Acupuncture: From Symbol to Clinical Practice translated and edited by John O'Connor William Maclean is a graduate

William Maclean is a graduate of the New South Wales College of Natural Therapies (Diploma of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Supplemental Materia Medica

and teacher of obstetrics and gynecology

and often incongruent with the properties and actions found in more classical materia medica texts — specifically the Shén Nóng Běn Cǎo (神農굶꿇)

Case studies accompany each formula

Acupuncture: From Symbol to Clinical Practice translated and edited by John O'Connor William Maclean is a graduateEvery practitioner of acupuncture is confronted with the same problem: how do I choose points to treat a particular patient at a particular time? For the complex conditions most often seen in Western clinics, rote prescriptions are rarely effective. Through his decades long experience as a practitioner, Dr. Jean Marc Kespi has returned to the ancient roots of acupuncture and developed an approach to choosing the best points for a given situation. Dr.