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Summary: interesting traditional style
Review: the surprise for me was that this book covers mostly non-standard points (with some overlap at points like ST 36 and LR 3). This makes it a bit more difficult to integrate with my current treatment strategies, but offers a new approach to consider for some difficult patients. I like that each time I have needled these points there has been a definate 'da qi' sensation, also the advice about needling mainly on one side for most treatments (which I follow 80 % of the time now in my clinic)
Rating:
Summary: interesting traditional style
Review: the surprise for me was that this book covers mostly non-standard points (with some overlap at points like ST 36 and LR 3). This makes it a bit more difficult to integrate with my current treatment strategies, but offers a new approach to consider for some difficult patients. I like that each time I have needled these points there has been a definate 'da qi' sensation, also the advice about needling mainly on one side for most treatments (which I follow 80 % of the time now in my clinic)
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Summary: No mere curiosity
Review: Tong's Acupuncture is a system of treatment that developed in parallel to the more widely-known channel-style acupuncture. It was preserved as a Tong family lineage up until this century, when political upheaval saw the last Tong lineage-holder leave China for Taiwan. Dr. Tong often treated 100 patients daily in his Taiwan clinic. Upon realizing that he had no heir apparent to the Tong lineage, he allowed his students to persuade him to publish the Tong acupuncture system.It is a blessing, indeed, that this system has survived. This is what I would term a "zone" system of acupuncture as opposed to a channel system. Extensive use is made of contralateral treatment (miu ci), and the Tong perspective on five-phase theory, while not explicitly discussed, will gradually reveal itself to the careful student. The Tong system applies five-phase theory in a way that at first seems very alien to the more familiar channel acupuncture, but it turns out to be a different application of the same concepts, and it will be accessible, with nominal effort, to anyone versed in five-phase thinking. I owe Miriam Lee an enormous debt of gratitude for translating this material. This book has had a profound influence on my conceptualization and practice of acupuncture, and my patients would confirm the healing potential of Tong-style treatment. The Tong system continues to enjoy popularity on Taiwan, and is now becoming increasingly known abroad as an effective and elegant style of treatment, appropriate for internal diseases as well as pain. Even if you never use any Tong points, this book will forever change your view of acupuncture.
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Summary: Horribly Flawed
Review: Unfortunately, this is the best book out there on the subject. But not for long... Master Tong's student, Yang Wei Jie is currently publishing his own book in English. He has already written many in Chinese. Besides the errors in point location in this book, the biggest problem is that it fails to convey the system that Master Tong used to choose his points. That's to be expected, since this is basically a translation of Master Tong's first book. Master Tong did not explain his system to his students until after that book was written. So, if you want to learn the system by which you can choose and find and create your own points for whoever walks into your clinic, wait for another book! Either Yang Wei Jie's, or one that has yet to be written on the clinical use of the system by someone else like Dr. Robert Chu.
Rating:
Summary: Horribly Flawed
Review: Unfortunately, this is the best book out there on the subject. But not for long... Master Tong's student, Yang Wei Jie is currently publishing his own book in English. He has already written many in Chinese. Besides the errors in point location in this book, the biggest problem is that it fails to convey the system that Master Tong used to choose his points. That's to be expected, since this is basically a translation of Master Tong's first book. Master Tong did not explain his system to his students until after that book was written. So, if you want to learn the system by which you can choose and find and create your own points for whoever walks into your clinic, wait for another book! Either Yang Wei Jie's, or one that has yet to be written on the clinical use of the system by someone else like Dr. Robert Chu.
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