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Renowned accupuncturist Michael Nightingale's Acupuncture provides a fine introduction to this science. Focusing on the body's energy meridians in great detail and illustrating the "Chinese clock," notion of how the organs experience energy surges at different times of the day, Nightingale explains how acupuncturists make diagnoses and recommend the correct diet depending on one's symptoms. Nightingale explains acupressure and other forms of Traditional Chinese Medicine, including moxibustion, the technique of lighting slow-burning, incense cones of the mugwort plant and placing them on the skin to warm areas of the body. He also includes a handy glossary, a list of acupuncture organizations, and suggestions for further reading.