Classification

Classification of the acupuncture room

A classification system has been specifically designed to categorize the works in the room dedicated to acupuncture at the University Medical Library in Nîmes. It consists of four main areas:

A – Culture and history
B – Traditional Chinese Medicine
C – Other alternative medicines
L – Conferences

You can access all our publications sorted by topic by clicking on the links below.

A – Culture – History

A 100– History – Civilization
A 200 – Philosophies (I Ching, Taoism, etc.)
- A 210– Taoism
- A 220– I Ching
- A 230– Confucianism
- A 240– Buddhism – Zen
A 300 – Chinese
- A 310– Dictionaries
- A 320– Language methods, grammar, etc.
- A 330– Literature
- A 400– Arts and lifestyle (painting, calligraphy)
A 500 – Sciences (astronomy, astrology, palmistry)
- A 510– Divination, feng shui

B – Traditional Chinese Medicine

B 100 – General information – Introduction – Treaties
- B 101– Collections in TCM
- B 110 – Fundamental texts
  - B 111 – Neijing
    - B 111.1 – Suwen
    - B 111.2– Lingshu
  - B 112 – Huangdi Bashi Yi Nan Jing (Classic of Internal Medicine)
    - B 112.1– Classic difficulties
    - B 112.2– Acupuncture Classic
    - B 112.3 – Pharmacopoeia classic
  - B 113– Shang Han Za Bing Lun, Treatise on Cold Damage and Various Diseases
  - B 114– Other texts
- B 120– History of Medicine
- B 130– Extension
- B 140– Theoretical research
B 200 – Anatomy – Physiology – Etiopathogenesis
- B 210– 5 movements / Yin Yang
- B 220– Meridians / Points (with atlases)
- B 230– Energies, organs, body fluids
B 300 – Semiology – Diagnosis
- B 310– General Studies
- B 320– Pulse diagnosis
- B 340– Language examination
- B 350– Other
B 400 – Therapeutic methods
- B 410 – Acupuncture and moxibustion
  - B 411– General information
  - B 412– Extension
  - B 413– Acupuncture Treatises – Therapeutic Indications, Entry by Disease
  - B 414– Atlas of Acupuncture Points – Therapeutic Indications, Entry by Point
- B 420– Pharmacopoeia
- B 430– Dietetics
- B 440– Manual medicine
- B 450 – Chinese gymnastics
  - B 451– Qi Gong
  - B 452– Tai Chi
  - B 453– Kung Fu
B 500 – Western nosology
- B 510– General works
- B 520 – Diseases by discipline
  - B 521 ALL– Allergology
  - B 521 ANE – Anesthesia
  - B 521 CAN– Cancer
  - B 521 CAR– Cardiology
  - B 521 DER– Dermatology
  - B 521 DOU– Pain
  - B 521 END– Endocrinology
  - B 521 FEB– Febrile, infectious, viral diseases
  - B 521 GAS– Gastroenterology
  - B 521 GER– Geriatrics
  - B 521 GYN– Obstetrics and Gynecology
  - B 521 NEU– Neurology
  - B 521 ODO– Dentistry
  - B 521 OPH– Ophthalmology
  - B 521 ENT– ENT
  - B 521 PED– Pediatrics
  - B 521 PNE– Pulmonology
  - B 521 PSY– Psychology – Psychiatry
  - B 521 RHU– Rheumatology
  - B 521 SEX– Sexology
  - B 521 URO– Urology
  - B 521 VET– Veterinary
B 600– Fundamental research: modern foundation

C – Other alternative medicines

C 100– General information – Popularization
C 200 – Other Eastern medicines
- C 210– Indian medicine (Ayurveda, etc.)
- C 220 – Japanese medicine (Reiki, shiatsu, etc.)
  - C 221– Japanese martial arts
- C 230– Tibetan Medicine
- C 240– Others (Vietnam; Korea)
C 300 – Drug therapies
- C 310– Herbal Medicine
- C 320– Aromatherapy
- C 330– Oligotherapy
- C 340– Nutritional Therapy
- C 350– Homeopathy
- C 360– Mesotherapy
C 400 – Non-drug therapies
- C 410 – Reflexology
  - C 411– Electroacupuncture
  - C 412– Auriculotherapy
  - C 413– by microsystem: foot, hand, skull
- C 420 – Osteopathy and manual therapies
  - C 421– Manual therapies
  - C 422– Osteopathy
- C 430– Relaxation, sophrology, yoga, meditation
- C 440– Music Therapy

L – Congress

The ACR– Rhône-Alpes Association of Physicians Specializing in Rehabilitation
The ACU– Acupuncture Institute of America
The AFA– French Acupuncture Association
AFE– French Association for Acupuncture Study and Research
The AGM– Geneva Association of Acupuncture Physicians
L ASS– French Association for Acupuncture Study and Research
L BOS– Acupuncture, moxibustion, acupuncture analgesia (Beijing)
L COL– Acupuncture College of Southwestern France
L CON– National Acupuncture Congress
L EUR– Euromedicine
L CHR– CHRU Nîmes
L FAF– Federation of Acupuncturists for Continuing Medical Education
L GER– Acupuncture Study and Research Group
L GLE– Lyon Medical Research Group
L GET– Energy Therapy Study Group – Vannes
L MED– Medicine in gynecology and obstetrics: conference
L SAA– Aquitaine Acupuncture Society
L SOC– International Acupuncture Society
L WFA– World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies