Acupuncture for Babies, Children and Teenagers

This textbook offers a comprehensive and clinically grounded guide to the diagnosis and treatment of children using paediatric acupuncture. Addressing the growing impact of modern lifestyles on child health, it integrates an understanding of family dynamics and psychosocial influences into clinical practice. Rebecca Avern presents a nuanced approach that combines Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Five Element theory, emphasizing that effective diagnosis and treatment must be carefully adapted to the child’s developmental stage, from infancy through adolescence.

Key Features:

• Integrated TCM and Five Element approach to paediatric diagnosis and treatment
• Age-specific clinical guidance, highlighting how treatment strategies evolve across childhood and adolescence
• Coverage of modern paediatric health challenges, including food allergies, chronic fatigue syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, and adolescent mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and eating disorders
• Focus on lifestyle-related illness and family dynamics, recognizing their role in childhood disease
• Wide range of treatment methods, including acupuncture needling techniques and paediatric tui na
• Practice-oriented content, designed for clinicians working with children in contemporary acupuncture and Chinese medicine settings