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Essential Texts in Chinese Medicine: The Single Idea in the Mind of the

Yellow Emperor
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In this selection of core texts, Richard Bertschinger presents a commentary and translation of the key writings for students and practitioners of Chinese medicine in the 21st century from the ancient, definitive set of books on Chinese medicine, the Huangdi Neijing or 'the Yellow Emperor's Medical Classic'. Bertschinger selects the key sections of the long and often impenetrable Huangdi Neijing that are vital for students and practitioners to know and understand for practice today, and provides an accessible view of these fundamental writings which remain central to all traditional approaches to medicine in China. Taking eminent Ming doctor and scholar Li Zhongzi's selection of texts as a basis, he also includes a number of additional texts from the Huangdi Neijing on topics such as the spirit in treatment, a resonance with nature, the art of needling, and the Five Elemental body and personality types, thus ensuring the relevance of this core set of information for students and practitioners of cupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine today.
Introduction.; 1. The Ways of Life.; 2. Yin and Yang.; 3. Diagnosis -Examining the Colour.; 4. Diagnosis -The Quiet Pulse.; 5. The Zang, the Fu and Wuxing.; 6. Channels and Collaterals.; 7. Patterns of Treatment.; 8. The Art of the Needle.; 9. A Clinical Clock.; 10. Pathology.; Appendix: Faults and Findings.
""Gather wood without the forester and you will soon become lost in the forest,"" advises the Yijing. Bertschinger is a consummate guide through the forest of China's earliest medical writings. This insightful and beautifully wrought commentary on the Yellow Emperor's Classic is essential reading for the beginning, middle and end of your studies.
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