
Hallelujah Shmuel, thanks for this unexpected gift. My chronic backache has gone (forever?).

I love this book and keep it handy. It is easily read and understood and practiced. By way of example if one were to wake up in the morning with a stiff neck, you would simply turn to the contents, look for neck pain, there is is on pg. 75. On page 75 there is a short general description along with the main perscription. The following pages go into detail on each point of the perscription (about a page per point), clear illistrations and pictures and intructions tell you how to locate the point, the energetic actions of the Qi connected to it, the symptoms and functions and how to best manipulate the point.
Self treatment is easy. It is also simple enough that I can call my wife over who knows nothing about it, hand her the long stick show her the diagram and say put it here and push. Best of all it has yet to fail me. I can't recomend this book highly enough.

This book is a very easy and ready to use guide to acupressure which can satisfy both those who are willing to get a first idea of acupuncture/acupressure/chi flow theory and to those that are already familiar with these concepts and want to learn how to apply them at any time a for a large variety of situations without having to go through boatloads of theory or techniques that require long and supervised practise.

Fundamental theory is indeed covered, but, further studies may be necessary for those who are interested in theory.

I tried the chopsticks technique for TMJ. It worked immediately and provided long acting relief for my client. Excellent book! Highly recommended. Fun and easy to learn too. Having a meridian chart is extremely helpful as a companion to this book.

Hard to follow, especially if you're a beginner. I'd recommend Acupressure's Potent Points: a Guide to Self-Care for Common Ailments is so much easier to use, so helpful.

Also needs more editing (typos, etc).

This intrigued me because it said using chopsticks, but it's just accupressure, you can use your fingers/chopsticks/whatever can reach that pressure point.