Abdominal and Navel Acupuncture: Awaken the energetics of your body

Maria Mercati, Britain's leading authority on Tui Na and Acupuncture, has written the first, comprehensive, English language book for the world. In large size and in full colour, it presents Abdominal and Navel Acupuncture in a unique and riveting way for the first time.\nIts clear step-by-step approach which focuses solely on the abdomen and navel, is for qualified acupuncturists looking for alternative ways to treat the body. It is also valuable for those trained in other forms of bodywork such as Tui Na and Shiatsu where Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is relevant to abdominal massage as well as Acupuncture.
Maria has been teaching and practising acupuncture and Tui Na (Chinese medical massage) for over 30 years. To date she has studied acupuncture extensively in Chinaat Traditional Chinese Medicine hospitals in Shanghai, Weihai, Beijing, Xian, Jinan and Hangzhou since 1992. Her experience in the field of acupuncture is unique in the UK. She is an internationally published author and her books are highly regarded as leading works on the subject.\nMaria explains how these two Abdominal and Navel Acupuncture Microsystems operate through a treatment area on the abdomen and navel that embraces the Meridians, a Turtle reflex microsystem and a Bagua microsystem, giving access to the complex, healing energetics of the human body.More than 125 unique, colour diagrams show in detail, all the abdominal Meridians and acupoints, the abdominal Turtle reflex points and the Bagua acupoints.\nShe teaches you a new and an easy-to-use method to master and achieve a quick, therapeutic response that can treat all acute, musculo-skeletal conditions and chronic, internal, degenerative ones as well. Maria describes how to use multi-depth needling techniques on regular TCM Meridian acupoints together with ones that are based on Turtle and Bagua concepts and how they link into the wider energetics of the whole body.\nThe aim of this book is to show how easily Abdominal and Navel Acupuncture treatment options can be used to maintain good health and address the everyday health problems and injuries that are so prevalent in this modern world.
Abdominal and Navel Acupuncture is very powerful and effective and, when learned with understanding, is easy to apply. Maria explains how the complex autonomic nervous system of the abdomen and its links to the central nervous system provide an excellent basis for the functioning of Abdominal Acupuncture. This means that Meridians and their acupoints on the abdomen can tap into all the vegetative but vital functions of the body, such as digestion, respiration, immune response, blood pressure and many others.
The uniqueness of this book is in the way Maria Mercati has explained how the acupoint combinations she describes, actually work. They provide a means of slowing the inevitable growth of the seeds of ill health, as well as treating a wide variety of existing health conditions. Remarkably it can treat everything that full body Acupuncture can.\nAdvantages of Abdominal Acupuncture
The big pluses for Abdominal Acupuncture are its effectiveness, simplicity, lack of side effects and its provision of treatment with minimal discomfort. Much of the needling requires little or no manipulation. This provides for a gentle and more pain free experience, because there is much less needle sensation than is experienced when needling the hands, feet and face acupoints in mainstream Acupuncture.
Abdominal and Navel Acupuncture gives a comprehensive introduction to the use of this Ancient Healing Art of Acupuncture. Its clear approach is accessible for those who are qualified acupuncturists looking for alternative ways to treat the body. It is also valuable for those trained in other forms of bodywork such as Tui Na and Shiatsu where Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is relevant to abdominal massage as well as Acupuncture.