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This book entitled "Textbook of Acupuncture" is written, to help medical professionals and those starting training in Chinese Acupuncture to become acquainted with the distinctive feature of TCM . It is composed of six sections: 1TCM basic theories, 2 the channels and collaterals and their Acupuncture points (Total of 417 Acupoints.), 3Acupuncture techniques, 4Diagnosis, 5Treatment of common disease, 6 Useful Information. This book uniquely occupies that cognitive space between diagnoses, clinical techniques and treatment, helping medical professionals an academic approach to the patients. In this emprise I have strived to abide by following principle: maintaining discipline of TCM, integrity, practicability and adaptability in terms of TCM theory. TCM, which dates back to ancient time, has a unique and profound theoretical system. The greater part of its terminology has particular denotations, and as the matter of fact difficult to understand and translate. Characteristics of this textbook are promoting knowledge of Acupuncture to all medical students and Doctors and other health professionals in easiest method.

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Dr. Mehrab Dashtdar graduated from Fudan University in China with Master degree in internal medicine in 1995 and advanced diploma of TCM from Shanghai traditional Chinese medicine university. He is researcher in Dubai Pharmacology College. Gold Medalist in exhibition of Inventions Geneva 2010 for invention of Anti Diabetes Herbal Medicine.

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