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Book Review: Acupuncture Therapeutic Pocketbook: A Guide to the Location and Use of Forty-Eight Important Points

Book Review: Acupuncture Therapeutic Pocketbook: A Guide to the Location and Use of Forty-Eight... Book Reviews Acupuncture in Medical Practice Acupuncture Therapeutic Pocketbook: Louise Oftedal Wensel A Cuide to the Location and Use of Forty-eight lmportant Points Philio Vernon practising When I started acupuncture in 1978 I looked for reliable texts to consult. The first of these "An was Outline of Chinese Acupuncturc" wtitlen Choosing forty-eight acupuncture points from over by the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. three hundred is a brave attempt to reduce the vast The second, in 1980, was Dr Wensel's book. They subject of acupuncture to a manaSeable Dr size. good pair, made a the former to rcmind me of my Vernon has attempted this in a pocket guide to point surface anatomy and the latter for the views and locations and uses. physician. experiences of a Western Althou8h it is clearly personal opinion as to which points Dr Wensel divided her book into two sections. Part are important, many of his choices surprised "48 I was devoted to what she called a comprehensive me. The list his Acupoirtr" include of Common introduction to acupuncture. She attempted recon- 1U.1, Kl.1 latter point a S1.1, and CVl; suggesting this ciliation between traditional and scientific views, for pain left me perplexecl. Iwas breast slightly and emphasised the supportive role of acupuncture similarly bemused the points: by absence of ceftain within the general spectrum of therapies. SP6, C8.20 and CV20 amongst them; but then I Additionally she provided a beginners guide may guilty, perhaps, to be of choosing my own neurophysioloSy and a favourite points. bibliography that encouraged me to start reading further page within the This expensive sixty-five book fails in other subject. The second part of the book was devoted to respects. Dr Vernon does not stick to the interna lhe u*e of a( upun( ture in specific conditions. tional numbering system and even changes UB to "Outline Unfike the of Chinese Acupuncture", she BL for Bladder half way through the book. The 15 "Category had a modest and group pages selected of conditions, and of the Index" seem to be a waste in broadened her comments to include other such a small book, since they add nothing to its use. "Thenpeutic modalities such as diet and dietary supplements. lt The section called index: a list of was, essentially, the voice of a western woman symptoms" caused most of my disquiet. lt is sad for place doctor expressing her views on the of the future of acupuncture that in the last decade of general putting acupuncture in medicine. the tlventieth century a doctor is his name to I was years delighted to learn that, fourteen later, a the acupuncture treatment of deaf-mutism, diabetes- jaundice, new edition of her book was now available- The mellitus, chronic haemorrhage, rheumatic opportLrnity to read an update of recent neurophysi- heart disease, malaria, beri-beri, erysipelas and ological advances and research findings, as well as infantile convulsions. These are a few of the possible learning of a cull in her original list of contentious areas and there are many more. lf this good practitioner, treatable medical conditions, was too to miss. book was aimed at the lay then I find Re8rettably I discovered that the texl remained even the consideration of acupuncture for these unchanged; and the oppodunity for revision had conditions alarming, since it is endorsing treatments been lost. As a more experienced acupuncturis! I which have no place in the wodd modern of found that her book had little to offer me now; but I medicine. can still recommend it to those starting out on the Whilst I applaud the idea of a pocket for book the path of exploration into medical acupuncturc, with beginner, the content of this one could be extremely proviso the that it is scientifically somewhat dated. misleading. The book needs further, very and considerable, refinement it is before acceptable to Dr Mary MB BCh DPH the medical profession. lenkins Cardif{ Dr Penelope Brougham MB ChB Sutton. Suffev Acupuncturc in Medicine 109 Nov 1994 Vol 12 No.2 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acupuncture in Medicine SAGE

Book Review: Acupuncture Therapeutic Pocketbook: A Guide to the Location and Use of Forty-Eight Important Points

Brougham, Penelope
Acupuncture in Medicine , Volume 12 (2): 1 – Nov 1, 1994
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© 1994 British Medical Acupuncutre Society
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Book Reviews Acupuncture in Medical Practice Acupuncture Therapeutic Pocketbook: Louise Oftedal Wensel A Cuide to the Location and Use of Forty-eight lmportant Points Philio Vernon practising When I started acupuncture in 1978 I looked for reliable texts to consult. The first of these "An was Outline of Chinese Acupuncturc" wtitlen Choosing forty-eight acupuncture points from over by the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. three hundred is a brave attempt to reduce the vast The second, in 1980, was Dr Wensel's book. They subject of acupuncture to a manaSeable Dr size. good pair, made a the former to rcmind me of my Vernon has attempted this in a pocket guide to point surface anatomy and the latter for the views and locations and uses. physician. experiences of a Western Althou8h it is clearly personal opinion as to which points Dr Wensel divided her book into two sections. Part are important, many of his choices surprised "48 I was devoted to what she called a comprehensive me. The list his Acupoirtr" include of Common introduction to acupuncture. She attempted recon- 1U.1, Kl.1 latter point a S1.1, and CVl; suggesting this ciliation between traditional and scientific views, for pain left me perplexecl. Iwas breast slightly and emphasised the supportive role of acupuncture similarly bemused the points: by absence of ceftain within the general spectrum of therapies. SP6, C8.20 and CV20 amongst them; but then I Additionally she provided a beginners guide may guilty, perhaps, to be of choosing my own neurophysioloSy and a favourite points. bibliography that encouraged me to start reading further page within the This expensive sixty-five book fails in other subject. The second part of the book was devoted to respects. Dr Vernon does not stick to the interna lhe u*e of a( upun( ture in specific conditions. tional numbering system and even changes UB to "Outline Unfike the of Chinese Acupuncture", she BL for Bladder half way through the book. The 15 "Category had a modest and group pages selected of conditions, and of the Index" seem to be a waste in broadened her comments to include other such a small book, since they add nothing to its use. "Thenpeutic modalities such as diet and dietary supplements. lt The section called index: a list of was, essentially, the voice of a western woman symptoms" caused most of my disquiet. lt is sad for place doctor expressing her views on the of the future of acupuncture that in the last decade of general putting acupuncture in medicine. the tlventieth century a doctor is his name to I was years delighted to learn that, fourteen later, a the acupuncture treatment of deaf-mutism, diabetes- jaundice, new edition of her book was now available- The mellitus, chronic haemorrhage, rheumatic opportLrnity to read an update of recent neurophysi- heart disease, malaria, beri-beri, erysipelas and ological advances and research findings, as well as infantile convulsions. These are a few of the possible learning of a cull in her original list of contentious areas and there are many more. lf this good practitioner, treatable medical conditions, was too to miss. book was aimed at the lay then I find Re8rettably I discovered that the texl remained even the consideration of acupuncture for these unchanged; and the oppodunity for revision had conditions alarming, since it is endorsing treatments been lost. As a more experienced acupuncturis! I which have no place in the wodd modern of found that her book had little to offer me now; but I medicine. can still recommend it to those starting out on the Whilst I applaud the idea of a pocket for book the path of exploration into medical acupuncturc, with beginner, the content of this one could be extremely proviso the that it is scientifically somewhat dated. misleading. The book needs further, very and considerable, refinement it is before acceptable to Dr Mary MB BCh DPH the medical profession. lenkins Cardif{ Dr Penelope Brougham MB ChB Sutton. Suffev Acupuncturc in Medicine 109 Nov 1994 Vol 12 No.2

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