Presenting techniques based on the clinical achievements of Jiao Shun-fa, a North China practitioner who synthesized Jingluo theory and Western neurophysiological anatomy to arrive at successful methods of treating conditions including paralysis, cerebral trauma, Parkinson's disease, tachycardia, and thrombosis. Case studies and technical appendices are included.

This book has become a classic in its field, with its main feature still the outstanding illustrative material: 217 halftone and line drawings that in themselves justify the term "classic". The text of this third edition has been thoroughly revised and extended. For example, it contains a new section on the cerebrovascular system and the meninges.