The Compleat Acupuncturist - Peter Eckman

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Biographie:
Peter Eckman has been a full time acupuncturist for forty years and is an international teacher and published author in the field. He studied under J.R. Worsley, T.W. Yoo and D.W. Kuon, three of the most influential acupuncture teachers of the 20th century, and currently practices in San Francisco and California, USA.

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Apologia. Dedication. Introduction. Prologue. Acknowledgments. Part 1. Constitutional Pulse Diagnosis. 1. Constitution and Condition. 2. An Overview of Constitutional Pulse Diagnosis. 3. Korean Hand Acupuncture (KHA) and Ayurvedic Medicine. 4. Sasang Constitutional Medicine (SCM). 5. Five Element Acupuncture (FEA). 6. The Six Warps or Energetic Levels (SEL). 7. Determining the Causative Factor (CF). 8. Eight Constitutions Medicine (ECM or KCA). 9. Expanding SCM (The Sixteen Constitutions Hypothesis). 10. A Complete Model: The Twenty Four Constitutions. Part 2. Conditional Pulse Diagnosis. 11. Carotid/Radial Pulses (Yin/Yang, 6 Levels & 8 Extras). 12. Interpreting the Vikruti in Ayurveda. 13. Reinterpreting Classical Chinese Pulse Diagnosis (Yin/Yang). 14. Reinterpreting Ministerial Fire. 15. Chakra Pulse Diagnosis. Part 3. Pulse Diagnosis in the Clinic. 16. Before Applying the Model. 17. A Few More Words about Treatment. 18. The Four Needle Technique, Five Elements & Yin/Yang Revisited. 19. Case Histories. 20. An Afterword. Appendix 1. Meridian and Point Locations for KHA. Appendix 2. Treatment Formulae for KCA. Bibliography. Glossary.

'Peter Eckman's accomplishment in The Compleat Acupuncturist is truly remarkable. It is a grand synthesis that certainly ranks as one of the most significant texts on pulse diagnosis in the history of the medicine. Beyond the wealth of technical information or theory communicated there is the inspiration that, if we apply ourselves diligently as Peter has, that we too may awaken to the heart of the medicine and an inspiring synthesis of our own. Peter's text reaffirms my conviction that Chinese medicine, having become a world medicine, is flourishing.' - Lonny Jarrett, M. Ac., author of Nourishing Destiny: The Inner Tradition of Chinese Medicine 'I'm truly amazed at [Peter Eckman's] scholarship - and at [his] ability to draw so many threads together. I also think it is extraordinarily well-written, and very easy to read, even though the subject matter is far from easy.' - Nora Franglen, Founder of the School of Five Element Acupuncture (SOFEA) and author of The Handbook of Five Element Practice, Keepers of the Soul, Patterns of Practice and The Simple Guide to Five Element Acupuncture