Flaws Bob. Sticking to the Point. Volume 2: A Study of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Formulas & Strategies

Blue Poppy Press, 1998. — 276 p. — ISBN10: 093618597X, ISBN13: 978-0936185972Review
Responding to continual requests from our customers for more good information about acupuncture, this new book is the next logical step forward from Bob Flaws's successful Sticking to the Point, Vol. 1. In Volume 2, Bob Flaws presents specific acupuncture and moxibustion treatments for all the main TCM patterns. These are arranged in the same format as a TCM herbal formulas and prescriptions book. While most acupuncture clinical manuals start from the perspective of the patient's disease, this book begins with the patient's pattern discrimination. If you know the patient's pattern, then you can find an acupuncture treatment for that pattern in this book This book is based on a combination of several Chinese sources as well as Bob Flaws's own 20 years of clinical experience.From the Author
Every day or two, some Western acupuncturist calls, faxes, or emails me always asking the same question: "How do you treat this or that disease with acupuncture?" This is always the wrong question in Chinese medicine. In professionally practiced TCM, practitioners primarily compose treatments to rebalance the patient's pattern. We do not primarily address ourselves to the treatment of named diseases. Since the pattern is the totality of the patient's signs and symptoms, constitution, lifestyle, and history, their pattern is much larger than their disease, and this is exactly what makes professionally practiced TCM the holistic medicine it is. The real question is how to treat this or that pattern. Two patients will receive the same or very similar choice of acupoints if their pattern is the same even when they have been diagnosed as having different diseases. If you treat based on disease, then you might have to know a treatment for every disease. However, if you treat on the basis of pattern, then there are far fewer treatments to remember. The issue then is how to mix and match these treatment in cases with a combination of concurrently manifesting patterns.Bob Flaws is one of the most famous practitioners, teachers, and authors of Chinese medicine in the world today. He has written, edited, and/or translated over 100 books and scores of articles on all aspects of Chinese medicine. Bob Flaws began his study with (Dr. Eric) Tao Xi-yu in Denver, CO in 1977. In 1982, he went on to continue his acupuncture studies at the Shanghai College of Chinese Medicine. As a teacher, Bob Flaws is also known for the clarity of his presentations and his penetrating insight.