Contemporary Medical Acupuncture aims to bridge the gap between classical acupuncture therapy and contemporary medicine to achieve their ultimate integration. Based on updated reviews and systematic analyses, the meridians are actually systems of physiological and pathological reflexes in the body, and acupuncture therapy is a type of reflexotherapy. In the book, a novel concept called whole body reflex zones is proposed, which may efficiently inherit and clarify the meridian system. The systems

PART ONE SCIENTIFIC BASES OF ACUPUNCTURE
CHAPTER 1 CHALLENGES IN ADVANCING CLASSICAL ACUPUNCTURE
1.1 THE CURRENT STATE OF ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY
1.2 METHODS OF STUDYING COMPLICATED SYSTEMS
1.3 MODERN EXPRESSION OF ANCIENT TERMINOLOGY
1.4 A SYSTEMIC VIEW OF MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE
CHAPTER 2 REFLEX ARCS: BASIS OF ACUPUNCTURE
2.1 HOMEOSTASIS AND REFLEX
2.2 STIMULATION SIGNALS OF ACUPUNCTURE
2.3 TISSUE STRUCTURES AND SENSORY RECEPTORS OF ACUPOINTS
2.4 AFFERENT PATHWAYS OF NEEDLING SENSATIONS
2.5 STRETCH REFLEX AND REACTIONS AROUND NEEDLES
2.6 INPUT LOCATIONS OF ACUPUNCTURE STIMULATIONS
2.7 REFLEX CENTERS AND AUTONOMIC EFFERENT PATHS OF ACUPUNCTURE
2.8 LONG REFLEXES OF NERVE-HUMORAL REGULATION
2.9 THERAPEUTIC FUNCTIONS OF ACUPUNCTURE
2.10 ACUPUNCTURE ANESTHESIA
CHAPTER 3 REFLEX ZONES: ESSENCE OF THE MERIDIANS
3.1 CONTEMPORARY STUDIES OF THE MERIDIAN PHENOMENA
3.2 REFERRED PAIN AND VISCERA-BODY SURFACE CORRELATION
3.3 RADIATING PAIN AND BODY SURFACE-BODY SURFACE CORRELATION
3.4 REVOLUTIONIZE THE MERIDIAN THEORY
3.5 REFLEX ZONE: A SUBSTITUTABLE CONCEPT FOR THE MERIDIAN
3.6 FORMATION OF REFLEX ZONES OR THE MERIDIANS
3.7 CLASSIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION RULES OF REFLEX ZONES
3.8 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN REFLEX ZONES AND THE MERIDIANS
3.9 LOCAL OVERLAPPING AND LAYERING OF REFLEX ZONES
3.10 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MICRO AND MACRO REFLEX ZONES
3.11 A SIMPLIFIED MODEL OF REFLEX ZONES OR THE MERIDIANS
3.12 REFLEXOTHERAPY: THE ASCRIPTION OF ACUPUNCTURE
CHAPTER 4 MECHANISMS OF ACUPUNCTURE FUNCTIONS
4.1 RELATIVE SPECIFICITY IN ACTIONS OF ACUPOINTS
4.2 MECHANISMS OF REGULATORY FUNCTIONS OF ACUPUNCTURE
4.3 MECHANISMS OF ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA
4.4 MECHANISMS OF ACUPUNCTURE REHABILITATION
CHAPTER 5 MECHANISMS OF PROPAGATION OF NEEDLING SENSATIONS
5.1 CLASSIFICATION OF PROPAGATION OF NEEDLING SENSATIONS
5.2 PROPAGATION OF EXCITATION INSIDE NERVOUS CENTERS
5.3 ACTIVATION OF PERIPHERAL FACTORS
5.4 HYPOTHESIS: PROPAGATION OF MUSCLE TENSION WAVES
5.5 HYPOTHESIS: TRANSMISSION AMONG SENSORY NERVE ENDINGS
5.6 HYPOTHESIS: THE RETRIEVAL OF SENSORY MEMORY
PART TWO SYSTEMIC METHODOLOGY OF ACUPUNCTURE
CHAPTER 6 BLACK BOX OF THE PATIENT
CHAPTER 7 GATHERING REFLEX INFORMATION FROM THE BODY SURFACE
7.1 SKIN TEMPERATURE
7.2 APPEARANCE AND TENSION OF LOCAL SOFT TISSUES
7.3 TENDER SPOTS
7.4 ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE OF THE SKIN
CHAPTER 8 INPUT OF INTERVENING INFORMATION OF ACUPUNCTURE
8.1 OPTIMAL STIMULATION LOCATIONS
8.2 TYPES OF STIMULATION
8.3 INTENSITY AND DURATION OF STIMULATION
8.4 STIMULATION FEATURES OF BASIC NEEDLING METHODS
8.5 PROPERTIES AND GENERATIONS OF NEEDLING SENSATIONS
8.6 SEPARATION OF EFFECTS AND NEEDLING SENSATIONS
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