As an acupuncturist at American Acupuncture Therapeutics, PC, Arkady Kiner promotes healing in patients living with conditions such as chronic pain and psychological issues. Arkady Kiner attended Mercy College, earning a master’s in Oriental medicine, which involves the ancient medicinal traditions of generations of Oriental cultures.
This knowledge has been recorded in a variety of classic foundational texts, including The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic. Written before 200 BCE, the Inner Classic lays the foundational principles of traditional Chinese medicine, presenting a compilation of techniques and medical philosophies used at the time and a discussion of the anatomy and physiology of the human body.
Meanwhile, The Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, compiled in the third century, contains 12 volumes and 128 chapters on acupuncture. It also includes moxibustion techniques, which involve the burning of mugwort root to stimulate healing. In addition to providing information on the known 349 acupuncture points and the various benefits of stimulating each, it discusses acupuncture contraindications, needle manipulations, and channels and collaterals.
The earliest book written about natural herbs, titled The Herbal, was passed down from the Qin and Han dynasties (ranging from 221 BCE to 220 CE). It contains pharmaceutical knowledge and explains 365 types of drugs and their respective actions.
Written by Sun Simiao in 652 CE, Prescriptions for Emergencies Worth a Thousand Gold is a 30-volume text containing 5,300 prescriptions. It presents knowledge on treating deficiency diseases and discusses diet therapy, prevention, moxibustion, acupuncture, and health maintenance.
This knowledge has been recorded in a variety of classic foundational texts, including The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic. Written before 200 BCE, the Inner Classic lays the foundational principles of traditional Chinese medicine, presenting a compilation of techniques and medical philosophies used at the time and a discussion of the anatomy and physiology of the human body.
Meanwhile, The Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, compiled in the third century, contains 12 volumes and 128 chapters on acupuncture. It also includes moxibustion techniques, which involve the burning of mugwort root to stimulate healing. In addition to providing information on the known 349 acupuncture points and the various benefits of stimulating each, it discusses acupuncture contraindications, needle manipulations, and channels and collaterals.
The earliest book written about natural herbs, titled The Herbal, was passed down from the Qin and Han dynasties (ranging from 221 BCE to 220 CE). It contains pharmaceutical knowledge and explains 365 types of drugs and their respective actions.
Written by Sun Simiao in 652 CE, Prescriptions for Emergencies Worth a Thousand Gold is a 30-volume text containing 5,300 prescriptions. It presents knowledge on treating deficiency diseases and discusses diet therapy, prevention, moxibustion, acupuncture, and health maintenance.
