Developing Internal Energy for Effective Acupuncture Practice: Zhan Zhuang, Yi Qi Gong and the Art of Painless Needle Insertion

Drawing on ancient Chinese knowledge and tradition, this book teaches practitioners of acupuncture how to develop their internal energy and sensitivity to energy in order to improve their practice.

Understanding and working with energy flow is essential to becoming a good acupuncturist and regular qigong practice helps the acupuncturist to direct energy flow within the patient more accurately and effectively. This book presents a complete training regime for Western acupuncturists and features qigong exercises dating back centuries. With images from the original manuscripts and the Chinese text alongside an English translation and commentary, Western readers are introduced to unique exercises and internal cultivation texts in a truly authentic way.

This book provides essential internal training for acupuncture practitioners and students and will be of interest to a wide array of martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners.

Ioannis Solos PhD., MMed., MD (China)., LAc, holds a Master's of Medicine from the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, and a Medical PhD in Integrative Medicine from the Jinan University in Guangzhou.

He is the author of the "Gold Mirrors and Tongue Reflections", and "Developing Internal Energy for Effective Acupuncture Practice". He has also co-authored the "Ao Shi Shang Han Jin Jing Lu -Shi Sheng Du Shu Bi Ji" (in Chinese), and the "Chinese Medicine Diagnostics" for the World Textbook Series for Chinese Medicine Core Curriculum (Chinese and English).

Dr. Solos is classically trained in Acupuncture and Canonic Herbalism (Jing Fang). He is a world-renowned authority on tongue diagnosis, and his published research focuses on the application of tongue observation in historical and modern epidemics. His clinical expertise also includes orthopedic acupuncture for spinal and musculoskeletal problems, neuro-acupuncture for neurological disease rehabilitation, and his own set of manipulations for "tendon and fascia reconditioning" for joint and spinal diseases. Ioannis is an established academician, as well as a popular lecturer. He is currently serving in the editorial boards of several academic journals and is involved in numerous committees for the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies.