Student Manual of TCM.pdf

Stud"nt ft{anual

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Fundamenhl s off raditional

Ori"ntal Me dicin"

Fourth Edition

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lreface to the ftevised Ld;gon

fhc purpo se of this Fourth -dition is to help clari{g Tointlocation de{initions and allow studenb to

see other authors interpretations of the point locations. fhough the point locations and measuring

sgsems havc not changed and ar. somewhat sandardized . lfeel a conflict has arisen and shoulJ b.

addr.ssed and that is the description of th" location of points.

{s most students know a new revision to thc f hinese ,,r^,,n"tur" rnd Mor'bu"t'onb"oL(e AM

reviseJ\ was written and th" most signiiicant changes are the def;nitions to the point locations.

(hangesin e AM revised include grammaticalchanges, measurement changes usingdi{:ftrent

landmarks, d.{iningthe point location with less d"{inition,as w"ll as clarifglngToint locations. {s a

student at a{irstl"vel, on. d"finitionmust be learned or memoriz.d forlocation and testingpurposes. {

student at a seconA level must understand the point anatomicallg to all landtatks, muscl"s or to othcr

points. { student at e third level must b. abl" to discern a descriTtion, partial descriVtion, or a

combin"d dcscription of a Tointlocation from source tcxts on there reguired book hst. ]h. pr-ce .ding

situation comes up in comprehensive exams to test the students abilii.gto analgse and r"configure a

definition learned and th.n add a degre. of anatomical comVlexitg.

Th;s Student [/anual will use the f AM revised as the primarg location definifion. fh" old CAM

definition i{ di{ferentwill be placed next.

Qther source texts that will b" us.d ar. A"rrrr.trn " C orpnh"nt

-($hanghaiX5) and

A Manualof ,,functurebg feterp.adman (FD).

M.ng d"f;nitions or parts to a de{inition are similar to the primarg location source (GM *"!ed.l

willgive excerpte in part or whol. if the definition is di{{erent.l will not r.word de[initions.

l[ alocation is similar, from another text, rc C AM revised then the d.{inition will not bc repeated.

| [r'ow that having mang d.{initions can adJ a degr.e o{ di[[icultg, but I feelthat once the student

sees the d"finit;ons in comparison this will help them understand the topic more fullg.

ffieridian Qrossingfoints hau" al"o been cla.ified in th;s "dition

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ln t))6,1 prbl;sh.d th" second edition of th. $tudent Manualon the fundamentals of

fraditional Qriental \uledic;ne wh;ch has b".n widelg adopted bgTrad;tional fhinese

M"dicin. students and teachers al;Le as a major sourcc "f TCM ,e{.rence material. I

constantlg hear students express their gratitude fo, these materials which has proven useful

in classes, clinical us" and the pr-pa.a rion o[ comp.ehensive exams.

$inc. thattime, and while constantlgworLingwith studenb, I hau. noticed certain ar.as of

TCMthatlacLamorethoroughtreatmento,"certainmaterial. Inthis, mglatesteffortdesigned

as a thorou gh a"d concise ,ef"rence text, I have accomphsh"d a major reorganization of the

original material in addition to new toTics that were not included in rg originalworL. {h"

inclusion of n.w topics has arisen {ro* clinical necessitg and includ.s sections on auricular

and scalp acupunctu re, root and branch diagnosis and a much needed section dealing with

the details o{ electro-acupuncture.

(eorganization of older material includes new sections on compl" te dif{erentiation o{ tongu.

and puls" diagnosis and otgan phgsiolog including both diagrarns and writtcn explanations

of int"tnal pathwags complete with organand chann.l pathologies. fh" section on acupoints

includes point locations with ;ndividual diagramsnext to its description along with {unctions/

actions accordingto the nlor source texts.

As out m"dicin" becomes more popula,- and clinical cases d"mand a more thorough

Lnowl-dg" o{ sourcematerial, I hop. to provide stude nts and practitioners aliLe with the most

cornplete and consolidated ,ef"rence text available in ourfielJ.

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