title: Dictionary of Acupuncture:  Terms, Concepts and Points
author:  Ralph Alan Dale 
description: The student of acupuncture is thrown into a world of new terms, concepts and a acupoints. This dictionary is designed for the student, teacher, clinician, patients, ask well as for the general public, to permit easy accessing of any particular term, concept or acupoint that may come up in readings, lectures, clinical practice or treatment.
  
  The dictionary is divided into 5 sections: 1) Terms and concepts, 2) Location of principle acupoints, 3) Names of principle acupoints, 4) Guide to Chinese pronunciation, and 5) Bibliographies.
zlib_text: Acupuncture
  Alan	Shifman	Charles
  
  e-Book	2015	International	Psychotherapy	Institute
  From	The	Psychotherapy	Guidebook	edited	by	Richie	Herink	and	Paul	R.	Herink
  All	Rights	Reserved
  Created	in	the	United	States	of	America
  Copyright	©	2012	by	Richie	Herink	and	Paul	Richard	Herink
  
  Table	of	Contents
  DEFINITION
  HISTORY
  TECHNIQUE
  APPLICATIONS
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  Acupuncture
  Alan	Shifman	Charles
  DEFINITION
  Acupuncture	is	a	treatment	used	to	prevent	disease	and	promote	better
  balance	of	energy	flow	throughout	the	body.	It	may	be	employed	to	control	or
  eliminate	pain	disorders.	The	nature	of	the	therapy	is	the	insertion	of	fine	28-
  to	32-gauge	stainless	steel	needles	into	specific	points,	or	loci,	on	the	human
  body.	The	points	are	referred	to	as	acupuncture	points	and	they	are	found	on
  specific	 channels	 or	 pathways	 called	 meridians.	 The	 meridians	 are	 fine,
  invisible	lines	that	are	interconnected	and	carry	energy	from	the	extremities
  to	the	trunk	and	head,	and	back	again	t