The healing power of acupressure and acupuncture : a complete guide to timeless traditions and modern practice

This accessible, up-to-date resource guide leads you through the foundations and techniques of acupressure and acupuncture. Acupressure and acupuncture can relieve painful conditions such as migraine headaches, lower back pain, joint disorders, carpal tunnel syndrome, asthma, allergies, stress, nausea, heart problems, and many others. Today, most health-care plans cover these treatments, making them more popular than ever. Filled with insights into the history of these two age-old therapies, The Healing Power of Acupressure and Acupuncture helps readers choose when to see a licensed therapist, and even provides information about doing certain treatments at home. Matthew D. Bauer delves deeply into the traditions and remarkable benefits of acupressure and acupuncture, explains the many benefits of both, describes techniques for self-treatment, and illustrates how Chinese healing can augment modern Western medicine. WHEN I FIRST BEGAN MY STUDIES of Taoism, I came face-to-face with a manner of thinking every bit as sure of itself as modern Western thought, yet so different that I readily understood why Kipling was sure "never the twain shall meet" Like everyone I'd ever known, I had spent my life accepting the concept that doctors took care of our bodies by ordering x-rays and lab tests, prescribing drugs, and performing surgery, while religions dealt with matters of the spirit. An accessible guide to the foundations and techniques of acupressure and acupuncture discusses how they can be applied for the relief of numerous health conditions, informing readers on how to select a therapist or apply certain treatments at home