Acupuncture in the treatment of pain : an integrative approach by Bäcker, Marcus; Hammes, Michael G instant download

Acupuncture in the treatment of pain : an integrative approach by Bäcker, Marcus; Hammes, Michael G instant download

xi, 545 pages : 26 cm, This title depicts the potentials and limits of acupuncture in the treatment of pain in the context of a modern bio-psycho-social concept of pain therapy. This is realized by an integration of western and traditional Chinese medicine, with the aim to meet the respective other medicine system and critical distance, Includes bibliographical references and index, Introduction -- Pain from a Western scientific medicine perspective -- Pain from a traditional Chinese medicine perspective -- Diagnosis and differential diagnosis in TCM -- Guidelines for TCM treatment of pain -- Acupuncture -- Channels and important acupoints -- Further treatment options in TCM -- Head and face pain -- Pain in the locomotor system -- Fibromyalgia syndrome -- Visceral pain -- Neuropathic pain syndrome -- Pain due to vascular disease -- Acupuncture in palliative care -- Psychovegetative complaints -- Psychosomatic aspects of pain therapy -- Afterword