Essentials of western veterinary acupuncture / / Samantha Lindley and Mike Cummings
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| Autore: |
Lindley S (Samantha)
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| Titolo: |
Essentials of western veterinary acupuncture / / Samantha Lindley and Mike Cummings
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Blackwell, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 636.0895892 |
| Soggetto topico: | Veterinary acupuncture |
| Veterinary medicine | |
| Altri autori: |
CummingsT. M <1963-> (Thomas Michael)
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Essentials of Western Veterinary Acupuncture; Contents; Dedications; Preface; About the authors; Introduction; Part One; 1 Modern veterinary acupuncture; 2 An historical perspective; 3 Acupuncture - what is it and how does it work?; 4 Acupuncture - does it work?; Part Two; 5 The use of acupuncture for acute and chronic pain; 6 The use of acupuncture for musculoskeletal pain; 7 Principles of point selection; 8 Acupuncture for the treatment of visceral pain and dysfunction; 9 Acupuncture for the treatment of non-painful conditions; Part Three |
| 10 Practical aspects of acupuncture in the veterinary species11 Electroacupuncture and related techniques; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The field of pain research is rapidly expanding in both human and veterinary medicine, and has helped increase our understanding of acupuncture. However, many are still highly sceptical about the use of acupuncture and prefer for it to remain far from orthodox veterinary practice.This book seeks to challenge common misgivings by showing how veterinary acupuncture works (for small and large animals), and why it should be established as an orthodox form of treatment.Written from a Western approach, rather than a traditional Chinese Medicine approach, it explains the background an |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Essentials of western veterinary acupuncture |
| ISBN: | 1-280-74836-2 |
| 9786610748365 | |
| 0-470-76218-7 | |
| 0-470-75325-0 | |
| 1-4051-7231-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910877017703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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