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Japanese Classical Acupuncture: Introduction to Meridian Therapy
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 Five Stars, December 17, 2015
By m mann
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great read
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Five Stars, May 14, 2015
By Ovidiu Marcu
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It's ok
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clear, simple, elegant, January 19, 2014
By Cordelia
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This is one of the most helpful acupuncture books I have read in a long time. As others have pointed out, the author is extremely humble, sharing with us the difficulties he had in learning meridian therapy, especially pulse diagnosis, and simplifying the learning process for the reader. It is rare that a book is clear enough to enable a practitioner to implement new techniques without personal instruction. But Shudo Denmei writes as someone who remembers his own struggles in learning these techniques and offers clear instruction and many helpful hints. For example, he takes the procedure for six-position pulse diagnosis and breaks it down into manageable steps to be gradually learned. He encourages confidence in the reader that even incorporating these methods on an incremental basis will still greatly help your patients.
I practiced acupuncture for 9 years before making the decision to home school my learning disabled son, allowing my certification to lapse because I was unable to continue seeing patients. Now, 15 years later, I am studying for the exam to have my certification reinstated. In the course of my studies, I have become more and more disenchanted with TCM and drawn to Japanese acupuncture. It has much in common with my background in the Worsley 5-Element tradition, especially in the emphasis on six-position pulse diagnosis and providing a root treatment rather than primarily treating symptoms. My 5-Element training emphasized treating the patient's CF (Causative Factor) to enhance the patient's overall well being in body, mind, and spirit rather than simply attacking symptoms; however, sometimes it seemed too heavily focused on mind and spirit and less on the body. While this is a great strength of the Worsley method (and often lacking in other traditions), I did not always feel sufficiently equipped to address certain physical symptoms or conditions. The author makes the point that, since the Qi that supplies all of our life processes is contained in and travels through the meridians, when we treat the meridians the entire person is affected, from the organs and all parts of the body to the psyche and spirit. My background had emphasized treating the CF using points ON the meridians, but this book has given me a shift in focus to the importance of the meridians themselves.
This is so simple and profound, but had become lost to me as I struggled with exam review texts on TCM, with its point formulas and complex patterns which are really more appropriate for herbal medicine. I was shocked to read that, prior to learning Meridian Therapy, Shudo Denmei himself had practiced acupuncture for years without ever taking pulses! Coming from the Worsley tradition, that seemed impossible for me to believe; in 5 Element acupuncture one could hardly plan or carry out a treatment or check progress without careful pulse diagnosis. And yet in my TCM studies, pulse diagnosis focuses mainly on quality and is primarily used to confirm the symptom-based diagnosis, rather than to discern and treat the relative balance of the meridians themselves. In TCM, one could truly get by without ever taking pulses, and therefore completely miss out on an amazing window to the inner state of the patient's entire being. Simply put, this book teaches the reader to balance the meridians which carry our life force, which in turn will affect all aspects of a person's well-being.
This book is a treasure and worth more than the dozens of books I must wade through for the exam. It reminds me how beautiful acupuncture can be, and that the simplest treatment carefully chosen based on precise diagnosis is far better than many needles. And of course, there is much more here than pulse diagnosis; abdominal diagnosis, meridian palpation, needling technique, and other techniques are explained and made immediately usable by the reader. Whatever tradition of acupuncture you practice, take the time to read this book. You will feel a sense of peace and fresh inspiration in your vocation as an acupuncturist.
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My favorite acupuncture book., January 16, 2014
By Harold Goodman (Silver Spring, Maryland 20910)
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Shudo Denmei tells us over and over again that acupuncture skills didn't come easily for him.
Throughout this book you will learn that you are not alone. This is one of the most humble, honest and beautiful works on mastery of an ancient art, acupuncture.
For many years I have struggled to learn how to practice this art and truly make a difference in helping my patients. I own many books on acupuncture. This is the one book that I would recommend to anyone serious about entering and doing justice to this wonderful path. No matter how long you may have been in practice, you will take away something life changing.
The author tells us about his struggles to learn things that others take for granted. He mentions that he disagrees from personal experience with certain things he was taught and which are accepted dogma in acupuncture. The take home message for me was trust yourself and believe in your own experience. Find your way to make it happen. If the way presented to you by others doesn't hack it, find your own way.
Shudo Denmei found his own way. He generously shares this way of a life spent learning acupuncture revealed in detail.
Study this book. You will never regret it.
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Sort of like the bible of japanese acupuncture - what it's all about !, September 08, 2013
By Gary Broadhurst
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Great - just what I needed. This is THE guide and opening to what this type of acupuncture is all about .
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Good place to start..., February 07, 2012
By Gusto (Calgary, Canada)
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This book is very clearly written by a practitioner with lots of experience. He shares his experience at a deep level including areas where he felt he had some troubles while learning this method. I found this very valuable and encouraging. He lists some step by step methods which I've already begun to incorporate into treatments. Anyone looking for an organized method in which you can check for immediate changes after applying your treatments would do well to purchase this book.
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