This, our first book, is an in depth look at this rarely taught essential therapy! Bloodletting extends throughout the current of Chinese medicine, from the earliest extant texts to the modern period.  However, despite this fact, bloodletting is under represented in contemporary English language acupuncture textbooks. This text, the first of its kind in English, provides students and seasoned practitioners alike a practical overview of bloodetting therapy.  It includes an historical view of bloodletting, an exploration of bloodletting in the Huang Di Nei Jing, and detailed expositions on the theory and practice of bloodletting in the modern clinic, including the application of bloodletting in Tung's acupuncture.