The Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text, 3e

The Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text, 3e

Language: English

Pages: 1320

ISBN: 0702052167

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


This highly successful textbook covers the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, and discusses in detail the use of acupuncture points and the principles of treatment. The material is based on rigorous reference to ancient and modern Chinese texts, and explains the application of theory in the context of Western clinical practice. The new edition features new and updated material plus an accompanying website containing over 650 self-testing questions in a variety of formats.

 "For the student or practitioner of Chinese medicine this is a definitive text book." Reviewed by Jim Young on behalf of glycosmedia.com, Aug 2015

  • 25th Anniversary edition of the Western world’s best-selling book on Chinese medicine!
  • Logical, sequential organization builds from basic theoretical concepts, through functions of individual organs, diagnosis, pathology, pattern recognition & disease categories, and the appropriate use of acupuncture points
  • Clearly explains the theory and practice of Chinese Medicine to Western medical audiences
  • Based on a unique and invaluable combination of extensive clinical experience in the West, current Chinese Medicine textbooks and ancient sources, in particular, the ‘Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine’ (Nei Jing) and the ‘Classic of Difficulties’ (Nan Jing)
  • Includes Pinyin equivalents to make it immediately evident which original term is being translated
  • Abundantly illustrated with over 750 line drawings and more than 1000 tables & boxes designed to emphasize the key facts
  • End of chapter Learning Outcomes point out ‘must-know’ information
  • Cases Studies
  • and Case Histories apply theory to diagnosis and treatment, bringing the subject to life in a realistic context

  • An extensive Glossary explains new terms and their origins from translation
  • Additional Appendices list Prescriptions, Bibliography and Chinese Chronology
  • Authored by Giovanni Maciocia, one of the Western world's leading subject matter experts
  • An accompanying EVOLVE website provides over 650 self-testing questions and answers to help readers check their understanding of frequently complex information
  • New Case Histories help ‘bring the subject to life’
  • Expanded subject area coverage including new clinical guidelines and additional acupuncture point combinations
  • Contains further analysis of acupuncture point actions
  • Innovative guidelines aid students learning Chinese Medicine patterns

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Direct moxa cones • When the space between skin and muscles is too ‘closed’, there is not enough sweating and, if pathogenic factors do invade the body, the person will usually react strongly with a fever. To ‘relax’ the space, needle LU-7 Lieque and L.I.-4 Hegu The Lungs influence Defensive Qi, which flows in the space between skin and muscles. If Lung-Qi is strong, Defensive Qi will be strong and the person will have a good resistance to attack by exterior pathogenic factors. If Lung Qi is.

Philosophical Translation, Ballantine Books, New York, p. 56. x Ibid., p. 16. xi xii Ibid., p. 16. Bockover M (editor) 1991 Rules, Ritual and Responsibility – Essays Dedicated to Herbert Fingarette, Open Court, La Salle, Illinois, p. 98. xiii The Analects of Confucius, p. 312. xiv Ibid., p. 313. xv Hall D L and Ames R T 1998 Thinking from the Han – Self, Truth and Transcendence in Chinese and Western Culture, State University of New York Press, New York, p. 238. xvi The Analects of.

Certainly, they are primarily basic qualities of natural phenomena, or movements; however, there are also statements which would seem to imply that the elements are that and basic constituents of Nature as well. For instance: ‘When the Qi of the Elements settles, things acquire form.’3 In conclusion, for the above reasons, I have kept the word ‘element’ as a translation of the Chinese word ‘xing’. Some Sinologists (such as Joseph Needham and Fung Yu Lan) have used the term ‘element’. Fung Yu Lan.

Headings: • The Five Elements in Nature • The Five Elements as basic qualities • The Five Elements as movements • The Five Elements as stages of a seasonal cycle • The Five-Element interrelationships - The Cosmological sequence - The Generating sequence - The Controlling sequence - The Over-acting sequence - The Insulting sequence • The Five-Element correspondences • The Five Elements in Chinese medicine • The Five Elements in physiology - The Generating and Controlling sequences -.

‘Spiritual Axis’ in chapter 8 says: ‘Life comes about through the Essence; when the two Essences [of mother and father] unite, they form the Mind.’64 Zhang Jie Bin says: ‘The two Essences, one Yin, one Yang, unite … to form life; the Essences of mother and father unite to form the Mind.’65 Therefore the Mind of a newly conceived being comes from the Pre-Natal Essences of its mother and father. After birth, its Pre-Natal Essence is stored in the Kidneys and this provides the biological foundation.

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