The compleat acupuncturist : a guide to constitutional and conditional pulse diagnosis /
Peter Eckman ; foreword by William Morris.
- 1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Constitution and condition -- An overview of constitutional pulse diagnosis -- Korean hand acupuncture (KHA) and Ayurvedic medicine -- Sasang constitutional medicine (SCM) -- Five element acupuncture (FEA) -- The six warps or energetic levels (SEL) -- Determining the causative factor (CF) -- Eight constitutions medicine (ECM or KCA) -- Expanding SCM (the sixteen constitutions hypothesis) -- A complete model : the twenty four constitutions -- Carotid/radial pulses (Yin/Yang, 6 levels & 8 extras) -- Interpreting the Vikruti in Ayurveda -- Reinterpreting classical Chinese pulse diagnosis (Yin/Yang) -- Reinterpreting ministerial fire -- Chakra pulse diagnosis -- Before applying the model -- A few more words about treatment -- The four needle technique, five elements & Yin/Yang revisited -- Case histories.