The Heart of Acupuncture

Name: The Heart of Acupuncture
ISBN: 9787507714296

Gao Lishan / 高峰Xueyuan Publishing House2015

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Word count: 369 words
Chapters: 1
Series: On the art of acupuncture and moxibustion: explorations of its principles, clinical practice, and external therapies
ISBN: 9787507714296

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The Heart of Acupuncture is a documentary work by Professor Gao Lishan and three generations of his students, recording their study of traditional Chinese acupuncture theory and their accumulated clinical experience. Together with The Insights of Acupuncture and The Transmission of Acupuncture, it forms the author's "Acupuncture Trilogy" and was awarded the Third Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress by the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1999. The book is divided into five parts. Part One, "Explorations of Acupuncture Theory," begins with the marrow-sea doctrine of the Inner Canon and the acupuncture thought of the Treatise on Cold Damage, and discusses syndrome differentiation and treatment, the propagation of needling sensation, the functional classification of acupoints, and empirical point combinations. Part Two, "Clinical Acupuncture Experience," presents case studies showing the application of distinctive prescriptions such as the "Six Calming Points" and the "Ten Stomach Needles" to difficult and miscellaneous diseases, stroke, and pain syndromes. Part Three briefly outlines the acupuncture diagnosis and treatment of common conditions. Part Four summarizes the indications and point selections for external therapies including moxibustion, cupping, and bloodletting. Part Five introduces other methods used in conjunction with acupuncture, and includes a table of commonly used acupoints, reference charts for point location, and a format for writing case records. Throughout, the book follows the diagnostic and therapeutic approach of combining acupuncture with Chinese herbal medicine, valuing the spleen and stomach, and treating according to identified causes, making it suitable as a reference for clinical practice and teaching in acupuncture.

Editor's review

这是一本“越读越有用”的临床型针灸书。作者高立山是中医科学院广安门医院针灸科主任医师，行医教学四十余年，师承王乐亭、孙震寰等名家；书中“镇静六穴”“胃十针”等着眼于脾胃与神志的处方，正是他将师承经验与个人临证反复打磨的结果。全书不空谈理论，第一部分讲医理，第二、三部分直接落到病证与医案，“攒竹治急性腰背痛”“痛证三则十法”等都是可以拿到诊室里试的实用内容；第四部分把灸、火罐、放血的操作与选穴讲清楚，对基层医生尤其实惠。书末附穴位表与取穴图，查阅方便。本书与《针灸心悟》《针灸心传》同源互补，若只买一本，临床实战型读者可优先考虑此册。

Who it's for

A good fit for

从事针灸临床、希望补充实战处方的中医师
中医院校针灸推拿专业的高年级学生与研究生
基层全科医生、社区卫生服务人员
对针药并用与名家临床经验感兴趣的中医爱好者

Not a good fit for

完全没有中医基础的零起点读者，专业术语和辨证内容较多
希望自行在家扎针治疗的普通读者，针刺操作需专业训练与执业资质
只关心现代循证医学、排斥传统理论的读者

Reading tips

先读第二部分医案，感受“镇静六穴”“胃十针”的临床思路，再回头读第一部分的医理，理解更顺。
准备一本经络腧穴图谱对照阅读，边读边在图上标出书中处方用穴，加深记忆。
把痛证“三则十法”整理成自己的选穴卡片，临证时按病因与部位两条线检索。
与《针灸心悟》《针灸心传》配套阅读，可看出作者学术体系由基础到实战的递进。

About the publisher

Xueyuan Publishing House

Xueyuan Publishing House focuses mainly on medical and health books, with additional categories in economics and personal finance, management, and relationships. Judging from the 111 titles in the database, it devotes considerable attention to classical Chinese medicine and clinical case records. Representative publications include Hu Xishu's Lectures on the Treatise on Cold Damage, the high-definition edition of Shanghan Guanzhu Ji in the Ten Commentators on the Treatise on Cold Damage series, the annotated Treatise on Cold Damage, Selected Medical Cases of Famous Physicians on the Golden Cabinet, Zhang Guanyi's Medical Cases and Talks, Zang Kuntang's Medical Cases and Essays, and Yingtong Leicui, involving classical authors such as Zhang Zhongjing, Cheng Wuji, and You Yi as well as contemporary physicians including Hu Xishu, Zhang Liping, and Chen Ming. The house also publishes management and strategy titles such as Guiguzi and Business Strategy, with authors including Ohashi Takeo. Overall, its profile is marked by collation and annotation of Chinese medical classics, research on the Treatise on Cold Damage and the Golden Cabinet, and famous physicians' case records and talks, extending toward health preservation and practical management. Because public information on its founding year and location is limited, no inferences are made here.

Gao Lishan's Acupuncture Trilogy

FAQ

这本书和《针灸心悟》《针灸心传》是什么关系？

三者合称高立山的“针灸三部曲”，同属一套学术体系：《针灸心悟》偏基础，《针灸心传》重理论心法，《针灸心扉》则侧重医理探讨与临床实战，观点互有呼应，也各有独立内容，不必按顺序购买。

本书的ISBN和版本信息是怎样的？

书号 9787507714296，学苑出版社出版。2003年首版，2015年3月推出第2版平装本，482页，约369千字，定价48元。新旧版本内容基本一致，旧版为2003年版。

没有中医基础能看懂吗？

书中涉及辨证、经络、配穴等内容，需要一定的中医基础，零起点读者容易卡在术语上。建议先补一点经络腧穴与中医基础理论，再读收获更大。

书里的处方可以直接照搬使用吗？

书中处方是对名家临床经验的记录，可作为学习与参考，但针刺涉及取穴精度、深度、手法与禁忌，须由具备资质的中医师辨证施治，读者不宜自行照书施针。

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About the author

Gao Lishan Author

Gao Lishan is a medical author writing on acupuncture, whose personal biography is scarce in publicly available sources; basic details such as nationality and dates of birth and death are not clearly recorded. Four of his works are currently held in the collection, including "Acupuncture Heart's Door," "Acupuncture Heart's Transmission," and "Acupuncture Heart's Awakening" (with a duplicate entry), all centered on acupuncture as a branch of traditional Chinese medicine. This suggests that his writing focuses on organizing and expounding acupuncture theory and clinical insights. The titles, with their recurring use of "heart" (xin), carry a clear tone of experiential summary and shared reflection, implying that the author emphasizes connecting acupuncture principles through personal practice and thought rather than merely listing points and techniques. In common classifications these works are grouped under medicine and health, health, and gender and relationships, indicating a readership that includes both general readers and clinical practitioners. Based on the available material, Gao Lishan's style tends to frame the study and clinical practice of acupuncture around the notion of the "heart," stressing understanding and insight, and his works offer some reference value for the popularization and transmission of acupuncture knowledge.

高峰 Author

Gao Feng, about whom limited public information is available, has written across a wide range of fields, with eight works held in the collection. His subjects are notably diverse: they include the juvenile detective novel The Bronze Demon: Young Detective Squad 04 and the dialectological study A Survey of the Dingbian Dialect: Key Dialect Surveys in Shaanxi; in medicine he has published Xu Lingyun's Clinical Insights into Sleep Disorders and Approaches to Diagnosing and Treating Common Lung Diseases; in biography there is Biographies of Jiangsu Cultural Figures Through the Ages: Li Yu; he is also the author of Notes on Taisu and has ventured into artificial intelligence with The AI Revolution: Opening a New Era of Superintelligence, while contributing to Witness: Party History in Liaoning's First-Class Revolutionary Relics. His style varies with subject, ranging from rigorous scholarship to accessible narrative, showing a strong capacity for cross-disciplinary writing.