Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Chirali, Ilkay Zihni,
• Bentley, Bruce,
• McIntyre, Michael

Titel

Traditional Chinese medicine : cupping therapy

Auflage

Third edition

Ort / Verlag

Edinburgh : Church Livingstone/Elsevier,

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Link zum Volltext

• Elsevier Books AutoHoldings

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Previous edition: 2007.
• Includes bibligraphical references and index.
• 1. History Of Cupping Therapy -- 2. Cupping's Folk Heritage: People In Practice / Bruce Bentley -- 3. Part 1. Cupping In Buddhist Medicine / Pedro Paiva -- Part 2. Cupping In Thailand's Traditional Lanna Medicine / Kei Ngu -- 4. Benefits Of Cupping Therapy -- 5. Preparing The Patient For Cupping Treatment -- 6. Complementary And Alternative Medicine (CAM) Therapies That Can Safely Introduce Cupping To Their Treatment Protocol -- 7. The Cupping Procedure -- 8. What To Expect During And After Cupping Therapy -- 9. Twelve Methods Of Cupping Therapy -- 10. Cupping Therapy On Children And Adults -- 11. Cosmetic Cupping Therapy -- 12. Cupping Therapy In The Treatment Of Common Disorders -- 13. Treating Miscellaneous Disorders With Cupping Therapy -- 14. Sports Injuries -- 15. Myofascial Trigger Points Cupping Therapy -- 16. Cupping Therapy Evidence-Based Research -- Research Study 1. Effects Of Cupping Therapy On Various Haematological Parameters --
• Research Study 2. The Effects Of Cupping Therapy On The Plasma Concentration Of Inflammatory Mediators / Mark Bovey -- Research Study 3. Cupping And Myofascial Pain Syndrome / Hossam Metwally -- Research Study 4. A Systematic Literature Review Of Clinical Evidence-Based Research / Jian-ping Liu -- 17. Frequently Asked Questions And Precautions And Contraindications.
• This new edition explores and describes techniques of cupping in the context of TCM theory. It provides a clear and detailed set of practical guidelines to applying this technique for various common conditions, and looks closely at issues of safety, expectation and theoretical principles of action. This new edition includes new scientific research on cupping therapy and the effect on the immune system as well as new material on muscular pain, stress management and cupping therapy and sports medicine.
• English
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 26, 2015).