Meet the editors

Marcelo Saad, MD, PhD (Brazil), is a physician, board certified in acupuncture. He has a doctorate in the Sciences of Rehabilitation from the Federal University of S. Paulo. He is also current director member of the Spiritist-Medical Association of S. Paulo. He has been invited to the upcoming postgraduate course in Interfaith Hospital Chaplaincy, Santa Marcelina Medical School. Besides his work as a medical acupuncturist in private practice,

he is also engaged in scientific publications, editorial collaborations with journals and books, medical lectures, and participation in scholarly tasks. His main interests are religiosity in healthcare, acupuncture, and complementary therapies.

Roberta de Medeiros, PhD (Brazil), is a biologist and holds a doctorate in Comparative Physiology from Universidade Estadual Paulista. She has experience in teaching and research of neurophysiology and human physiology both in graduate (medicine, biomedicine, nutrition, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy) and in postgraduate courses. As well as being a full professor of human physiology at Centro Universitario S. Camilo, she also

teaches in special programs for other universities. Her main research field is neural plasticity, but recently she has dedicated herself to the study of all factors related to health preservation.

Contents

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 9**

**Chapter 3 21**

**Chapter 4 37**

**Chapter 5 47**

Ultrasound Detection Acupuncture Needling Training: Description of the

Introductory Chapter: Acupuncture - What Controversies? What Pathways?

Functional Imaging and Physiological Modulation with Acupuncture in Parkinson's Disease and Nonhuman Primate Models of Dopamine Dysfunction

*by Marcelo Saad and Roberta de Medeiros*

Scalp Acupuncture and Mental Disorders *by Chuen Heung Yau and Cheuk Long Ip*

*by Ying-Ling Chen and Mark C. Hou*

*by Zhonghua Fu and Dejian Lu*

Method

*by Yi-Ning Yin, Jorge E. Quintero and Zhiming M. Zhang*

Fu's Subcutaneous Needling: A Novel Therapeutic Proposal
