Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 248 pages
- Published by: North Atlantic Books
- Edition: 1st Edition September 11, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1572507128
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1572507128
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 8.8 ounces
Product Description
Medical acupuncture stands out among the alternative health modalities for ease of use, cost-effectiveness, and applicability to a wide range of conditions. In
Getting to Know You, Dr. Joe Helms uses down-to-earth language to help readers make the best use of this treatment. He clearly identifies what sorts of problems respond best to medical acupuncture and distinguishes between constitutional characteristics and early indicators of health conditions.
Getting to Know You features real-world patient cases in medical acupuncture and promotes applied learning throughout, inviting readers to identify traits and symptoms they see in themselves. To this end, Dr. Helms provides a list of questions to clarify the reader’s dominant type. For each type, guidelines are presented with common-sense changes to promote optimal health. The book conveys a wealth of complex medical information in simple terms, including elusive classical acupuncture models such as the circulation of energy and the five phases of treatment. A useful appendix further highlights acupuncture’s benefits, while a reference list makes it easy to find practitioners in the U.S.
About The Author
Dr. Joe Helms
is at the forefront of medical acupuncture practice and education in the United States. For thirty years, he has been the driving force behind the emergence and integration of this medical discipline in modern American medicine. He has trained over 5,000 U.S. physicians in medical acupuncture through programs sponsored by UCLA and Stanford. His
Acupuncture Energetics textbook has become the standard textbook for physicians learning acupuncture.
Reader Reviews
Getting to Know You promotes a complementary system of health care that starts with our personal awareness of our constitutional makeup and the changes in our body over time, and then combines that awareness with acupuncture and conventional approaches to medicine. Dr. Helms posits that this biological-psychological awareness, plus life style changes and strengthening our physical vulnerabilities to ailments, supports improved health and well being, especially when added to acupuncture maintenance treatments. The book offers insights into both patient and physician perspectives regarding acupuncture through patient examples in the chapters and a running footer throughout half the book. After reading the book I was motivated to identify my bio-psychotype by filling out the questionnaire on line www.acupunctureprofessor.com and take better charge of my own energy and wellness. I even found a Helms graduate near my home and have started a series of treatments. I feel a lot more in control of my life and health since following some of the guidance in Getting to Know You, and am submitting thisin hopes that other people like me will get the same benefit. It's fun and easy to read, and well worth the time and study.
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