Based on The Yellow Emperor s Inner Classic and honed through clinical innovation, the technique of Heat-sensitized Moxibustion dramatically raises the effectiveness of conventional moxa treatments. Starting with the location of heat-sensitized acupoints places on the body that become active under disease conditions and are particularly sensitive to heat-based treatments this moxibustion technique is a revolutionary patient-centered approach. With incredible practicality and simplicity, heat-sensitized moxibustion can be used at home to treat common ailments, but is effective enough that experienced practitioners will want to add it to their clinical repertoire. Inside are sections on theory, methodology and clinical applications the first text to reveal the unique characteristics of the heat sensitization of acupoints, which is a break from the custom of locating points based on rote information memorized from a book. Instead, this approach allows for completely individualized treatments through points activated due to a patient's particular physiology and pathology. Inside you will learn how to treat more than twenty common diseases and symptoms, and along the way acquire a technique that can be adapted to any clinical situation, no matter how complex. - from Amzon