Definitive Guide to Acupuncture Points

The Definitive Guide to Acupuncture Points is a must-have reference guide for anyone practicing, studying or teaching acupuncture and acupressurePacked with clear yet comprehensive information and abundantly illustrated throughout, this newly updated and expanded edition contains substantially more information than any other book on the subject. Accessible, lively and highly practical – it’s the only book you’ll need! This book constitutes a complete acupuncture ‘atlas’, illustrating how to best locate and treat up to 400 acupoints throughout the body Divided neatly into two neat parts of ‘Theory’ and ‘Practice’, the first part of the book describes the essence of acupuncture from both a traditional Chinese and Western medical perspective with chapters on needling considerations, the principles of locating acupoints, and myotome, dermatome, viscerotome and sclerotome maps of the body. The second part then guides you methodically through acupuncture points of the 12 main channels/meridians, plus the conception and governor vessels and additional non-channel points. Almost 400 points are described in precise detail with text and colour illustrations to include location, actions, indications and contraindications for each point. Everything you need to know is presented clearly and succinctly for ease of reference. The perfect balance of East and WestHonouring the traditional Eastern roots of acupuncture in parallel with more modern approaches of Western medicine, The Definitive Guide to Acupuncture Points is an essential resource for practitioners of all levels and backgrounds seeking to deepen their understanding of working with acupoints.

This informative book has clearly been a labour of love building on the previous work of Chris. The superb balance between theory and practice will benefit both the student and practitioner from a wide range of modalities, and will be viewed as the 'go-to' acupuncture book for many years to come; Lesley Pattenden, Director and Vice-Chair of the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists

Chris Jarmey first became interested in Oriental philosophies at the age of 9, being particularly drawn to Buddhist and Daoist practices. This led him at the age of 14 into the exploration and practice of both Indian yoga and a Chinese martial art known as Kenpo.Throughout the next 30 plus years, Chris spent his time researching and practicing bodywork-based healing methods alongside the extensive practice of Buddhist and Daoist Qigong, yoga, and meditation methods.In 1975, Chris began his study of Western approaches to healing and rehabilitation, as a means to contrast and supplement his experience of Eastern methods. He qualified as a state registered physiotherapist in 1978, with a special interest in therapeutic exercise systems. Shortly afterwards he embarked upon extensive study and research into osteopathic methodology, following this with training with Carlo De Paoli in Western herbal medicine based on traditional Chinese medicine principles.Concurrent with his above studies, from 1978 to 1981, Chris evaluated the healing effects of yoga, shiatsu and qigong within NHS hospitals and medical rehabilitation centres, with good results.Between 1981 and 1985, Chris lived and studied in a number of yoga centres and ashrams in India, the UK and the USA, to broaden and deepen his experience of Indian hatha yoga and related arts. In the late 1985 he founded The European Shiatsu School to offer a comprehensive practitioner training course in this effective form of bodywork.Chris continued to practice and teach shiatsu and qigong until his sudden tragic and premature death in 2008 from an inherited cardiac myopathy.During his career, Chris wrote a number of authoritative texts on anatomy and bodywork including shiatsu, acupuncture, qigong and meditation, notably The Concise Book of Muscles (Lotus Publishing) and Shiatsu: The Complete Guide (Harper Collins).Lynn Pearce, BA, MCSP, LicAc, Cert Med Ed, is an accredited lecturer within the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (AACP), a clinician of 39 years, and an acupuncture practitioner of 31 years. Qualifying as a physiotherapist from Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge in 1982, Lynn developed an early interest in acupuncture and its role in musculo-skeletal medicine. Initial study at the Centre for Complementary Therapies in Southampton led to her following a more Chinese medical model training at the British College of Acupuncture, gaining her Licentiate in 1993.She was lead tutor for the Traditional Chinese Medical Model component on the MSc in Acupuncture at Coventry University and was presented with the AACP Tutor of the Year at the AACP Excellence Awards, 2016. She has been a regular and popular presenter at AACP conferences and runs CPD events on a number of acupuncture-related subjects. She has contributed to Complementary Therapies for Physical Therapists: A Theoretical and Clinical Exploration (ed. Charman, B., 2000), the Complementary Therapies and Healthcare Practice modul