"This book is a wonderful book. I like the way that everthing is set out so clearly. It seems like it will be a valuable clinical reference book for many people. I know that I will use it.
-Acupuncturist in Massachusetts

"I am sure this book will be of great use to me in my practice and in my teaching."
-Faculty Member of the New England School of Acupuncture

"I recall your frustration in attempting to find a scholarly, complete, and competently written textbook for your acupuncture students years ago. You vowed to write such a book when you could not locate one for your classes. With great success you have fulfilled your promise. Your textbook is certainly the most complete, intricate, and thoughfully written book on acupuncture today. It is a book for scholars and students to learn from and to keep as a reference book in their offices."
-Acupuncturist in California

Kuen-Shii Tsay, Lic. Ac., NCCA (National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncturists) graduated from Taipei Medical College in 1971, Chun-Yuan Clinic of Chinese Medicine in 1976, and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Pathology in 1983.

Tsay has completed several research projects on the use of acupuncture anesthesia in various types of surgery, which he submitted to China Medical College's affiliated hospital. He has also completed research projects that deal with fine needle aspiration of thyroid tumors, which he presented to Johns Hopkins Hospital.

A former member of the board of directors of the New England School of Acupuncture (NESA), Tsay is the founder of the Tsay Fellowship Award, the only fellowship for acupuncture graduate students and faculty in the United States. He has also written Acupucnturist's Handbook: A Practical Encyclopedia, which serves as a guide for students and practitioners. Tsay has been teaching advanced acupuncture techniques and principles, diagnosis practicum, and methodology of acupuncture point prescription at NESA since 1983.

This is a notebook-style presentation of the essential clinical skills, written for a Western audience but from the author's Chinese-trained and experienced perspective. The materials selected are governed by his long clinical training and his teaching experience at the New England School of Acupuncture. This revised and expanded edition covers: "Diagnostic Practicum," pulse, palpatory and tongue diagnosis, the eight principles, qi and blood, differential diagnosis according to the zang fu, exogenous factors, and channels; "Methodology of Point Prescription," basic and advanced techniques for treatment, including commonly used acupoints and indications and point combination approaches; and special techniques including scalp and ear acupuncture, point through to point, and emergency techniques.