Guest guest Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 Hi Yosef, I can't type in the whole book, it is somewhat long. I did a little looking, and it seems to be out of print. The publisher is a vanity press in PA, and it doesn't look like they stock it any more. You could try an interlibrary loan, and if worst comes to worst I could make some copies at the office. I would not describe the book as very informative in terms of practical things we are allowed to do in the US. The lists of points that he recommends are more or less all the points from each meridian on the extremities with no information about needle manipulation, angle of insertion etc for any given point. The descriptions of the point locations are even more necromantic that typical Chinese medicalese. The illustrations of needle insertions are right out of CAM. The information on techniques of stimulation is less than a page, and I believe I summarized it fairly well. The point listings for specific procedures might be the useful part. Is there a specific procedure that you're interested in, I would be happy to type up one or two as examples... e.g., splenectomy, abdominal surgery, etc. Most of these descriptions include point injection with dolantin (drug similar to methadone), scopolamine (everybody's favorite anti-nausea skin patch) or sodium luminal (phenobarbital sodium), all of which fall into my "do not try this at home" category. I don't know that the injection therapy is necessary, but the emphasis is on it. Personally, I can't keep up 200 twists a minute for more than two to three minutes, so that better be one fast splenectomy! Par Scott, Lic Ac, MAOM44 Pearl St Cambridge, MA 02139617-713-0915 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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