Essential:
The Foundations of Chinese Medicine – Maciocia (The first edition with a silver cover is best and will work with our page/chapter references in each module. But the later edition has all the same information)
The Handbook of Five Element Practice – Franglen (First edition is better)
A Manual of Acupuncture – Deadman, Al-Khafaji, Baker – Or the phone app (on AppStore) Or See: JCM
ACI Locator tool: See on this link
Additional – These books are needed for the post graduate course:
Auriculotherapy Manual – Oleson
Treatment of Infertility with Chinese Medicine – Lyttelton
The Practice of Chinese Medicine – Maciocia
Facial Enhancement Acupuncture – Adkins
College Library
The college has a small library and we hold at least one copy of all set books. Students who wish to borrow these need to pay a £100 cash deposit. It may be necessary to ration lending to one module at a time depending upon demand.
Others you may consider:
The Clinical Practice of Chinese Medicine – Jarrett (L.J. does a great job of blending 5E&TCM – A bit “flowery” in its language for some tastes but I think this is a book that shows acupuncture can go beyond the level of treatment into “spirit” and what he calls “destiny”)
Pictorial Atlas of Acupuncture – Various (good pics)
Tongue Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine – Maciocia
Insights of a Senior Acupuncturist – Miriam Lee (Do all your acupuncture with just 5 points!)
The Web that has no Weaver – Kapchuk (Old book but available for £5)
Traditional Acupuncture Vol2 – Worsley (Worsley the inventor/creator of 5 Element Acupuncture)
Any basic anatomy book – (lots of these and quite cheap if you feel that you need to brush up)
Acupuncture Point Combinations – Ross
Constitutional Facial Acupuncture – Wakefield
Acupuncture in Pregnancy & Childbirth – West
5 Element Constitutional Acupuncture – Hicks
At some stage you may consider buying an electro acupuncture machine and additional leads. If you do we recommend this model and these leads:
Machine: https://www.scarboroughs.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=7_169&product_id=566