Description: 52 acupoints that provide self-help for common complaints such as travel sickness, colds, backache. With an acupoint for each week of the year, organised season by season, it uses the healing principles of Chinese medicine to lead to a happier and healthier life.
Brief description: John Kirkwood has been working, living and playing with the Five Elements for 30 years, first as a practitioner and teacher of Jin Shin Do(R) Acupressure, later as a graduate of the SOPHIA program of the Traditional Acupuncture Institute of Maryland, and now as a practitioner and teacher of Five Element Acupressure. He lives in the beautiful Adelaide Hills of South Australia.
Review Quotes: Through poetry, lush visual imagery, fascinating case histories and crystal clear explanations and point locations, John Kirkwood brings the body, soul and spirit of Five Element Acupuncture to life. A labor of love and devotion, this is a book clinicians, students and patients of traditional Chinese medicine have long been waiting for. I will use it in all my teaching and will cherish my copy for years to come.--Lorie Eve Dechar, author of 'Five Spirits: Alchemical Acupuncture for Psychological and Spiritual Healing'