Acupuncture in practice : case history insights from the West / edited by Hugh MacPherson, Ted Kaptchuk ; foreword by Giovanni Maciocia.

New York : Churchill Livingstone, 1997.

xxi, 482 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

The cruel virus : a case of HIV and AIDS / Nguyen Tinh Thong -- Harry / Sandra Hill -- Diabetic neuropathy in the lower extremities / Kiiko Matsumoto and David Euler -- Ockham's razor and a case of ankylosing spondylitis / Volker Scheid -- Africa, malaria and a "virus" / Friedrich Staebler -- A heartsink patient / Charles Buck -- Treating the untreatable / Nicholas Haines -- Maria's children / Jane Lyttleton -- Pregnancy, nausea and multiple sclerosis / Bob Flaws -- Depression and fatigue after giving birth / Arne Kausland -- A case of postpartum complications? / Stephen Birch -- Elinor in the dance / Dianne Connelly -- A case of tropical acne / Shmuel Halevi -- Palpitations, periods and purpose / Peter Valaskatgis -- Shouting for sympathy / Ken Shifrin -- The tip of the volcano / David A. Bray -- Hysterectomy : is it necessary? / Felicity Moir -- The young woman who could only crawl / Peter Delaney -- Early damage / Alan Papier -- Judy, a left-handed Caucasian / Miki Shima -- California dreaming / Richard Gold -- Challenges that take their toll / Bernard Côté -- Out of my head and into my heart / Leon Hammer -- Like mother, like daughter / Yves Requena -- Undescended testicles / Julian Scott -- A case of a gastric ulcer / Eric Marié -- Unwinding a volvulus to cure a migraine / Satya Ambrose -- Epigastric pain / Lucio Sotte -- Irritable bowel syndrome and a painful shoulder / Bert Zandbergen -- An Achilles heel / Daniel Bensky -- Coffee, marijuana and back pain / Arya Nielsen -- A crushing pain in the chest / Mark Seem -- Unresolved shock / Holly Guzmán -- Surrender or control? / Jürgen Mücher -- Managing pharmaceutical drug withdrawal / Dan Kenner -- Solidity and fragility / Zoë Brenner -- Anxiety, agitation and angry determination / Richard Blackwell -- A clear case of possession / Angela Hicks -- Fleas, ponies, doctors, angels / Harriet Beinfield -- Headaches, angels and guiding spirits / Jacqueline Young.

Includes bibliographical references and index.