This new, Western edition of Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion is attractively produced, featuring many refinements of presentation and language and containing notably more material than earlier versions. The introduction provides a history of acumoxa therapy and a section that introduces Chinese research into the relationships between the jingluo and various biomedically defined anatomic or physiologic structures. The main part of the text is a detailed, meridian-by-meridian description of the acupoints featuring a new description of the overall modern pathway features. The next section discusses acumoxa techniques, including filiform needling and methods of student practice, sterilization, insertion, manipulation, and emergency situations such as bent or broken needles. Moxa techniques presented include scarring and non-scarring direct moxa, moxa stick technique, and indirect moxa on salt, ginger, etc. Cupping, three-edge needling, cutaneous and intradermal needling, scalp and ear acupuncture, point injection therapy, and electrostimulation are also described.

The section on acupuncture anesthesia includes acupoint prescriptions for operations from tooth extraction to Caesarean section. The treatment section begins with a discussion of general therapeutic considerations, such as the zang fu, and concludes with prescriptions and descriptions of point categories. Each specific treatment for common diseases describes etiology, differentiation, and treatment. The first appendix presents the Qibo-Huangdi conversations concerning the nine needles and yuan-source points, the explanation of the filiform needles, a discussion of the source of the shu points, the selection of needles, and the technique of contralateral needling. The second appendix consists of classical rhymes as either transcriptions of the Chinese verse or as tabular summaries of the points or point combinations related to specific symptoms or diseases. In the final appendix the method of time-sensitive, or open-point treatment is explained, with charts and calculations required for determining the stem-branch-point relationships and determining clinical application.