Soothing the Troubled Mind: Acupuncture and Moxibustion in the Treatment and Prevention of Schizophrenia

by Lou, Baiceng; Lou, Pai-Tseng; Dey, Thomas; Dey, Thomas; Wiseman, Nigel; Warner, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780912111605
• ISBN10: 0912111607
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Redwing Book Co

Summary

Paradigm Publications brings the medicine and healing of the Oriental tradition to English-speaking readers. Our work is based on the premise that the West will successfully absorb Oriental traditional healing arts only by honoring the respect for language, tradition, and nature on which they were founded. Seeking to accurately transmit an Asian expertise that is rooted in bedside skills and highly trained sensory observations, our books for clinical professionals are produced by cooperative teams of Asian and Western clinical experts, scholars, and linguists. By adhering to voluntary, multi-author, multi-publisher standards, these works become part of a valuable library that is not limited by the interests of any one author or publisher. Based on similar principles, our books for discriminating readers offer the simple utility people need to apply these arts to their lives.

This translation of the Zhen Jiu Fang Zhi Jing Shen Fen Lie Zheng (1987) by Lou Bai Ceng and Lou Xing Huang focuses on the best way to apply TCM treatments. A fascinating section discusse

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	v
Foreword	ix
Translator's Preface	xvii
Authors' Preface	xxvii
Introduction	1	(16)
Invasions of the Six Environmental Excesses	4	(1)
Damage from Intemperance of the Seven Affects	4	(2)
Other Factors	6	(11)
Qi and Blood	7	(1)
Phelgm and Fire	8	(9)
Clinical Symptomatology and Classifications	17	(10)
Clinical Symptomatology	17	(4)
Thought Disorders	17	(1)
Emotional Disorders	18	(1)
Disorders of Volition	18	(1)
Perceptual Disorders	19	(2)
Clinical Classifications	21	(6)
Simple-Type Schizophrenia	21	(1)
Hebephrenic-Type Schizophrenia	22	(1)
Catatonic-Type Schizophrenia	23	(1)
Paranoid-Type Schizophrenia	24	(3)
Essentials of Differential Diagnosis	27	(8)
Compiling the Medical History	27	(1)
Psychological Examination	27	(1)
Differential Diagnosis	28	(7)
Manic-Depressive Syndrome	28	(1)
Reactive Psychosis	29	(1)
Neuroses	30	(1)
Epileptic Psychosis	31	(1)
Symptomatic Psychosis	32	(1)
Climacteric Psychosis	32	(1)
Senile Psychosis	33	(1)
Cerebral Arteriosclerotic Psychosis	34	(1)
Prevention	35	(20)
Creating a Healthy Mental Lifestyle	36	(7)
Maintaining the Central Nervous System	43	(9)
Maintaining a Balanced Lifestyle	43	(2)
Sleep and Treatments for Insomnia	45	(3)
Fatigue and Its Prevention	48	(1)
Employing Active Rest	49	(3)
Emphasis on Early Diagnosis and Treatment	52	(3)
Treatments for Schizophrenia	55	(70)
Treatments Based on the Authors' Experience	55	(28)
Treatments for Mania Disease Type	56	(5)
Treatment for Withdrawal Disease Type	61	(5)
Symptomatic Treatments for Withdrawal & Mania Patterns	66	(6)
Improving Clinical Effectiveness in Acupuncture	72	(11)
Treatments Based on Classical Treatises	83	(15)
Classical Acupuncture Therapy for Mania Disease	83	(3)
Classical Acupuncture Therapy for Withdrawal Disease	86	(4)
Other Ancient Methods	90	(8)
Treatments Gathered from Modern Chinese Reports	98	(17)
Overview	98	(3)
Simple Acupuncture Therapy	101	(2)
Five-Person Acupuncture Therapy	103	(1)
Large Needle (Spine Needling) Therapy	104	(1)
Electroacupunture	105	(4)
Auricular Acupuncture	109	(1)
Scalp Acupuncture	110	(1)
Fluid Injection Therapy	111	(2)
Acupuncture Point Suture-Embedding Therapy	113	(1)
Point Grasping and Cupping Therapy	114	(1)
Vessel Pricking Therapy and Laser Therapy	115	(1)
Psychological Therapies for Schizophrenia	115	(4)
Working to Gain the Patient's Trust	116	(1)
Competence at Openly Observing the Thoughts & Feelings of a Variety of Patients	117	(1)
Initiating Work Where the Patient is Engaged	117	(1)
Developing an Adaptable Style	118	(1)
Other Measures	119	(6)
Chinese Medicinal Agents in Combined Therapy	119	(2)
Acupuncture in Combined Therapy	121	(4)
Concluding Remarks	125	(4)
Chinese Bibliography	129	(2)
Index	131