Classification

Classification of the Acupuncture Room

A classification system was specifically designed to organize the books in the acupuncture section of the Nîmes University Medical Library. It consists of four major categories:

A – Culture and History
B – Traditional Chinese Medicine
C – Other Alternative Medicine
L – Conferences

You can access all of our books, organized 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…
- A 330– Literature
- A 400– Arts and Lifestyle (painting, calligraphy)
A 500 – Sciences (astronomy, astrology, palmistry)
- A 510– Mancies, Feng Shui

B – Traditional Chinese Medicine

B 100 – General Information – Introduction – Treaties
- B 101– TCM Collections
- B 110 – Key Texts
  - B 111 – Neijing
    - B 111.1 – Suwen
    - B 111.2– Lingshu
  - B 112 – Huangdi Bashi Yi Nan Jing (The Classic of Internal Medicine)
    - B 112.1– Classic Difficulties
    - B 112.2– Classics of Acupuncture
    - B 112.3 – Pharmacopoeia Classic
  - B 113– Shang Han Za Bing Lun, Treatise on Cold-Induced Disorders and Various Diseases
  - B 114– Other Texts
- B 120– History of Medicine
- B 130– Public Outreach
- B 140– Theoretical Research
B 200 – Anatomy – Physiology – Etiology and Pathogenesis
- B 210– 5 Movements / Yin Yang
- B 220– Meridians / Points (with atlases)
- B 230– Energy, Organs, Body Fluids
B 300 – Clinical Features – Diagnosis
- B 310– General Studies
- B 320– Pulse Diagnosis
- B 340– Language Exam
- B 350– Other
B 400 – Therapeutic Methods
- B 410 – Acupuncture and moxibustion
  - B 411– General Information
  - B 412– Extension Services
  - B 413– Acupuncture Treatises – Therapeutic Indications, Organized by Disease
  - B 414– Atlas of Acupuncture Points – Therapeutic Indications, Organized by Point
- B 420– Pharmacopoeia
- B 430– Nutrition
- 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 Medical Specialty
  - B 521 ALL– Allergy
  - 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, and 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– Veterinarian
B 600– Basic Research: A Modern Foundation

C – Other Alternative Medicine

C 100– General Information – Public Outreach
C 200 – Other Eastern Medicine Systems
- C 210– Indian Medicine (Ayurveda, etc.)
- C 220 – Japanese medicine (Reiki, shiatsu, etc.)
  - C 221– Japanese Martial Arts
- C 230– Tibetan Medicine
- C 240– Other (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-pharmacological treatments
- 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
The AFE– French Association for the Study and Research of Acupuncture
The AGM– Geneva Association of Acupuncture Physicians
L ASS– French Association for the Study and Research of Acupuncture
L BOS– Acupuncture, Moxibustion, Acupuncture-Based Pain Relief (Beijing)
L COL– Acupuncture College of Southwestern France
L CON– National Acupuncture Congress
L EUR– Euromedecine
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– Gynecology and Obstetrics: Conference
L SAA– Aquitaine Acupuncture Society
The SOC– International Acupuncture Society
L WFA– World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies