Medical Acupuncture: A Western Scientific Approach is a comprehensively revised and expanded book with vital new content. The second edition of Medical Acupuncture continues to explore the realistic integration of acupuncture into conventional medicine. Advocating the Western medical acupuncture approach (WMA), this science-based compendium provides the trained practitioner with all the latest research on the effectiveness of WMA and its associated mechanisms, techniques, clinical practice and evidence.
Medical Acupuncture demonstrates a variety of needling techniques and clinical applications within the context of WMA and its evolution from traditional Chinese acupuncture using current knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology alongside the principles of evidence-based medicine.
Split into seven sections the book begins by establishing the roots of WMA in the Introduction and then progresses on to describe the mechanisms of action in Section 2, including peripheral components of stimulation and evidence from neuroimaging. Sections 3 and 4 cover clinical approaches (eg, superficial needling, electroacupuncture, safety of acupuncture) and techniques related to acupuncture (TENS, laser therapy). Section 5 takes a closer look at the difficulties faced by trials and reviews while Section 6 goes on to showcase 21 clinical uses of WMA, ranging from chronic pain, mental health, obstetrics and primary care to sports medicine, respiratory conditions and neurology. The final reference section contains dermatome/myotome maps, meridian/channel charts and standard international nomenclature.
Comprehensive coverage of the scientific evidence and clinical application of acupuncture in medicine
Balances the genuine benefits of acupuncture against unfounded claims
Presents a wide range of treatable conditions from psychiatry and palliative care through to the pain clinic and veterinary medicine
Clinical points boxes highlight key knowledge and learning
Illustrated with over 130 drawings and photographs
Content restructure and overhaul with contributions from over 40 world leading experts
Individual chapters on the use of acupuncture for a wide range of medical conditions including gynaecology and infertility, cancer and palliative care, drug dependence, obesity, sports medicine, dentistry and veterinary practice
Updated with the latest scientific evidence
Expanded information on neuroanatomical and neurophysiological considerations in relation to the mechanisms of acupuncture
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Table of Contents for Medical Acupuncture: A Western Scientific Approach:
1 Introduction
2 The history of medical acupuncture
3 Peripheral components of acupuncture stimulation – their contribution to the specific clinical effects of acupuncture
4 Neuroimaging: a window into human brain mechanisms supporting acupuncture effects
5 Neurophysiology of chronic pain
6 Acupuncture and the autonomic nervous system
7 Western medical acupuncture – the approach to treatment
8 Acupuncture without points
9 Superficial acupuncture
10 Auricular acupuncture
11 Electroacupuncture
12 Self-acupuncture
13 Integration of acupuncture in the health service
14 Safety of acupuncture
15 Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
16 Laser acupuncture
17 A critical approach to randomised controlled trials of acupuncture
18 A critical approach to systematic reviews of acupuncture
19 Acupuncture for chronic pain
20 Acupuncture analgesia for interventions
21 Acupuncture for gastrointestinal conditions
22 Acupuncture for nausea and vomiting
23 Acupuncture in cardiovascular medicine
24 Acupuncture for neurological conditions
25 Acupuncture in mental health
26 Acupuncture for drug dependence and obesity
27 Acupuncture for urogenital conditions
28 Acupuncture for respiratory conditions
29 Acupuncture for ear, nose and throat conditions
30 Acupuncture for eye conditions
31 Acupuncture for skin conditions
32 Acupuncture in gynaecology and infertility
33 Acupuncture in obstetrics
34 Acupuncture in cancer and palliative care
35 Acupuncture in rheumatology
36 Acupuncture in sports medicine
37 Acupuncture in primary care
38 Acupuncture in dentistry
39 Acupuncture in veterinary medicine
About the author of Medical Acupuncture: A Western Scientific Approach:
Dr Mike Cummings has been Medical Director of the British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS) since 2001. This role involves running the BMAS London Teaching Clinic (LTC), coordinating and lecturing on BMAS courses in Western medical acupuncture, acting as an associate editor for the Medline-listed journal Acupuncture in Medicine, and representing the BMAS at various academic and political meetings.
He is an Honorary Clinical Specialist at the Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, and enjoys a close working relationship with colleagues who, like him, believe that life is too short for drinking cheap wine.
His principal academic and clinical interest is musculoskeletal pain, and in particular, needling therapies in the treatment of myofascial pain syndromes. He has published a number of papers in this area as well as in the broader field of Western medical acupuncture.
He is a reviewer for Annals of Internal Medicine and many other journals and has acted as a specialist adviser to NICE.
After completing his medical degree at Leeds, and several hospital jobs in the north of England, Mike joined the Royal Air Force for a six and a half year short service commission. A substantial portion of the workload for a general duties medical officer (GDMO) in the RAF is musculoskeletal medicine. Mike came across acupuncture by accident whilst working as a GDMO. He followed his interest in musculoskeletal medicine and acupuncture on retiring from military service, and finally found himself occupied full time in the field of acupuncture.
Book Details:
Title: Medical Acupuncture: A Western Scientific Approach
Editors: Jacqueline Filshie MBBS FRCA DipMedAC, Adrian White MA MD BM BCh DipMedAc, Mike Cummings MB ChB DipMedAc
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2016
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 734
ISBN-10: 0702043079
ISBN-13: 978-0702043079
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Acupuncture | Acupuncture and FDA Approval | STRICTA – Standards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture
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