Dr. Ma's Book

Biomedical Acupuncture for Pain Management

Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone, 2005.

The authors of this book have developed a treatment protocol which they term the Integrative Neuromuscular Acupoint System, a synthesis of biomedicine and traditional acupuncture that uses biomedical terminology and concepts to interpret clinical procedures and basic mechanisms of acupuncture while retaining the emphasis on whole-person therapy and "promoting health while treating the disease," cornerstones of TCM. The authors maintain that the integration of acupuncture into mainstream medicine cannot happed without biomedicalization.

"I deeply believe that this book, Biomedical Acupuncture for Pain Management, an Integrative Approach, is a milestone on the road towards integrating acupuncture into mainstream medicine and that it will open the door of acupuncture therapy to Western healthcare professionals".
-Song Zhen-zhi, OMD, Ph.D.,
Director of Kangfu Acupuncture Institute, Beijing,
Laureate of "The 100 Best TCM Doctors in China"