Pre 1949 Acupuncture

COPYRIGHT © 2019 BY ANDREW MCPHERSON.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER:    2019910344

ISBN:                HARDCOVER                    978-1-7960-0483-0

                         SOFTCOVER                     978-1-7960-0482-3

                         EBOOK                             978-1-7960-0484-7

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CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Pulse Classic

Chapter 2 Pre-1949 and post-1949 Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 3 Acupuncture Today

Chapter 4 Appropriateness of Points versus Point Indications

Chapter 5 The Strange Case of Master Huang

Chapter 6 Case Studies

Chapter 7 Discovery

Chapter 8 Different Thinking

Chapter 9 Where Do We Go From Here?

List of Terms

Recommended Readings

Andrew McPherson

PREFACE

I am presenting this book as an introduction to the subject matter of pre-1949 acupuncture and Chinese medicine. While much of what I have to say may be controversial to some, there is no denying the research behind this topic. In addition, I hope that, overall, this book will help the seasoned practitioner, the lay person, and the aspiring student alike, to clarify matters rather than ultimately confuse them.

Finally, I would like to thank my wife, my friends, and my students for their much- needed help in getting this book published. Without their assistance, none of this would have been possible.

Andrew McPherson

INTRODUCTION

Where to begin?

When we talk about traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), we are actually referring to something we consider to be Chinese obviously. But insofar as one of its major components, acupuncture, is concerned, nothing could be farther from the truth, as this book will show.

It is true, that the Japanese, and understandably the Koreans, Thai, Vietnamese, etc., have developed acupuncture along their own lines and have their own theories along the way. However, what we will be referring to would be so much more than that.

When we discuss acupuncture, we are referring to an area which the Chinese consider to be 5,000–6,000 years old; and which people often