Yvonne Farrell is in a private practice in LA (LA Herbs and Acupuncture) and is Adjunct faculty in DAOM programs at Yosan University, ACTCM and guest lecturer at OCOM. She has been treating patients with chronic illness and trauma since 1997 and the last 10 years of her teaching has been focused on this subject. She lives in Los Angeles, USA.

The loving essence of this powerful, poetic medicine comes through on every page. Dr. Farrell has practiced, embodied, and illuminated through her teaching, the limitless wisdom and adaptability of acupuncture. In the clinic or in the supermarket, may we all learn to "see the person before you as whole," and work with "intent rather than agenda."

• DedicationAcknowledgmentsForeword IntroductionChapter One: SurvivalChapter Two: ResistanceChapter Three: The Five SpiritsChapter Four: The Number NineChapter Five: The Sinew ChannelsChapter Six: The Luo-collateral SystemChapter Seven: The Primary ChannelsChapter Eight: The Divergent ChannelsChapter Nine: The Eight Extraordinary VesselsConclusion:Redundancy, Self-awareness and the Miracle of Survival

Yvonne Farrell is in a private practice in LA (LA Herbs and Acupuncture) and is Adjunct faculty in DAOM programs at Yosan University, ACTCM and guest lecturer at OCOM. She has been treating patients with chronic illness and trauma since 1997 and the last 10 years of her teaching has been focused on this subject. She lives in Los Angeles, USA.

The loving essence of this powerful, poetic medicine comes through on every page. Dr. Farrell has practiced, embodied, and illuminated through her teaching, the limitless wisdom and adaptability of acupuncture. In the clinic or in the supermarket, may we all learn to "see the person before you as whole," and work with "intent rather than agenda."

• DedicationAcknowledgmentsForeword IntroductionChapter One: SurvivalChapter Two: ResistanceChapter Three: The Five SpiritsChapter Four: The Number NineChapter Five: The Sinew ChannelsChapter Six: The Luo-collateral SystemChapter Seven: The Primary ChannelsChapter Eight: The Divergent ChannelsChapter Nine: The Eight Extraordinary VesselsConclusion:Redundancy, Self-awareness and the Miracle of Survival

Yvonne Farrell is in a private practice in LA (LA Herbs and Acupuncture) and is Adjunct faculty in DAOM programs at Yosan University, ACTCM and guest lecturer at OCOM. She has been treating patients with chronic illness and trauma since 1997 and the last 10 years of her teaching has been focused on this subject. She lives in Los Angeles, USA.

The loving essence of this powerful, poetic medicine comes through on every page. Dr. Farrell has practiced, embodied, and illuminated through her teaching, the limitless wisdom and adaptability of acupuncture. In the clinic or in the supermarket, may we all learn to "see the person before you as whole," and work with "intent rather than agenda."

• DedicationAcknowledgmentsForeword IntroductionChapter One: SurvivalChapter Two: ResistanceChapter Three: The Five SpiritsChapter Four: The Number NineChapter Five: The Sinew ChannelsChapter Six: The Luo-collateral SystemChapter Seven: The Primary ChannelsChapter Eight: The Divergent ChannelsChapter Nine: The Eight Extraordinary VesselsConclusion:Redundancy, Self-awareness and the Miracle of Survival