Handbuch Akupunktur

Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications Ltd.

About this app

This is the latest version of the mobile app of the trend-setting in the Western world teaching text book for acupuncture points - "The Manual of Acupuncture" by Peter Deadman, Mazin Al-Khafali and Kevin Baker.

Users can make use of the following functions:

• English and Chinese point names, point categories, classification, localization and observations relating to localization, pictures, instructions for needling with safety instructions, effects, indications and point combinations.
  
  
• Each point contains Chinese lute, printed Chinese characters and calligraphy as well as the audio recording of Chinese pronunciation (by tapping the calligraphy).
  
  
• Videos with narration explaining the localization and needle technique for each point.
  
  
• representations for all meridians, Verbindungsleitbahnen, Sonderleitbahnen and tendino-muscular meridians, for the eight extraordinary vessels and representations of the body regions.
  
  
• The main point categories (eg five shu points, xi-border Punke, back shu points) for easy repetition.
  
  
• Personal point groups can be created to customize the learning and looking up to your requirements.
  
  
• With multiple choice tests can own knowledge of all the points, point categories and created groups of points are checked.
  
  
• All points in the application linked to simplify browsing and looking up.
  
  
• Personal Notes can Leitbahnverläufen and any specific aspect of a point (eg localization, note on localization, needling, etc.) and the point localization - and Nadelungsseiten be added within the reference section .
  
  
• The application has two search functions. A search looks for point names (English or Pinyin) or by point numbers. The other makes it possible to browse the contents of each point individually. If necessary, you can specify exactly within which interconnect / collaterals to be searched, which fields within a point (eg, effects, indications, needling) to be selected and whether the own notes to be included in the search.
  
  
• The 12 regions of the skin and body areas and they supplied interconnects.
  
  
• reference section with cun measurements, hints for locating and needling, indications-index and terminology glossary.
  
  
• users registered in addition have the ability to show or hide personal notes within the application, you can determine how many points are added to a test and if you want to play videos continuously or individually. User data (notes, point groups and test results) can also be saved on our server, so that data can be restored after a device loss on a new device. Is the application on more than one device, data between these devices can be synchronized.
  

What's new

Software updates for compatibility with latest versions of Android.