13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Atlas!!, June 22, 2007
This review is from: Pocket Atlas of Acupuncture (Complementary Medicine (Thieme Paperback)) (Paperback)
This is a great book, and I am still kicking myself for having bought a different book first.
Some pros:
- This book contains ALL the points, not just the "important" ones
- The categories, functions, and indications for each point are listed
- The pictures are full-color drawings and include all the underlying structures (muscles, bones, etc), not just surface anatomy -- and they are high quality DRAWINGS and not photographs (having a photo of a naked woman for illustration purposes [found in a similar-looking acupuncture atlas] may be helpful, but not so when you have to take the train or bus to school and have to constantly cover up your pages)
- The paper is high-quality glossy paper that will stand up to years of flipping through the pages
- There is a FANTASTIC general information section in the beginning of the book, with some of the best 3D pulse illustrations I've ever seen
I hope this was helpful!!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Book !, December 3, 2007
This review is from: Pocket Atlas of Acupuncture (Complementary Medicine (Thieme Paperback)) (Paperback)
Pocket Atlas of Acupuncture is a book that has color pictures, you can see the arteries and veins that are close to the acu-point.
All jing well points are color with green.
There is a slight difference how deep you have to insert the needle in some points. If you check Cam and Deadmen books and compare you will know what I`m talking about.
I think is worth to invest in this book . I like the size of the book because I can put it in my lab cot and if I forgot where is the point I will open my cute pocket book, go to the page and I will be save.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Some mistakes, November 18, 2008
This review is from: Pocket Atlas of Acupuncture (Complementary Medicine (Thieme Paperback)) (Paperback)
My first application of this book revealed several mistakes in the Stomach Meridian images. Several classmates also told me they found similar mistakes in other chapters. While this is a great book, it makes me double check and not rely on the information.
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