By Ikeda Masakazu

Finally available in English, is the best-selling acupuncture training DVD from Japan!

This is the original DVD designed, produced and directed by Masakazu Ikeda and Edward Obaidey, specifically for training purposes. The DVD features the hand techniques of a master acupuncturist who is well-grounded in Chinese Medical Theories.

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Author: Ikeda Masakazu

The Practice of Japanese Acupuncture and Moxibustion: Classic Principles in Action is an in-depth introduction to a form of treatment practiced in Japan that is based on the classics of Oriental medicine. It provides a bridge for traditionally trained students and practitioners who are having difficulty transferring their knowledge of Japanese acupuncture and moxibustion into clinical practice, and will inform the reader's work with the breadth and depth of the classics. It is a very popular book in Japan .

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Part One:
Provides the basic information needed to understand and diagnose the most common patterns of disease.

Part Two:
Sets forth guidelines for treating a wide variety of disorders including those affecting the musculoskeletal, nervous, respiratory, cardiovascular, and urogenital systems. Case histories and drawings vividly illustrate the theoretical discussion of each disorder and its treatment. An introduction by the translator illuminates certain aspects of this work which may be unfamiliar to practitioners in the West.

Ikeda Masakazu graduated from Meiji Oriental Medical Institute in 1968. Since that time he has devoted himself to the clinical practice of acupuncture, moxibustion, and herbal medicine. He has taught many apprentices and presented numerous seminars in Japan as well as in Australia and the United States . He is the author of over 20 books in Japan, among them a well-known handbook series featuring clinical interpretations of the classics, including Basic Questions, Divine Pivot, Classic of Difficulties, and Discussion of Cold Damage . Ikeda Sensei is currently the academic director of the Meridian Therapy Association of Japan, and is in private practice on the island of Shikoku.

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Excerpts from Preface:
This manual describes the traditional Acupuncture theory as it applies to Pulse Diagnosis and Meridian Acupuncture. Although this theory had been transmitted to Japan by Korean monks during the 5 th century A.D., the Japanese discontinued using it during the Edo shogunate period (1604-1807)...

In 1936, Japanese resumed studying the original acupuncture theory which was handed down from generation to generation in Korea . These practitioners also made some theoretical innovations and refinements in the theoretical applications...

Pulse diagnosis for meridian acupuncture is not complicated. It is a systematic method that is well-suited for clinical practice.

The book includes chapters on the following topics:

1. Pulse Qi and 5 Attribute Points
2. Treatment Points
3. Hollow organ Syndrome
4. Solid and Hollow Organ Treatment
5. Other Summarized Points
6. Important Meridian Point Groups
7. Treatment Point Sets
8. Traditional Needling Technique
9. Practical Needling Techniques
10. Practice Order