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In this book, Sherman Cochran reconsiders the nature and role of consumer culture in the spread of cultural globalisation. He moves beyond traditional debates over Western influence on non-Western cultures to examine the points where Chinese entrepreneurs and Chinese-owned businesses interacted with consumers. Focusing on the marketing of medicine, he shows how Chinese constructed consumer culture in China and Southeast Asia and extended it to local, national, and transnational levels. Through the use of advertisements, photographs, and maps, he illustrates the visual forms that Chinese enterprises adopted and the far-flung markets they reached. Cochran brings to light enduring features of the Chinese experience with consumer culture. Surveying the period between the 1880s and the 1950s, he observes that Chinese businesses surpassed their Western counterparts in capturing Chinese and Southeast Asian sales of medicine in both peacetime and wartime. He provides revealing examples of Chinese entrepreneurs' dealings with Chinese and Japanese political and military leaders, particularly during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-45. The history of Chinese medicine men in pre-socialist China, he suggests, has relevance for the twenty-first century because they achieved goals - constructing a consumer culture, competing with Western-based corporations, forming business-government alliances, capturing national and transnational markets - that their successors in contemporary China are currently seeking to attain. (For this item please quote stock ID 26385) ISBN: 9780674021617

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The growth of thoracic surgery in China was much more difficult than in many industrialized countries over the first five decades because of the ever-changing political and harsh socioeconomic conditions. The struggle to establish this specialty in a developing country with more than one fifth of the world population was certainly one of the most crucial challenges in the last century. The book is the first ever published in the English language to provide a comprehensive review of the history of cardiothoracic surgery in China. It highlights the remarkable surgical heritage of which the younger generation of Chinese surgeons should be proud. A unique feature of this volume is that all contributors are acknowledged experts and leaders in the field of cardiothoracic surgery, both nationally and internationally. Many of the photographs have never been published before. About the authors Song Wan is Associate Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Anthony P. C. Yim is Professor of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. (For this item please quote stock ID 27744) ISBN: 9789629963217

The ancient Taoist and Confucian schools of thought produced many medical scientists and pharmacologists of high repute and excellent skill capable of seeing beyond the shaman rituals and superstitions of their day. Their deeds in healing the wounded and saving lives are still a source of inspiration, and have been collected in Episodes in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The strong ethics of the traditional Chinese physician have survived many of the vicissitudes of life, and these too are included within the pages of this book. Episodes also provides extensive information on how Chinese safeguard their health in the traditional way. (For this item please quote stock ID 4221) ISBN: 9787507103755

A unique contribution to the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), this book consists of 391 herbal formulae prescribed for Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu. These formulae are classified according to their actions and indications, and include detailed comments. Emperors and empresses, the supreme dignity and power of feudal China, benefited from the best health care in their respective historical periods. Herbal prescriptions formulated for them therefore represented the highest level of TCM, particularly in the late Qing dynasty. Empress Dowager Cixi was one who exercised a dictatorship over state power for many years. In those days, the most established and experienced TCM practitioners throughout China were summoned to the Forbidden City in service of her health and longevity. And prescriptions for those past emperors and empresses were called the Secret Remedies of the Imperial Palace. Approached from the philosophy of modern medicine and TCM, Professor Chen and his researchers painstakingly examined these ancient medical files. The result is a book of high academic value and practicability that also serves as a handy reference for the study of TCM by making ancient medicine useful in modern practice. (For this item please quote stock ID 5287) ISBN: 9787119013367

This is a study of traditional medical education in the People?s Republic of China. The author became a disciple of a scholarly private practitioner, a Qigong master; attended courses given by a senior acupuncturist and masseur; and studied with undergraduates at the Yunnan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where the standardised knowledge of official Chinese medicine is instilled. She compares theories and practices in these different Chinese medical traditions, and her fascinating insider?s account emphasises the way in which the context of instruction shapes knowledge. Major features: >clearly written introduction to basic concepts of Chinese medicine which combines an account of practice with textual knowledge >compares Chinese medical knowledge in three different sectors of Chinese urban society, not only government promoted medicine >suitable as a textbook for courses in Chinese medicine. (For this item please quote stock ID 8210) ISBN: 9780521645423

This is a study of traditional medical education in the People's Republic of China. The author became a disciple of a scholarly private practitioner, a Qigong master; attended courses given by a senior acupuncturist and masseur; and studied with undergraduates at the Yunnan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where the standardised knowledge of official Chinese medicine is inculcated. She compares theories and practices of these different Chinese medical traditions, and her fascinating insider's account of traditional medical practices brings out the way in which the context of instruction shapes knowledge. (For this item please quote stock ID 8211) ISBN: 9780521642361

It would be difficult to overstate the importance of Joseph Needham?s Science and Civilisation in China. For nearly 50 years, Needham and his collaborators and contributors revealed the ideals, concepts and achievements of China?s scientific and technological traditions from the earliest times to about 1800 through this great enterprise. The latest volume, Volume 6 Part 6, introduces the history of medicine. Following the deaths of Needham and Lu Gwei-djen, Nathan Sivin has selected five essays from their writings on the development of medicine for this volume. They offer broad and readable account of medicine in Chinese culture, including hygiene and preventative medicine, forensic medicine, immunology and the examinations used to qualify physicians for service in the imperial palace. Nathan Sivin edits the essays and expands them where appropriate, incorporating the results of more recent research. His extensive introduction discusses the contributions of Lu and Needham, relates them to current studies of Chinese history and of the history of medicine, and surveys explorations of Chinese medical history now under way in China, Japan, Europe and the United States. Contents: >Editor?s introduction >Medicine in Chinese culture >Hygiene & preventive medicine >Qualifying examinations >The origins of immunology >Forensic medicine. (For this item please quote stock ID 11156) ISBN: 9780521632621

?Basic concepts of acupuncture points, meridians, diagnosis, and related concepts are explicitly described, accompanied by the author?s comments from the viewpoint of Western medicine and sciences relative to the original references in Chinese, Japanese, and other languages. In addition to English explanations, there are Japanese and Chinese pronunciations and original Chinese characters. Contents include some historical background, anatomical and pathophysiological concepts, and classical pathophysiological concepts. Diagnostic methods described include visual diagnosis (including unique and interesting methods rarely introduced in Western literature), skin colours and emotional state, tongue, finger, and palm diagnosis, listening, questioning, pulse and abdominal palpation, five-element diagnosis, and auricular diagnosis and treatment.? - Redwing Reviews? (For this item please quote stock ID 11546) ISBN: 9781882345090

The chance discovery of the manuscript of the Four Canons of the Yellow Emperor in southern China in 1973 excited universal interest. Written in the formative period of Chinese philosophy, with its range of thought covering metaphysics, military matters, the art of ruling and ways of meditation, it may be said to be one of the key texts for understanding the ideology of Warring States-Han China. With this new edition the reader has a readable transcription in modern Chinese characters of the writings of the scribe who wrote them around 168BC, as well as a complete concordance. In addition, techniques of redaction criticism are used to determine units within the text and to examine possible links between the units. (For this item please quote stock ID 12272) ISBN: 9789575462925

Sung T?zu?s The Washing Away of Wrongs (Hsi yüan chi lu), printed in 1247, is the oldest extant book on forensic medicine in the world. Written as a guide for magistrates in conducting inquests, the book is a major source on early Chinese knowledge of pathology and morbid anatomy. Includes a lengthy introductory essay by the translator. (For this item please quote stock ID 13087) ISBN: 9780892648009

Although ancient Chinese medical texts have been translated into European languages since the 17th century, the recent rapid rise of interest in the subject has stimulated the use of rigorous philological methods in the study. This volume contains a collection of papers that introduce virtually all current approaches to the rendering of Chinese traditional medical literature. Scholars from Europe, the U.S.A. and Asia explain their choice of terminologies and methodologies for transferring medical knowledge from ancient China to a modern audience. In addition, Chinese and Japanese scholars offer general surveys and specific examples of research on ancient Chinese medical texts in their respective countries, and Indologists, Arabists, and classical European philologists outline experiences gained in the rendering of the ancient medical literature of their own disciplines. The book's rich linguistic, historical and anthropological detail will make it an indispensable guide to anyone interested in Chinese medicine and its textual tradition, as well as to those working on comparative linguistics in general. (For this item please quote stock ID 13638) ISBN: 9781556080418

This fully illustrated and completely bilingual version of the Yellow Emperor?s Canon, sometimes also known as the Yellow Emperor?s Classic, will be welcomed by those who would like an amusing yet information-packed introduction to this core reference of Chinese medicine. Although it doesn?t look like as though it is taking its subject matter seriously, this user-friendly version retains the essential information of the original and presents it in a not so dry manner! (For this item please quote stock ID 13923) ISBN: 9787800518171

The Medical Classic of the Yellow Emperor (Huang Di Nei Jing) is the oldest extant classic of traditional Chinese medicine. Compiled about two thousand years ago, this masterpiece forms the theoretical basis of TCM. As traditional Chinese medicine developed over the millennia, nearly all significant medical works benefited from this unparalleled book. Covering not only medicine but also philosophy, sociology, anthropology, military strategy, mathematics, astronomy, meteorology, ecology, The Medical Classic of the Yellow Emperor demonstrates that even in ancient times, people accomplished scientific achievements that are applicable, relevant, and innovative even in modern times. 'The author chose the authoritative and consummate . . . version of The Medical Classic of the Yellow Emperor . . . as the source work for his translation into English. The book is structured to present the translations of an original article or section of dialogue, followed by annotations and commentaries. For example, the original article says ?Open the ghost gate and cleanse the clear fu-organ?, while the annotation which follow says, ?Diaphoesis and diuresis.? The reason for the significant difference is that the latter presents a readily recognisable gloss in Western medical terminology, while the former presents a literal translation of the original text that is closer to the expression accepted by practitioners of TCM in China, and comes closer to reflecting the real meaning in the context of TCM conceptualisation. 'The style of translation is literal and verbatim, a choice made by the translator to avoid where possible the pitfalls of narrowly specialised experts who might inadvertently alter the transmission of information. Overall, the text is arranged with an introduction and overview, with eight chapters covering the theory of yin-yang and the five elements, the zang-organs and manifestations, the theory of channels and network-channels, theory of pathogens and pathomechanisms, diseases and symptoms, diagnostic methods, therapeutic principles and methods, and the theory of health preservation.' - Redwing Reviews (For this item please quote stock ID 16176) ISBN: 9787119026640

Chinese scholars have been writing medical treatises for nearly 5,000 years, the grandest and most comprehensive of which is the herbal Pên T'sao, published by Li Shih-chên in 1578, after three decades of research. When Western physicians arrived in China in the mid-nineteenth century, they gained valuable insights into traditional Chinese medical practices. In the course of their daily work, they discovered that individuals often acted as their own doctors, employing natural remedies that were sufficiently effective to be worthy of research. Two doctors, C. A. Stuart and F. Porter Smith, used Li Shih-chên's Pên T'sao as their working base, translating the massive 16th-century document and annotating their translation with observations from their own experience. Chinese Medicinal Herbs has served as a basis for modern-day organic medicine and will prove of enormous interest to people in the field of alternative healing methods. A reference volume rather than a how-to manual, it comprises 1,892 varieties of drugs, derived from animals, vegetables, and minerals, and it includes 8,160 prescriptions. Students, professionals, and health-care practitioners of every specialty will want to have a copy of this landmark treatise, a treasury of tried-and-true wisdom from centuries of practical experience. Appendices: Botanical Terms and Common Terms. Unabridged republication of the edition published by Georgetown Press, San Francisco, 1973. (For this item please quote stock ID 21096) ISBN: 9780486428017

'A climactic statement from two distinguished savants engaging in an unprecedented collaborative effort in probing the rich but complex civilisations of ancient Greece and China' - Anthony C. Yu, University of Chicago. 'A monumental book that could bring about a new view of the history of science' - Lisa Raphals, University of California, Riverside. The rich civilisations of ancient China and Greece built sciences of comparable sophistication - each based on different foundations of concept, method, and organisation. In this engrossing book, two world-renowned scholars compare the cosmology, science, and medicine of China and Greece between 400 B.C. and A.D. 200, casting new light not only on the two civilisations but also on the evolving character of science. Sir Geoffrey Lloyd and Nathan Sivin investigate the differences between the thinkers in the two civilisations: what motivated them, how they understood the cosmos and the human body, how they were educated, how they made a living, and whom they argued with and why. The authors? new method integrally compares social, political, and intellectual patterns and connections, demonstrating how all affected and were affected by ideas about cosmology and the physical world. They relate conceptual differences in China and Greece to the diverse ways that intellectuals in the two civilisations earned their living, interacted with fellow inquirers, and were involved with structures of authority. By A.D. 200 the distinctive scientific strengths of both China and Greece showed equal potential for theory and practice. Lloyd and Sivin argue that modern science evolved not out of the Greek tradition alone but from the strengths of China, Greece, India, Islam, and other civilisations, which converged first in the Muslim world and then in Renaissance Europe. (For this item please quote stock ID 21816) ISBN: 9780300101607

This profusely and beautifully illustrated book traces the history of Chinese acupuncture from the most ancient to modern times. The text is in Chinese but chapter and subject headings - and chapter introductions and summaries, and general index - are in English. The visual material is so extensive and well presented that the illustrations, figures, photographs and drawings speak for themselves. (For this item please quote stock ID 23258) ISBN: 9787543621770

A detailed study of the history and usage of opium, exploring its use as a major healing herb and a popular relaxant. The very sound of the word conjures images of secret rooms in exotic lands, where languid smokers lounge dreamily in a blue haze of fragrant poppy smoke, inhaling from long bamboo pipes held over the ruby flame of the jade lamp. Yet today very little accurate information is available regarding a substance that for 300 years was central to the lives of millions of people throughout the world. In Opium Culture, Peter Lee presents a fascinating narrative that covers every aspect of the art and craft of opium use. Starting with a concise account of opium's long and colourful history and the story of how it came to be smoked for pleasure in China, Lee offers detailed descriptions of the growing and harvesting process; the exotic inventory of tools and paraphernalia required to smoke opium as the Chinese did; its transitions from a major herb to a narcotic that has been suppressed by the modern; and art, culture, philosophy, pharmacology and psychology of this longstanding Asian custom. Highlighted throughout with interesting quotes from literary and artistic figures who were opium smokers, such as Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Herman Melville and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the text is studded with gems of long forgotten opium arcane and dispels many of the persistent myths and opium and its users. (For this item please quote stock ID 25963) ISBN: 9781594770753

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Here is the first translation into English of the complete Yin-hai jing-wei, a classic fifteenth-century text on Chinese ophthalmology. As one of the few original manuscripts of traditional Chinese medicine into a Western language, this work offers an unprecedented view of the practice of medicine, and specifically eye care, in premodern China. Superbly rendered from the classical Chinese and extensively annotated by Paul Unschuld and Jürgen Kovacs, the text provides detailed descriptions of the etiology, symptomatology, and the therapy of every eye disease known to 15th century Chinese practitioners. The translators? introduction also provides the first in-depth analysis of the development of this specialty within Chinese medicine. As a source for comparative studies of Chinese and Western medicine and numerous other issues in the history of medical and Chinese thought, the Ying-hai jing-wei has no equal in the Western world. (For this item please quote stock ID 13637) ISBN: 9780520080584

Combines the theories in the Internal Canon, the author?s own experience and the achievements of experts in TCM past and present. It stresses diagnosis, treatment and practical application, outlines the latest methods of medical treatment, and highlights comprehensive applications and recent developments in TCM, thus filling a gap in the field. The combination of theory and practical application makes this a valuable work, presenting as it does a clearer understanding of TCM theory and the means of preventing exogenous diseases. All herbal prescriptions are presented, where possible, in English, Latin and pinyin. (For this item please quote stock ID 14141) ISBN: 9787800054440

This is the story of how one brave scientist unlocked the mystery at the heart of this most feared of diseases. This discovery was made in Hong Kong at the beginning of the 20th century, during an outbreak that threatened to decimate the island and, from there, the world. A tense and frightening race was run in appalling conditions by two rival scientists: Alexandre Yersin - rigorous, solitary, cerebral - and the suave Kitasaka, unscrupulous, enigmatic, careless. Spiced with anecdotes, facts and chilling reconstructions, this investigation of the plague in the modern world brings some disturbing facts to light. (For this item please quote stock ID 22115) ISBN: 9780330483193

Professor Shi Xuemin, born 1938 in Tianjin, is China's most distinguished modern living Acupuncture master. Shi's Comprehensive Textbook of Acupuncture and Moxibustion is the culmination of over forty years of clinical experience and insight. It is a complete acupuncture text including discussion of channel and collateral theory, point location and energetics, acupuncture needling and moxibustion techniques. A short chapter includes point combinations for commonly encountered clinical symptoms. A major portion of this book includes treatment protocols which are arranged by category: infectious disease, respiratory disease, digestive system disease, circulatory system disease, neurological disease, urological diseases, obstetrical and gynecological disease, dermatological disease, EENT disease, and musculoskeletal disease. This is not merely a translation of another Chinese national textbook; the point combinations used in Shi's Comprehensive Textbook of Acupuncture and Moxibustion are unique and his point selections are thoroughly explained. Professor Shi is perhaps most well known for his development of Xing Nao Kai Qiao (Awaken the Mind and Open the Orifices) protocol; it is highly efficacious for the treatment of apoplexy patients. Xing Nao Kai Qiao has been developed for over thirty years; its effectiveness has been demonstrated through continual research and clinical practice. This is the first time this valuable acupuncture technique has been introduced in English. Case studies of this technique have been included to deepen understanding. Shi's Comprehensive Textbook of Acupuncture and Moxibustion is a treasure for the serious student and senior practitioner alike. (For this item please quote stock ID 28049) ISBN: 9787117086998

In recent decades various versions of Chinese medicine have begun to be widely practised in Western countries, and the academic study of the subject is now well established. However, there are still few scholarly monographs that describe the history of Chinese medicine and there are none at all on the medieval period. The collection presented here is an example of the kind of international collaboration of research teams, centres and individuals that is required to begin to study the source materials adequately. This is the first book to discuss this fascinating material in a Western language in the century since the Dunhuang library was discovered, and it is likely to remain the only book of its kind in English for a considerable time. Contents: >1. The Dunhuang Collections & International Collaboration (Susan Whitfield) >2. Introduction (Christopher Cullen) Part 1 The Manuscripts >3. Manuscripts as Sources in the History of Chinese Medicine (Paul Unschuld & Zheng Jinsheng) >4. A General Survey of Medical Works contained in the Dunhuang Medical Manuscripts (Wang Shumin) >5. Comments on the Problem of 'Transcription' (Zhao Ping'an) >6. Han Bamboo & Wooden Medical Records discovered in Military Sites from the North Western Frontier Regions (Xie Guihua) Part 2 Divination, Iatromancy & Related Arts >7. Mantic Texts in their Cultural Context (Marc Kalinowski) >8. Dunhuang Iatromantic Manuscripts: P.2856 V°& P.2675 R° (Donald Harper) >9. Love Charms among the Dunhuang Manuscripts (Liu Lexian) >10. From Prognosis to Diagnosis of Illness in Tang China (Catherine Despeux) Part 3: Self-Cultivation & the Popular Medical Traditions >11. Introductory Essay (Vivienne Lo) >12. Quick & Easy Chinese Medicine: The Dunhuang Moxibustion Charts (Vivienne Lo) >13. Art of the Bedchamber (Sumiyo Umekawa) >14. Daoism & the Dunhuang Regimen Texts (Sakade Yoshinobu) Part 4: Pharmacology >15. The Dunhuang Manuscripts & Pharmacology in Mediaeval China (Wang Shumin) >16. The Three juan Edition of Bencao Jizhu & Excavated Sources (Mayanagi Makoto) >17. Canonical Methods for Brews and Decoctions: A Lost Text Recorded in the Hanshu Bibliography (Wang Shumin) >18. Wind Malady as Madness in Mediaeval China (Chen Hsiu-fen) >19. A Treatment for Cardiovascular Dysfunction in a Dunhuang Medical Manuscript (Anthony Butler & John Moffet) >Appendix 1: Materia Medica >Abstracts of 73 manuscripts containing medical information held in the British Library & the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Institute for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg and Ryukoku University Library Professor (Wang Shumin) Vivienne Lo researches and lectures on the early and medieval history of Asian medicine at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London. Christopher Cullen is Director of the Needham Research Institute, Cambridge. (For this item please quote stock ID 23997) ISBN: 9780415342957

This book looks at the transformation of Chinese medicine from a marginal, side-lined medical practice of the early twentieth century, to an essential and high-profile part of the national health-care system under the Chinese Communist Party. The political, economic and social motives which drove this promotion are analysed and the extraordinary role that Chinese medicine was meant to play in Mao Zedong's revolution is fully explored for the first time. Contents: >Acknowledgements >Introduction >1. A New, Scientific & Unified Medicine: Civil War in China & the New Acupuncture, 1945-1949 >2. Pathway for the New Medicine: The Unification of Chinese & Western Medicine, 1949-1953 >3. Modernising the Old: The Creation of a 'Traditional' Chinese Medicine, 1953-1956 >4. Establishing a National Treasure Trove of TCM: The Standardisation of Chinese Medicine, 1957-1963 >Conclusion Kim Taylor is an affiliated scholar at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge. Her research interests include the history of disease, medicine and the imperial world and nineteenth and twentieth-century Chinese medicine. (For this item please quote stock ID 23998) ISBN: 9780415345125

?In this rich and comprehensive history of acupuncture, Roberta Bivins brings to light the fascinating tale of British attitudes toward the Chinese and their medicine in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Meticulously researched and engagingly told, this story engages an ambivalent prehistory to our current respect for acupuncture.? - Londa Schiebinger, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History of Science, Pennsylvania State University In 1825, an English Earl, crippled with pain and despairing of his usual physicians, invited a young and unconventional doctor into his home. Days later, the Earl was relieved, and the doctor rich. To celebrate his remarkable recovery, the nobleman re-named his favourite racehorse ?Acupuncture?, to honour the technique that cured him. In an engaging account, Roberta Bivins vivifies the characters, texts and events of acupuncture?s (often surprising) three hundred year history in Britain, and begins to explain acupuncture?s enduring appeal. Contents: >Introduction: Cultural Specificity & the Cross-Cultural Transmission of Expert Knowledge >Expectations & Expertise: Early British Responses to Chinese Medicine & Technology >The Needle Transfixed: Ten Rhyne, Kaempfer & the European Gaze >Sharpening the Needle: British Interpretations of Acupuncture, 1802-1830 >Networks & Innovations: The Persistence of British Acupuncture, 1828-1890 >Conclusions: Continuities in Cross-cultural Medicine >Notes >Bibliography >Index (For this item please quote stock ID 16513) ISBN: 9780333918937

'The translations are fluent, and Dr. Veith's introductory portion illuminating; the numerous well-reproduced illustrations provide a vivid appeal not attainable by words alone' - Journal of the American Medical Association The Yellow Emperor's Classic has become a landmark in the history of Chinese civilisation. In recent years, traditional medical practice has seen a dynamic revival in China and throughout many countries in the Western world. Elements of this time-honoured therapy, including acupuncture and the harmony of human spirit with the natural world, have become part of mainstream medical practice. The Yellow Emperor's Classic provides the historical and philosophical foundation of this practice. Ilza Veith provides an extensive introduction to her monumental translation of this classic work, which is written in the form of a dialogue in which the emperor seeks information from his minister Ch'I-Po on all questions of health and the art of healing. A new foreword by Ken Rose places the translation in its historic contexts, underlining its significance to the Western world's understanding of Chinese medicine. 'The most important theoretical text in the huge corpus of traditional Chinese medical literature' - Science. Ilza Veith is Professor Emerita, History of Health Sciences & Psychiatry, at the University of California, San Francisco. Fluent in five languages, including Japanese and Chinese, Dr. Veith is the author of several books and articles. Ken Rose is editor for 'Clinical Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine' and co-author of A Brief History of Qi (2001) and Who Can Ride the Dragon? (1999). (For this item please quote stock ID 19189) ISBN: 9780520229365

Part One Formulas and Syndromes of Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Diseases Chapter One Substance?f Differentiation of Syndromes According to six Charmels in Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Diseases Chapter Two Two Methods of the Research on the Relationshipbetween Formulas and Syndromes Chapter Three Transmission Relationship 0f the Six Channel syndrome Chapter Four Classification of Syndromes According to the Formulas 1.The Law OfAdministration ofDrugs and Formulas in TreatiseonExogenousFebrileDiseases 2.C1assincatiOn of the Formulas Recorded in Treatise Off Exogenous Febrile Diseases Chapter Five Analysis of Major Formula?Syndromes of Treatise 0n Exogenous Febrile Diseases 1.Syndrome ofEphedra Decoction(????,ma huang tang zheng) 2 Syndrome ofCassia Twig Decoction(????,gui zhi tang zheng) 3 Syndrome ofPueraria Decoction(????,ge gen tang zheng) 7.Syndrome ofPoria Powder with Five Herbs(????,wu ling san zheng) 8.Syndrome of Tuckahoe,Cassia Twig,Largehead Atractylodes and Licorice Decoction(??????.1ing gui zhu gan tang zheng) 9.Syndrome ofUmbellate Fungus Decoction(????.zhu ling tang zheng) 10.Syndrome ofPrepared Soybean Decoction(?????,zhi zi chi tang zheng) 11.Syndrome ofwhite Tiger Decoction(????.bai hu tang zheng) 12.Syndrome of Chinese Pulsatilla Decoction(?????,baitouwengtangzheng) 13.Syndrome&Major Purgative Decoction(?????.da cheng qi tang zheng) 14.Syndrome ofOriental Wormwood Decoction (?????.yin chenhaotangzheng) 15.Syndrome of Minor Bupeurum Decoction(?????,xiao chai hu tang zhengl 16.Syndrome ofMinor Chest.Congestion Decoction(?????xiaoxianxiongtangzheng) 17.Syndrome of Pinellia Heart.Purging Decoction(??????,banxiaxiexintangzheng? 18.Syndrome ofCold Limbs Powder(????,si ni san zheng) 19.Syndrome of Middle?Regulating Decoction(????.b zhong tang zheng). 20.Syndrome ofEvodia Decoction(???????u zhu yu tang zhengl 21.Syndrome ofCold Limbs Decoction(????,si ni tang zheng) 22.Syndrome ofDivine B1ack Bird Decoction(????,zhen wu tang zhen) 23.Syndrome ofChinese Angelica Cold Limbs Decoction(??????.danggui sinitangzheng) 24.Syndrome ofRoasted Licorice Decoction(?????.zhi gan cao tang zheng) 25.Syndrome of Coptis and Ass.Hide Glue Decoction(??????.huanglian ejiaotang zheng) 26.Syndrome ofSmoked Plum Pill(????,wu mei wan zheng) Chapter Six Differentiation of Syndromes According to Six Channels 1.Differentiation ofSyndromes ofTaiyang 2.Differentiation of Syndrome of Yangming 3.Differentiation ofSyndrome of Shaoyang 4.Differentiation ofSyndrome ofTaiyin 5.Differentiation ofSyndrome of Shaoyin 6.Differentiation ofSyndrome of Jueyin Part Two Formulas and Syndromes of the Synopsis Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber Part Three Formulas and Syndromes of Doctrine of Epidemic Febrile Diseases Appedix (For this item please quote stock ID 31657) ISBN: 9787543322288

Blood Stasis: China's Classical Concept in Modern Medicine covers blood stasis in Traditional Chinese Medicine and draws on a huge range of original Chinese material. It discusses many Western diseases including diabetes, gynaecological disorders, stroke, tumours, myocardial infarction, and the interaction of these with other pathological factors. The book also provides classical and modern differentiations and treatments, including both herbs and acupuncture in all categories with appropriate case histories. Contents: Section 1: Theory and Background Knowledge >1. Introduction: Thought Models in Chinese Medicine >2: History and Development of Blood Stasis and Its Pathological Mechanisms >3: Comprehension and Diagnostics of Blood Stasis in Conventional Medicine >4: Aetiology of Blood Stasis in Chinese Medicine >5: Traditional Diagnosis and Syndrome Differentiation of Blood Stasis Section 2 Practical Application >6: Examples of Treatment Principles for Blood Stasis >7: Blood Stasis Related Medicinals, Their Application and Combination >7a: Blood stasis related medicinals >7b: Tables and Boxes on Blood Invigorating Chinese Medicinals >7c: Pei Yao: The Most Common Combinations of Blood Invigorating Medicinals >8: Blood Stasis in the Practice of TCM - Formulas and Acupuncture >9: Practical Cases: 20 Further Case Studies From the Ancient and Modern Practice of Famous TCM Physicians Section 3: Classical Texts >10: Wang Qing-Ren's Yi Lin Gai Cuo Corrections of Mistakes in the Medical World) >10a: Wang's Anatomical Studies >10b: Wang's Famous Formulas and Their Indications >10c: Wang's Clinical Studies and Methodology >11: Excerpts Relating to Blood Stasis from Six Other Classical Texts (In Chronological Order) Appendices >Appendix 1: Glossary of Essential TCM Terms >Appendix 2: Glossary of Essential Terms in Haemorheology >Appendix 3: List of Chinese Medicinals with Their Western Pharmacological Actions >Appendix 4: Index of Materials and Formulas >Appendix 5: List of Formulas in This Book, Chinese-English with Quantities >Appendix 6: Epilogue - Inspector White Coat >Appendix 7: Bibliography >Appendix 8: Eminent Chinese Physicians and Their Works >Appendix 9: Short Bibliography of Author's Publications (In Chronological Order) (For this item please quote stock ID 26932) ISBN: 9780443101854

This book brings the study of gender to Chinese medicine and in so doing contextualises Chinese medicine in history. It examines the rich but neglected tradition of fuke, or medicine for women, over the 700 years between the Song and the end of the Ming dynasty. Using medical classics, popular handbooks, case histories, and belles lettres, it explores evolving understandings of fertility and menstruation, gestation and childbirth, sexuality, and gynecological disorders. Furth locates medical practice in the home, where knowledge was not the monopoly of the learned physician and male doctors had to negotiate the class and gender boundaries of everyday life. Women as healers and as patients both participated in the dominant medical culture and sheltered a female sphere of expertise centered on, but not limited to gestation and birth. Ultimately, her analysis of the relationship of language, text, and practice reaches beyond her immediate subject to address theoretical problems that arise when we look at the epistemological foundations of our knowledge of the body and its history. (For this item please quote stock ID 7221) ISBN: 9780520208292

With an appendix: The Doctrine of the Five Periods & Six Qi in the Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen The Huang Di nei jing su wen, known familiarly as the Su wen, is a seminal text of ancient Chinese medicine, yet until now there has been no comprehensive, detailed analysis of its development and contents. At last Paul Unschuld offers entry into this still-vital artifact of China's cultural and intellectual past. Unschuld traces the history of the Su wen to its origins in the final centuries B.C.E., when numerous authors wrote short medical essays to explain the foundations of human health and illness on the basis of the newly developed vessel theory. He examines the meaning of the title and the way the work has been received throughout Chinese medical history, both before and after the 11th century when the text as it is known today emerged. Unschuld's survey of the contents includes illuminating discussions of the yin-yang and five-agents doctrines, the perception of the human body and its organs, qi and blood, pathogenic agents, concepts of disease and diagnosis, and a variety of therapies, including the new technique of acupuncture. An extensive appendix, furthermore, offers a detailed introduction to the complicated climatological theories of Wu yun liu qi ('five periods and six qi'), which were added to the Su wen by Wang Bing in the Tang era. In an epilogue, Unschuld writes about the break with tradition and innovative style of thought represented by the Su wen. For the first time, health care took the form of 'medicine,' in that it focused on environmental conditions, climatic agents, and behavior as causal in the emergence of disease and on the importance of natural laws in explaining illness. Unschuld points out that much of what we surmise about the human organism is simply a projection, reflecting dominant values and social goals, and he constructs a hypothesis to explain the formation and acceptance of basic notions of health and disease in a given society. Reading the Su wen, he says, not only offers a better understanding of the roots of Chinese medicine as an integrated aspect of Chinese civilisation, it also provides a much needed starting point for discussions of the differences and parallels between European and Chinese ways of dealing with illness and the risk of early death. (For this item please quote stock ID 19539) ISBN: 9780520233225

Who Can Ride the Dragon? presents the essence of traditional Chinese medicine so contemporary readers can appreciate its origins, its characteristic concepts and idea, and most importantly its relevance to contemporary health and wellbeing. It pays particular attention to Chinese imagery and thought, tracing the patterns of influence which have developed over thousands of years. Beginning with a basic premise - that to understand traditional Chinese medical concepts, texts, theories, and methods, one must literally come to terms with the cultural roots of the subject - the authors explore ways in which Chinese language has influenced the development of medical concepts and theories since ancient times. They examine folk beliefs, myths, and customs underlying the structure of medical theory in China, and investigate the relationship that exist between Chinese religio-philosophic ideology and medical theory and practice. Subsequently, the authors examine the literary tradition in China and suggest several important ways in which literary influences have pervaded medical thinking, strategy,and practice. The richness of scientific tradition in Chinese history and the two common venues of medical development - folk medicine and court medicine—are portrayed. Finally, the authors sensitively elucidate the relationship between sexual culture and medical theory, based upon examination of a number of ancient texts including passages from the great Tang dynasty physician, alchemist, and sexologist Sun Si Miao, as well as other sources. Who Can Ride the Dragon? conveys the Chinese viewpoint of their medicine and culture. The authors write with an appreciation for and perspective of practice and teaching in China. As they explore the deep roots of its past, readers will admire the beauty and complexity of ancient Chinese medicine and discover its relevance to modern healthcare. (For this item please quote stock ID 13899) ISBN: 9780912111599

In China, warm disease is an area of classical study which all traditional physicians are required to master. References to warm disease may be found in even very ancient texts; however, it was not until the Qing dynasty that warm disease was developed as an independent system. Five different schools of warm disease, each founded by a distinguished scholar and physician, arose during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Until Warm Disease Theory (Wen Bing Xue) was written, there had never been an attempt to integrate the ideas of each school into a comprehensive discussion of theory and clinical treatment. For traditional Chinese physicians, Warm Disease Theory is in fact such a valuable source of theoretical and therapeutic information that it is often considered a modern classic in its own right. The work is arranged into two sections: The first introduces all the basic information concerning warn disease, including its history, disease causes, pattern identification, and general diagnostic and treatment methods. The second section devotes a separate chapter to each of the different warm diseases, describing in detail the disease factors, clinical manifestations, pulses, and treatments for warm diseases of the four seasons, including wind warmth, spring warmth, summerheat warmth, damp warmth, latent summerheat warmth, autumn dryness, and warm toxins. This is a book that no English-speaking student or practitioner of Chinese medicine will want to be without. 'With publication of Warm Disease Theory (Wen Bing Xue)a new milestone has been reached. In China, this modern ‘classic’ is considered essential study for herbalists. It is both highly readable and organised for use as a textbook and a clinical reference tool. While acupuncturists are rarely called upon to treat epidemic diseases, the usefulness of the Wen Bing Xue extends far beyond such applications. Like the Shang Han Lun, the essential message of the Wen Bing Xue concerns treatment according to pattern differentiation. Consequently the Wen Bing Xue also serves as a source of inspiration that can be applied in the treatment of chronic internal disease' - Todd Luger (For this item please quote stock ID 23567) ISBN: 9789121117477

The Shang Han Lun has been a primary treatment theory and practice source for nearly 2000 years. Its author, Zhang Ji, is called the 'Chinese Hippocrates' to highlight the depth and breadth of his contributions to traditional Chinese drug therapy. This English-language edition features simultaneously the Chinese text, the pinyin transliteration, and an English translation of the entire Song dynasty text. Just as in Chinese-language editions, it is fully supplemented with notes and commentaries. The notes describe the clinical symptoms Zhang Ji associated with the Chinese terms. The commentaries enhance the text's clinical utility, explaining the theoretical and practical foundations behind the lines of text. The introductory matter explains the background of the text, the conceptual structure of its contents, and the problems of exegesis. The appendices are designed to assist those studying Chinese, and the glossary and the full Pinyin-English index make this an easily accessed reference. With translational supervision and contributions from Nigel Wiseman and Feng Ye this is certain to be a valuable text for reference and study. (For this item please quote stock ID 10889) ISBN: 9780912111575

The Treatise on Febrile Diseases Caused by Cold and Miscellaneous Diseases originally known as the Shang Han Za Bing Lun is lost, but over the years it has been reassembled by medical practitioners and scholars of later generations. The part of the book dealing with diseases caused by cold was named Treatise on Febrile Diseases Caused by Cold and the part on miscellaneous diseases of internal medicine was re-named the Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber. (For this item please quote stock ID 29598) ISBN: 9787801878267

'Fulfilling your destiny is just guiding your life with essences, spirits and qi according to the great rule of cosmic animation as expressed in yourself.' Essence, spirit, blood and qi are the fundamental and indispensable elements comprising life in a human being. Their individual qualities and their interactions one with another determine the pattern for all the movements of life, mirroring those of the cosmos. This book explores these ideas, considers each of the substances and presents the authors' insight and observations rooted in scholarship and philosophical reflection. The book begins with a description of duality and oneness in the Chinese system, beginning with yin and yang, heaven and earth, and going on to essence and spirit, blood and qi. The following section looks more closely at the jing (essence), with a study of the character which draws parallels with the idea of the weaving loom, the essences acting as the warp on which the pattern of an individual life is woven. The text goes on to describe the essences in their relationship to the tastes, jingwei, and with the spirit, jingshen, and the relationship between jing and shen. A presentation of qi and blood and their inter-relationships from the classical texts makes up the second part of the book. Sprinkled with classical quotes, and with a clear index, this book serves as an indispensable reference book for these basic concepts of Chinese medicine. (For this item please quote stock ID 9202) ISBN: 9781872468181

This book presents the central position of the heart in Neijing Lingshu chapter 8. The heart is seen as a void, a silent centre, yet the root of the spirits. Framed within the traditional structure of The Emperor’s questioning and his Minister’s answers, the chapter contains an important discussion of the thirteen fundamental concepts of Chinese medicine: de (virtue), qi, sheng (life), jing (essence), shen (spirit), hun (soul), po (bodily soul), xin (heart), yi (purpose), zhi (will), si (thought), lü (reflection) and zhi (wisdom). The analysis of this passage takes the terms slowly, line by line, character by character, to present the weave and design of the piece as much as the individual threads themselves. The thirteen characters are a key to a deeper understanding of Chinese medical thinking, and have strong connections to our mental, emotional and spiritual nature.The main body of the text of chapter 8, together with a full translation, is given in beautiful calligraphy in a pull-out section at the end of the book. 'Liberally sprinkled with quotations not only from the medical classics, but also from the Daoist tradition, the Confucian classics and later medical commentaries. This series promises to be an invaluable reference work for those who desire to understand how the authors of the Neijing and other classics actually conceptualized the human being.' - Journal of Traditional Acupuncture (USA) (For this item please quote stock ID 9203) ISBN: 9781872468044

The first part of this book is a discussion of the heart master. It makes clear, classical distinctions between aspects of the heart which have been variously translated as heart governor, heart protector, heart constrictor and pericardium. Xin zhu is discussed as the heart as master, contrasted with the heart as void. Xin bao luo is presented as the enveloping and connecting aspect of the heart, and tan zhong as the central temple within the chest. Tan zhong is discussed as both sea of qi and gathering place of ancestral qi, as well as the place of transmission for elation and joy. The classical connections between the hand xin zhu (heart master) meridian and the hand shao yin (heart) meridian are also clarified. The second part of the book shows the developing concept of the triple heater from the Neijing, through the Nanjing, and on into later commentators. It is considered both as a separate fu and as the unifying totality of the zangfu. Its fire-water polarity is discussed in depth: as water through its links with the kidneys and bladder, and as a fire minister with the Gate of Destiny, ming men and xin bao luo. The upper, middle and lower heaters are examined, with particular reference to Lingshu chapter 18, which presents them as responsible for respiration, digestion and elimination respectively. Their connections with ancestral (zong), nutritive (ying) and defensive (wei) qi are also presented. An index is given for all Chinese characters and main concepts. (For this item please quote stock ID 9204) ISBN: 9781872468051

This book begins with a presentation of the unique double nature of the kidneys. Their relationship with both fire and water is discussed in full, particularly through their links with ming men, the heart, the bladder and the triple heater. The concept of ming men and destiny is examined in detail and shown to be connected intimately with yuan qi and jing. The development of this understanding is then seen in the seven and eight year cycles for women and men set out in Suwen, chapter 1. The book then examines the kidneys association with winter and its storing and restoring qualities. The five phase resonances of kidneys and water are also explored in depth. The kidneys are presented as the firm foundation of life, the lower source of liquids, the fire in the depths, and the model for generation and regeneration. A brief summary of kidney pathology with principle causes of disease, symptoms and patterns of disharmony is given, as well as an index of all Chinese characters and main concepts. (For this item please quote stock ID 9205) ISBN: 9781872468020

Now fully revised and re-edited, this book begins with the presentation of the liver and gallbladder in Suwen chapter 8 and continues by looking at the five phase resonances of wood and liver as set out in Suwen chapters 2, 4, 5, and 9. The second part of the book looks at the physiology and functions of the liver, its relationships with qi and blood, with emotions, with digestion and assimilation, with the muscular forces (jin) and with jue yin. All of these explorations are well rooted in textual references and an examination of Chinese characters. The causes of disease in the liver are then detailed in full, followed by a section on the liver’s functions and related symptomatology. There is a short section on the gallbladder alone, and finally a discussion of the syndromes of the liver and gallbladder.An appendix brings together key texts from the Neijing and a major commentary and gives a brief summary of principal causes of disease, symptoms and syndromes. An index contains all the Chinese characters found in the book along with the main concepts. Excerpt from The Liver: Claude Larre: "To understand the relationship between heaven and earth in man we have to understand that which we call the dao. The dao is proper to man, and a man following the dao is a saintly man. But what about the origin of the dao itself? Its origin is in the inscrutable mystery, so there is nothing to search out from heaven. Heaven is heaven, and you have to just say ‘amen’! You have to stop, and if you do not, you are just a Westerner who wants to know the mystery of Chinese thinking, and there is no end to that process. Contemplation brings us closer to the fact that life exists, and all descriptions of life lead you to that point where there is nothing to be seen, nothing to be heard, nothing to be touched. But on the surface of the earth we see the mystery of heaven multiplying itself in the diversity of the 10,000 beings, and not just separate beings but connected beings, and not stable beings but beings under constant change, all of which is registered in the 'Yi jing, the Book of Change'. "Here we understand that there is a three-fold nature to what we want to know: the mystery, the dao, and the transformations. If you understand transformation you know life as a current, if you understand the dao you know how to conduct yourself, and if you accept the mystery you have to be reverent of what exists, whatever you may call it. This is the Chinese viewpoint, and not only Daoist because Confucius said just the same thing in his commentary on the Book of History, which was about the changes in the situation of his native place, the principality of Lu, and its relationships with other small kingdoms. The dao is not only proper to the Daoist. The dao is the rule you discover and practise, be you Daoist, Confucianist, Legalist, Mohist or Christian. They are all just ways of behaving between heaven and earth, and it is always the same heaven. "All this is found within a book of medicine. If you just treat people in order to relieve their pains, if you are not able to put them back on the right track in accord with the person they are and the situation they are in, then you are only doing half your work, and maybe you are wasting their time not to speak of your own." (For this item please quote stock ID 9206) ISBN: 9781872468075

Now fully revised and re-edited, this book begins with the presentation of the liver and gall bladder in the first part of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, Neijing Suwen chapter 8 and continues by looking at the five phase resonances of wood and liver as set out in Suwen chapters 2, 4, 5, and 9. The second part of the book looks at the physiology and functions of the liver, its relationships with qi and blood, with emotions, with digestion and assimilation, with the muscular forces (jin) and with jue yin. All of these explorations are well rooted in textual references and an examination of Chinese characters. The causes of disease in the liver are then detailed in full, followed by a section on the liver's functions and related symptomatology. There is a short section on the gall bladder alone, and finally a discussion of the syndromes of the liver and gallbladder. An appendix brings together key texts from the Neijing and a major commentary and gives a brief summary of principal causes of disease, symptoms and syndromes. An index contains all the Chinese characters found in the book along with the main concepts. (For this item please quote stock ID 9207) ISBN: 9781872468013

Spleen & Stomach begins with the Chinese concept of the centre and the ideograms for the organs. It discusses their functions as storehouses and granaries, and explores in depth their five phase resonances as earth, the source of all stability through change. The very close, interdependent relationship between spleen and stomach is examined, as is the preeminence of the stomach amongst the fu. The book contains a detailed study of the spleen and stomach from the Neijing, threading together key passages which present them in different contexts. This covers the spleen’s relationship with the kidneys, and the relationships between yang ming, chong mai, zong jin (ancestral muscle) and xu li (great luo of the stomach). The substantial appendix summarizes the functions of spleen and stomach, and selected quotations from the Neijing are given. The pathology is presented in brief with principle causes of disease. (For this item please quote stock ID 9212) ISBN: 9781872468037

The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, the Neijing, has been a source book for traditional Chinese medicine for two thousand years. The Way of Heaven is a translation of the first two chapters along with a commentary. In Suwen chapter 1 the Yellow Emperor, Huangdi, asks why we no longer retain our vitality into old age. The answer given by Qi Bo, his minister, indicates that mankind no longer lives in harmony with heaven and earth. Following this declaration the seven and eight year natural cycles for women and men are described and discussed. Chapter 2 continues with an explanation of how we should live in tune with the four seasons, and explains behaviour appropriate to the time of the year. It introduces the concept of the five elements as resonances of the energies of the four seasons. Wide-ranging in their aim and scope, these chapters present a particular philosophy of health, emphasising the need to live in harmony with heaven and earth, in tune with natural cycles and life phases. Following the way of heaven is the key to health and vitality in its broadest sense and losing the way the root of all pathology, both on an individual and planetary level. This book is translated from the French by Peter Firebrace. (For this item please quote stock ID 9214) ISBN: 9781872468068

Compiled in the late Ming Dynasty, this book is still used and regarded as one of the best primers on pulse diagnosis in Chinese medicine. Although this translation has not retained the original meter and verse of the original, it is a faithful rendering of Li’s actual words. This book is still one of the most concise and authoritative texts within the Chinese literature on this subject. (For this item please quote stock ID 9618) ISBN: 9781891845017

An all new, completely annotated translation of Li Dong-yuan's Treatise on the Spleen & Stomach by Bob Flaws This is the book that elevated the spleen and stomach to pivotal importance in the theory and practice of traditional Chinese medicine. However, it also introduced the concept of yin fire, perhaps the most important concept in understanding complicated internal diseases and their systemic ramifications. Li’s formulas are treasure troves for those dealing with autoimmune and immune deficiency diseases. This book will help clinicians solve many thorny problems in practice. Significant attributes of Li Dong-yuan's Treatise: >It is the key to understanding & treating the complex, multi-pattern conditions prevalent in developed countries >It is now available in an improved English translation with commentary by Bob Flaws; relevant clinical trials & case histories have been added to each chapter >According to Ye Tian-shi, 'For internal damage [as opposed to externally contracted diseases], one must choose the methods of [Li] Dong-yuan.' >It is the source for yin fire theory, and explains complex, modern disease processes seen in the clinic. With so much new research in China on the ideas and formulas of Li Dong-yuan, this book is one of the most important pre-modern texts in Chinese medicine for 21st century clinicians. Flaws has undertaken the task of a fresh translation of this book, this time including detailed annotation, relevant case histories and random clinical trial reports for each chapter. (For this item please quote stock ID 13931) ISBN: 9780936185415

This collection of medical essays by the great Jin-Yuan dynasty master, Zhu Dan-xi, one of the four great masters of internal medicine of his time. His theories have indelibly shaped the development of Traditional Chinese Medicine up to the present day. In these essays, Zhu discusses his theories on a variety of topics including the roles that diet, sex, and lifestyle play in disease causation and prevention. This book is an important companion volume to The Heart & Essence of Dan-xi’s Methods of Treatment also published by Blue Poppy Press. (For this item please quote stock ID 14069) ISBN: 9780936185538

The Shen Nong Ben Cao is the first known materia medica to have been published in China and is said to have been written by the legendary Shen Nong, the Divine Farmer or Divine Peasant. As the oldest record of Chinese medicinals used in China, it includes a wealth of historical information about early descriptions and usages of approximately 300 Chinese medicinals. The medicinals are categorised according to animal, vegetable, or mineral, and not by their actions or the type of condition they treat. Common uses for each medicinal may vary greatly from modern uses and for that reason this reference provides food for thought for modern practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine. (For this item please quote stock ID 14137) ISBN: 9780936185965

For Chinese, Hua Tuo is the most famous Chinese doctor of antiquity. He is the Master Hua alluded to in the title of this book. The government of the People’s Republic of China has recently classified Master Hua’s Classic of the Central Viscera as one of the 11 most important premodern books in the history and study of traditional Chinese medicine, ranking it with the likes of the Nei Jing, Nan Jing, and Shang Han Lun. Long considered apocryphal by the Confucian Oligarchy, this book is, perhaps, the premier proto-Daoist medical classic. Undoubtedly dating from not less than the Sui dynasty (581-618 CE), this book incorporates passages from ancient Chinese medical texts now lost. In particular, this book is a great source of information on pulse diagnosis and prognosis and the course of disease. It is the locus classicus of the theory of warm supplementation, and it contains numerous fascinating herbal and alchemical formulas for both internal and external usage. Li Cong-fu, Chinese editor of the most recent version of this classic published in the People’s Republic of China, says: 'That the Zhong Zang Jing, though eclipsed for no other reason than the assertion that it was written under a false name, has lived more than 1,000 years cannot be accounted for but by... the fact that it is a medical classic most profound in its physiology, pathophysiology, the design of its formulas, and its pharmacology second only to the Nei Jing and Nan Jing and that it has manifestly had a great impact on later generations.' This is the first English language translation of this great Chinese medical classic which bears the name of the most famous Chinese doctor of antiquity, Hua Tuo. With the publication of this work, Western TCM practitioners will be able to gain an even clearer understanding of the history and development of Chinese medicine. (For this item please quote stock ID 14140) ISBN: 9780936185439

Zhu Dan-xi was the last of the four great masters of internal medicine during the Jin/Yuan dynasties. He is remembered today as the founder of the School of Enriching Yin. However, Zhu studied the theories and methods of the other three great schools before him and especially that of Li Dong-yuan. This book is a record of Zhu’s differential diagnosis, treatment and case histories of a wide variety of internal and external diseases. The book is a source for many standard pattern discriminations and treatments found in modern internal medicine texts. This book is an important companion volume to Extra Treatise Based On Investigation & Enquiry also published by Blue Poppy Press. (For this item please quote stock ID 13803) ISBN: 9780936185507

The packaging of Chinese patent medicine has seen the development of a strong and dynamic tradition that has yielded a vocabulary of basic forms. Of these, there are seven traditional basic forms, namely, Gao (plasters), Tan (pellets), Wan (pills), San (powder), Cha (tea), Yeow (oil) and Jiu (wine). These forms had a direct influence on the modes, materials, typefaces, patterns, and compositions used in packaging. A Visual Journey Through Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Packaging is the consummation of Go's four years research on traditional Chinese medicine packaging through interviews, collections of printed materials, and the study of Chinese Medicine manufacturers since 1997. Richly illustrated with graphical design motifs, this fascinating book documents contemporary changes and development in Chinese patent medicines packaging and retrospective changes in some Chinese medicine shops since the mid-19th century. The book merited a champion in Hong Kong Print Awards 2001 with high regard. Who should read this book? >Designers & artists who are both nostalgic & fascinated with contemporary oriental design elements in packaging design >Creative practitioners & marketers seeking for marketing & design inspirations between design & our daily life >Socio-cultural historians having special interest in the changes of Chinese medicine tradition A photojournalist with a mission, Simon Go is dedicated to documentary and fine-art photography over the last 11 years since he graduated from the School of Design of Polytechnic University in 1989. Go's acute sensibility to social and poverty issues in Hong Kong is strongly reflected in a number of documentary and art photography group exhibition projects. (For this item please quote stock ID 25279) ISBN: 9789628681624

In 1626, a young man named Fei Shangyou moved his family to Menghe, a small town in the Yangzi delta of China. According to family legend, he abandoned his career as a scholar and began working as a physician. In doing so, he founded a medical lineage that continues to the present day. This book describes the development, flourishing, and decline of this lineage and its many branches, as well as that of the other medical lineages and families with which it merged over time to form the “current of Menghe learning” (Menghe xuepai). This current and its offshoots produced some of the most influential physicians in the Chinese medical tradition during the 19th and 20th centuries. Menghe physicians, their disciples and students treated emperors, imperial mandarins, Nationalist Party generals, leading figures in the Communist Party, affluent businessmen, and influential artists. In late imperial China, Menghe medicine was a self-conscious attempt to unite diverse strands of medical learning into one integrated tradition centered on ancient principles of practice. In Republican Shanghai, Menghe physicians and their students were at the forefront of medical modernization, establishing schools, professional associations, and journals that became models for others to follow. During the 1950s and 1960s, the heirs of Menghe medicine were key players in creating the institutional framework for contemporary Chinese medicine. Their students are now practicing all over the world, shaping Chinese medicine in Los Angeles, New York, Oxford, Mallorca, and Berlin. The history of the Menghe current is relevant to anyone interested in the development of Chinese medicine in late imperial and modern China. This book traces Chinese medical history along the currents created by generations of physicians linked to each other by a shared heritage of learning, by descent and kinship, by sentiments of native place as well as nationalist fervor, by personal rivalries and economic competition, by the struggle for the survival of tradition and glorious visions of a new global medicine. On the level of both theory and practice, this history marks a departure from the focus on texts and ideas that has dominated Western engagement with Chinese medicine to date. Its goal is to locate medicine within the concrete lives of physicians and their patients, restoring an agency to their actions that easily gets lost in our search for the forces or structures that shape historical process. To this end, the author interweaves social history and medical case studies, ethnography and biography to narrate a story of Chinese medicine that is very different from any that has been told before. The fascinating story of the physicians in a Chinese medical lineage who shaped the practice of contemporary Chinese medicine all over the world. “An intriguing look behind the veil of current orthodoxy to a practice where, for example, self-cultivation could form the basis for clinical efficacy. An inspiring book.” (Steve Clavey) (For this item please quote stock ID 27814) ISBN: 9780939616565

Medicine in China: Historical Artifacts & Images focuses on the fascinating world of oriental medicine and Chinese medical literature. It presents an in-depth view of stunning artworks and literature associated with more than 2,000 years of the Chinese healing arts. Of considerable interest to those working in the field of medicine and pharmacy, this volume will also appeal to anyone intrigued by the objects, drawings, and photographs associated with this subject. Western fascination with Chinese medicine - especially with the therapeutic technique of acupuncture - first arose in the 17th century, yet a systematic investigation of its history, theoretical foundations, and practical applications has only recently been undertaken. Very few of the more than 13,000 Chinese medical texts known today have been translated into European languages. This volume explores the wealth of sources providing today’s researchers with an ever more accurate and widening knowledge of health care in Chinese history. Historical manuscripts and printed texts, artifacts used by physicians and pharmacists, such as the beautifully decorated medicine flasks, works of fine art and illustrations for teaching purposes, and other items show the attention paid to aesthetic values in China’s everyday culture in the past. At the same time they offer some surprising insights into the reality of a long-standing medical tradition that has undergone profound remodelling in the course of China’s modernisation. (For this item please quote stock ID 13646) ISBN: 9783791321493

In a series of pioneering case-studies, twelve contributors, from a range of disciplines, explore the history of Chinese medicine and the transformations that have taken place from the fourth century B.C. to the present day. Topics of discussion include diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, pharmacotherapy, the creation of new genres of medical writing and schools of doctrine. Given the growing interest in Chinese medicine, the volume promises to make a valuable and innovative contribution. Its interdisciplinarity, a hallmark of the field, will ensure a wide readership amongst scholars and practitioners. Contents: Introduction Elisabeth Hsu; Part I. Mai & Qi in the Western Han: >1. The influence of nurturing life culture on the development of Acu-moxa therapy Vivienne Low; >2. Pulse diagnostics in the western Han: how mai & qi determine bing Elisabeth Hsu; Part II. Correlative Cosmologies: >3. Iatro-mancy, diagnosis, & prognosis in early Chinese medicine Donald Harper; >4. System of five circulatory phases & six seasonal influences, a source of medical innovation under the Song (960-1279) Catherine Despeux; Part III. Dietetics & Pharmacotherapy: >5. Dietetics in Tang China: beginnings of a specialised materia dietetica Ute Engelhardt; >6. A Song innovation in pharmacotherapy: some remarks on ‘white arsenic’ & ‘flowers of arsenic’ Frederic Obringer; >7. The Bencao gangmu (Classified Materia Medica) of Li Shizhen - an innovation for natural history? Georges Metailie & Elisabeth Hsu; >8. Robust northerners & delicate southerners: the nineteenth-century invention of a southern medical tradition Marta Hanson; Part V. Rise of the Genre of Medical Case Statements: >9. Yi’an (case statements) - the origins of a genre of Chinese medical literature Christopher Cullen; >10. From case-records to case-histories: modernisation of a Chinese medical genre, 1912-49 Bridie Andrews; Part VI. Medical Rationale in the People’s Republic: >11 A new, scientific & unified medicine: civil war in China & the new Acumoxa, 1945-49 Kim Taylor >12. Shaping Chinese medicine: two case studies from contemporary China Volker Scheid Key Features: >New approach to the history of Chinese medicine, exploring developments & transformations of traditional medicines >Contributors from around the world offer pioneering case-studies from a range of disciplines >Interdisciplinary approach. (For this item please quote stock ID 15734) ISBN: 9780521800686

This book presents a detailed examination of the eight extraordinary meridians from the texts of the Neijing, the Nanjing and their commentaries. The first section provides an overview of the eight as revealing the basic interaction of yin and yang within the body, providing the foundation for the movement of qi and the underlying framework for the main meridian system. There follows an in-depth description of the du mai, the governor vessel, with a study of the point names as a key to its functions. With the subsequent presentation of the ren mai, chong mai and dai mai we build up a simple structural picture of the body which is further elaborated in the presentations of the qiao and wei mai. Each Chinese meridian name is discussed, looking at the etymology and nuances of meaning, to give fresh insight into the function of these eight extraordinary meridians. Classical descriptions of points and pathways are explored in depth. An index of Chinese characters and main concepts is included. Excerpt from The Eight Extraordinary Meridians: Elisabeth Rochat: 'These meridians are older, more ancient than the ordinary meridians, and when extraordinary circumstances exist outside, and the twelve main meridians can no longer ensure the maintenance of the twelve areas of the body, there is a return to a more ancient and deeper regulation of life. Here we have one of the meanings of these extraordinary meridians and of their role: it is to preserve the norm, but at a deeper level. 'Suwen' chapter 2 gives us a presentation of the four seasons. 'The first part of this chapter is the presentation of spring, summer, autumn and winter, the proper qualities of each of these seasons and the appropriate conduct to adopt and follow in order to respond to the season and be in good health. But in the second part we have an example of extraordinary, unforeseeable circumstances, very bad weather with hurricanes, tornadoes, very heavy rain, or drought - the kind of circumstances which endanger all living beings. In this case, the saint of the text is able to prepare within himself the regulation of his animation, to correct the movement of all the circulation, and this is the reason why he has no extraordinary illness. This is the same word ‘extraordinary’ and in this context the meaning is that this extraordinary illness came about through very strange and unusual circumstances. 'An ordinary man who is unable to return to something deeper than the twelve meridians in the organisation of his life, is unable to cope with this circumstance and to resist the perversion of his surroundings. And we can see that this is one way in which the extraordinary meridians regulate in the depths because they are the last resort, or the deepest resort, like a kind of prototype of the whole organisation and the relationships that take place in the unfolding of the body. We can find the same opposition which is at the same time complementary between what is zheng, correct or ordinary or usual, and qi, extraordinary.' (For this item please quote stock ID 9201) ISBN: 9781872468136

The six extraordinary fu, the brain, marrow, bones, mai, gallbladder and uterus, are a set of remarkable systems within the body which have the ability to act as ordinary fu but which can also store essences. Seen at the deepest level the extraordinary fu represent a special link with the origin because these six organs or functions reflect the complex interrelationships which are established between the essences when a new life is engendered. As such they enable us to connect with a level in the body which is more fundamental and more primitive than that encompassed by the ordinary zang and fu. Therefore the extraordinary fu can ensure the continuity of life for us as it moves with and through the essences which are stored within them. As always the vast knowledge of classical texts and medical philosophy possessed by the authors, Claude Larre and Elisabeth Rochat, make this a rich and useful book for the student and practitioner eager to understand the energetic dynamics of the body in more depth. Each of the six is examined in detail, and a fascinating introductory section makes much use of etymological insights to give the reader a thorough grounding in the very concept of ‘extraordinary’. This is an inspiring book, and one which addresses an area of Chinese medicine rarely mentioned in anything other than passing fashion. The authors’ insights and perceptions are always aimed at awakening our sensitivity to the profound mystery of an individual’s vitality, and thereby bringing us closer to what is extraordinary, surprising and wonderful about life itself. Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée: 'The extraordinary fu manifest the way in which the essences create one’s life and body (brain, bone and marrow), the possibility of expressing this life for oneself through time (the mai), and finally in the making of a new life through sexuality and fertility (gallbladder and bao). They trace and guide the essences from beginning to end, passing on through the continuation given by creating other lives. They really are extraordinary, and assure the constancy and continuity of life.' 'The extraordinary fu have some kind of function between the origin and its unity and the more detailed expression of the living organization by the twelve meridians. They are closer to the original formation of the body, and they are also more ancient, primitive and deep, and more able to ensure the continuity of life than the detailed organization which can easily change. (For this item please quote stock ID 18841) ISBN: 9781872468235

The Neijing is one of the most important classics of Taoism, as well as the highest authority on traditional Chinese medicine. Its authorship is attributed to the great Huang Di, the Yellow Emperor, who reigned during the third millennium BCE. This new translation consists of the 81 chapters of the section of the Neijing known as the Suwen, or 'Questions of Organic and Fundamental Nature.' (The other section, called the Lingshu, is a technical book on acupuncture and is not included here.) Written as a discourse between Huang Di and his ministers, The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine contains a wealth of knowledge, including aetiology, physiology, diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of disease, as well as in-depth investigation of such diverse subjects as ethics, psychology, and cosmology. All of these subjects are discussed in a holistic context that says life is not fragmented, as in the model provided by modern science, but rather that all the pieces make up an interconnected whole. By revealing the natural laws of this holistic universe, the book offers much practical advice on how to promote a long, happy, and healthy life. The original text of the Neijing presents broad concepts and is often brief with details. The translator's elucidations and interpretations, incorporated into the translation, help not only to clarify the meaning of the text but also to make it a highly readable narrative for students - as well as for everyone curious about the underlying principles of Chinese medicine. (For this item please quote stock ID 10566) ISBN: 9781570620805

This is a facsimile reprint (a copy of the original hardcover) of the edition published separately from the authors' famous Science & Civilisation in China series. Until now it has been a hard-to-get and much more expensive text. Originally published in 1980, it was at the time an almost unique scholarly source for an explanation of acupuncture and its history. Since then, much more has become available, yet Celestial Lancets remains interesting for its many illustrations and its particular attention to the classic authors and their writings. This is a study of two of the most ancient therapeutic techniques of Chinese medicine: acupuncture and moxibustion. Acupuncture is the implantation of very thin needles into subcutaneous connective tissue and muscle at a great number of different points on the body's surface; moxibustion is the burning of Artemisia tinder (moxa) either directly on the skin or just above it. For 2500 years the Chinese have used both techniques to relieve pain and to heal a wide variety of illnesses and malfunctions. Doctors Lu and Needham give a full historical account of acupuncture and moxibustion in the theoretical structure of Chinese medicine, and combine this with a rationale of the two techniques in the light of modern scientific knowledge. Contents: >List of Illustrations >List of Tables >List of Abbreviations >Authors' Foreword >Introduction >The ching-lo system & its classical theory >Historical growth of the system >Moxibustion Therapy & analgesia; physiological interpretations >Influences on other cultures >The lore of vital spots >Conclusions >Bibliographies >General Index (For this item please quote stock ID 10161) ISBN: 9780700714582

本书分内、外、妇、儿、眼、耳鼻喉、男科七篇，以现代医学病名为纲，以中医辨证为目，并加按语进行阐述。所选方剂，大都是在临床中经过反复使用、屡用屡验的良方、妙方。 (For this item please quote stock ID 35511) ISBN: 9787800607585

In the first comprehensive and analytical study of therapeutic concepts and practices in China, Paul Unschuld traces the history of documented health care from its earliest extant records to present developments.

'Unschuld successfully weaves the evolution of medical ideas with the prevalent socio-political events of the past three and one-half millennia ... The reward is immense.'
- Peter Kong-ming, New Medical Anthropology

'Paul Unschuld's massive erudition lies at the service of relativism. His main aim is to explain the history of Chinese medical theories by locating them within successive broader paradigms of belief - demonological, Confucian, Taoist, Buddhist, Marxist - each of which he anchors in turn within the line of dynasties from the Shang and Chou empires up to the Gang of Four ... Undeniably valuable ... is his emphasis on how each new wave of Chinese medical theory ended up by complementing the preceding corpus of ideas.'
- Roy Porter, Times Literary Supplement

'Paul Unschuld has accomplished monumental labours of translation and annotation. He has a fine historical sense ... and a colourful and easy style which makes these esoteric subjects more accessible.'
 - Robert Temple, Nature

(For this item please quote stock ID 13647) ISBN: 9780520266131

This is the first introduction to classical Chinese that focuses solely on medical texts. The selections that make up the chapters range from the late Han to the Qing dynasties a period spanning over 1,500 years. The extensive vocabulary lists, detailed grammar notes, example sentences, and clear writing make this book suitable for self-taught learners and classrooms alike. Each chapter contains the text in its original as well as modern written forms, a vocabulary section, pinyin, translation of the texts, and a detailed notes section which explains grammar and difficult sentences.

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These audio files are set up as follows: each of the 15 chapters has its own file. Each chapter file begins with a reading of the vocabulary, number by number. After the vocabulary section, the text is read. By listening as you read and study, you will find that your ability to recognize and remember characters is greatly increased (For this item please quote stock ID 31274) ISBN: 9780982321201

Shang Han Lun Explained is a seminal text of Chinese Medicine incorporating the fundamental theories of diagnosis, treatment principles, formulas, herbal ingredients and differential diagnosis. SHL analyses the aetiology and pathogenesis of acute upper respiratory tract infections and describes the many permutations as well as subsequent complications. It lays the groundwork for Chinese medical theory and its strategies of treatment. This book is designed to facilitate the understanding of a complex classical text. The meanings of the myriad clauses of the SHL are elucidated and applications are illustrated with modifications and case studies.

The object of the book is to make SHL understandable and of practical clinical significance to today's practitioners.

Features:
> Based on 398 original clauses of SHL and follows the same channel by channel order as the Song Dynasty's Zhao Kai Mei edition which was designed for maximum clinical reference
> Chapters/sections introduced with summary overviw
> Key points highlighted and summarized at the edn
> Ancient and modern applications explained, offering more than translation and footnotes
> Written by the foremost exponent and expert in Classic Chinese Medicine literature in the southern hemisphere.
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This book is a perfect introduction to the zangfu and their charges as set out in Neijing Suwen chapter 8. Suwen chapter 8 is a text of simplicity and clarity, and of a deceptive brevity which hides a wealth of potent images and concepts. It depicts a Confucian-style court hierarchy in which the heart is emperor, the lung is prime minister and so on. Each official has his sphere of activity, his functions and his interactions. The Secret Treatise starts with an analysis of the first seven chapters of the Neijing Suwen, and then continues with a line by line discussion of chapter 8. An appendix gives the Chinese text and a translation. There is also an index of all main concept and Chinese characters. 'In The Secret Treatise of the Spiritual Orchid you have perhaps the most refined example of [Larre and Rochat’s] teaching. - Peter Eckman, The Journal of Chinese Medicine (For this item please quote stock ID 9210) ISBN: 9781872468006

(Front Cover blurb:) "This dictionary reflects the English meanings of Chinese characters and character compounds as they have been laid down in the annotated edition of the Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen, translated by Paul J Unschuld and Hermann Tessenow. The Huang Di Nei jing Su Wen is a seminal text of ancient Chinese medicine and natural philosophy. It reflects empirical knowledge and the doctrines of Yin-Yang and the Five Agents in the perception of the human body and its organs, qi and the blood, pathogenic agents, concepts of disease and diagnosis, and a variety of therapies, including acupuncture. "

This Dictionary is a result of a project, initiated in 1988, to generate an annotated English translation of the Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen, a seminal text on the theory and clinical application of ancient Chinese medicine. For the first time in the history of Western interest in the early origins of Chinese life sciences, academic and non-academic users may resort now to a philologically legitimated dictionary focussing on the terminology of a single text corpus of ancient Chinese medicine reflecting the conceptual developments during a period reaching from the third century BCE to the eighth century CE.

Given the many relationships between medicine, philosophy and political ideology, as well as social and economic structures from Chinese antiquity to the very present, this Dictionary will be an indispensable research tool for accessing these overlapping arenas of Chinese civilization. Even the terminology of today’s Traditional Chinese Medicine, as distant as it may appear from its conceptual and literary precursors of the Han through Tang dynasties, continues the legacy of the ancient past and requires, for a well-informed usage, profound knowledge of the terminology and conceptual beginnings in the Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen.

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This is a complete translation of the medieval Chinese dietary Yin-Shan cheng-yao (1330) with full notes and supporting text, along with a monograph-sized introduction. The Chinese original is the first dietary manual of its kind in Chinese history, and is of particular interest on account of substantial Mongolian, Turkic, and general Islamic influences. The translation makes an important work for the Chinese herbal tradition generally available, placed in its historical and cultural context, and also makes a significant contribution to the study of traditional East Asian foodways in a broader context. The translation is the first of its kind, and will substantially alter previously held views on Chinese interactions with non-Chinese cultures, including China's conquerors and their Turkic allies. Paul Buell, translator, writer, indexer and programmer, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Washington. Eugene Anderson is professor of anthropology at the university of California at Riverside. Charles Perry is a food critic for Los Angeles Times and holds his Ph.D. in Arabic from the University of California at Berkeley. (For this item please quote stock ID 4742) ISBN: 9780710305831

A Chinese Physician is the portrait of a 16th century medical writer and clinical practitioner. Three methodologies - loosely termed socio-economic/biographic, textual analysis, and gender analysis - and a variety of sources, from hagiographical biographies to medical case histories, are used to tell three very different but complementary stories about what it was to practise medicine in 16th century China. Woven together, these stories combine to create a multi-dimensional portrayal that brings to life the very human experiences, frustrations and aspirations of a well respected and influential physician who struggled to win respect from fellow practitioners and loyalty from patients. The book creates a vibrant and colourful picture of contemporary medical practice and at the same time deepens our understanding of the interrelationship between gender culture and medicine. Contents: >Introduction Part I: Wang Ji, medical culture & contemporary society >1. Contemporary society >2. Medical culture >3. Wang Ji Part II: The Stone Mountain medical case histories >4. The structure of the text >5. The case history genre >6. The purpose of writing case histories >7. Use as source material Part III: Wang Ji's medical practice: a textual analysis of the Stone Mountain medical case histories >8. Theory & practice >9. The clinical encounter >10. The patient/physician/dynamic >11. Interaction with other physicians & healers Part IV: Gender, culture & medicine: a gender analysis of the Stone Mountain medical case histories >12. Diagnosis >13. Aetiology>14. Illness syndrome >15. Treatment >16. Outcome >Conclusion (For this item please quote stock ID 20859) ISBN: 9780415297585

The Mai Jing or Pulse Classic was written in the late Han dynasty by Wang Shu-he. It is the first book in the medical literature devoted entirely to pulse diagnosis. As such it is the undeniable and necessary foundation text for anyone seriously interested in understanding the rationale for and method of reading the pulse in Chinese medicine. Although not an easy read, this book is a mine of valuable information for those wishing to go more deeply into a study of the pulse. (For this item please quote stock ID 14066) ISBN: 9780936185750

The application of herbal, mineral, animal, and man-made substances in medical therapy has been recorded in China since antiquity. In recent times, traditional Chinese drugs have received increased attention in China and many other countries. The rich body of pharmaceutical knowledge that has evolved over centuries remains a major component of Chinese health care. Chinese healers still prescribe their patients remedies based on formulas elaborated centuries ago. Medicne in China: A History of Pharmaceutics provides a description and analysis of the contents and structure of traditional Chinese pharmaceutical literature. Over the past twenty centuries, a rich canon of works on materia medica - many of which are still extant today - has been published in China. Starting with the earliest systematic records of materia medica from the third century B.C., Paul U. Unschuld has selected some one hundred titles in his far-reaching examination of the history of Chinese pharmaceutics. He documents close links between major currents in Chinese philosophy and Chinese materia medica, and demonstrates the impact of politics on the development of Chinese pharmaceutics. In the course of his analysis, the author describes a broad spectrum of Chinese pharmaceutical knowledge in great detail. Numerous translations of prefaces, drug descriptions, and technical paragraphs from encyclopedic herbals - covering the gamut of materia medica - and from other specialised works - focusing on selected issues, such as dietetics, drug preparation, and specific regions - provide a vivid impression of an important Chinese tradition that has influenced and been influenced by other cultures. The value of the volume as a reference work is increased by separate indexes of the many names of Chinese drugs, authors, and book titles mentioned in the book, and the inclusion of a number of drug illustrations which appeared in the original herbal texts. Medicine in China: A History of Pharmaceutics is a work of exemplary scholarship making available to scholars a wealth of literary sources on the history of medicine and pharmacy in China. It will also make significant contributions to medical anthropology and the history and sociology of science in general. (For this item please quote stock ID 13648) ISBN: 9780520050259

The Ling Shu, considered to be the Canon of Acupuncture, is the second part of the Huang Di Nei Jing (The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic). These conversations about heaven, man, and earth and their dynamic relationships are attributed to the Yellow Emperor circa 2600 B.C., and his ministers. The first part is called the Su Wen, or Simple Questions, The second part, the Ling Shu, is translated here by Wu Jing-Nuan in its context as the first known treatise about acupuncture with its associated medical procedures and for its philosophical beauty. The title itself expresses a world vision and reality where material and structure are secondary to the living energy of Ling Shu, the Spiritual Pivot. After spending fifteen years in the U.S. as a venture capitalist on Wall Street, Wu Jing-Nuan returned to Asia to train in healing modalities. He has studied and been associated with Dhammasaro Bhikku, Yang Chia, and Professor Hsu Hung.Wu has been in private practice in Washington, D.C., since 1973 and is the founder of the Taoist Health Institute, which provides both traditional and modern medical services. (For this item please quote stock ID 14064) ISBN: 9780824826314

The Shang Han Lun is widely regarded as one of the most important book in Chinese medicine, yet it is also considered the most difficult to master. With over 40 years of clinical experience, Dr. Chen Rui-chun elucidates key points about many of the formulae from the Shang Han Lun, bringing them out of the cloud of mystery and into the daylight of clinical practice. Presented simply, and accompanied by examples of clinical cases for each formula, students of the Shang Han Lun will see how Dr. Chen can take classical formulae beyond the scope of their traditional presentation and find new applications for their use.

Divided into three sections,The Clinical Application of Shang Han Lun Formulae first presents case studies organized around the use of nearly 50 classical formulas, followed by other case studies from the author's extensive clinical experience. Finally,of great interest is the section containing the author's informal essays on diverse medical issues, such as the use of herbal wines, the connection of Spleen deficiency to the generation of wind, or whether San Ren Tang can be used to stop sweating.

The Clinical Application of Shang Han Lun Formulae is a thoughtful and thought-provoking book, of great interest to clinicians and students alike, in the continuing struggle to constantly adapt our practice of Chinese medicine to a changing modern world.

(For this item please quote stock ID 28886) ISBN: 9787117114042

Long considered the most authoritative work on Chinese medicine, this revised and expanded edition turns a classic work into an invaluable resource. In the ancient tradition of Chinese medicine, illness is a disharmony of the whole body. The aim is to restore harmony through herbal medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion and the diagnostic skills of the physician. The governing principle is to balance Yin and Yang and to restore the interconnections between all aspects of the organism. This remarkable book explains the theory and practice of Chinese medicine. More than that, it mixes the most up-to-date knowledge of the oriental approach to healing with cutting-edge scientific research. 'While the book's rich detail makes it of great use to practising healers, it is in its entirety very simply written, enjoyable reading for the layman. An instructive, profound and important work.'- Professor Martin Schwartz, University of California, Berkeley (For this item please quote stock ID 17017) ISBN: 9780712602815

Understanding the Jin Gui Yao Lue - A Practical Textbook discusses the pathomechanisms and associated formulas for more than forty internal diseases. Each chapter provides the clearest translation to date of the most essential statements followed by representative case studies and analyses. Students can formulate and assess treatments by using the Clinical Strategies presented in this text. The core text of the Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet (Jīn Guì Yào Lüè) has been praised by Chinese physicians as "the book that saves lives" and "the ancestor of all formula books".

Features:
> Exceptional translations - organized for understanding and application
> Classical formulas explained - for over forty internal diseases
> Representative case studies - with proven clinical strategies

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What Is Medicine? Western and Eastern Approaches to Healing is the first comparative history of two millennia of Western and Chinese medicine from their beginnings in the centuries BC through present advances in sciences like molecular biology and in Western adaptations of traditional Chinese medicine. In his revolutionary interpretation of the basic forces that undergird shifts in medical theory, Paul U. Unschuld relates the history of medicine in both Europe and China to changes in politics, economics, and other contextual factors. Drawing on his own extended research of Chinese primary sources as well as his and others' scholarship in European medical history, Unschuld argues against any claims of "truth" in former and current, Eastern and Western models of physiology and pathology. What Is Medicine? makes an eloquent and timely contribution to discussions on health care policies while illuminating the nature of cognitive dynamics in medicine, and it stimulates fresh debate on the essence and interpretation of reality in medicine's attempts to manage the human organism.

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This series of books represents the first introduction to classical Chinese that focuses solely on medical texts. The selections that make up the chapters span a period of nearly 2,000 years, covering the entire written history of Chinese medicine. The extensive vocabulary lists, detailed grammar notes, example sentences, and clear explanations make this series suitable for self-taught learners and classrooms alike.

Each chapter contains the text in its original as well as modern written forms, a vocabulary section, pinyin, translation of the texts, and a detailed notes section which explains grammar and difficult sentences. For reference, there is also a simplified version of all of the texts, a complete index and glossary, and detailed suggestions for how to successfully use the books.

Volume II contains fifteen selections broken into five major classical themes, including texts on the concept of the superior physician, madness, evil, and spirit. Nine of the fifteen selections come from the Huang Di Nei Jing Ling Shu with the remainder coming from the Nan Jing, Jin Gui Yao Lue, and other sources never before available in English.

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The Jia Yi Jing or Systematic Classic of Acupuncture & Moxibustion is the first textbook of this art. Written by Huang-fu Mi in the Jin Dynasty (265-420 CE), it is composed of excerpts from the Su Wen, Ling Shu, Nan Jing, and other no longer extant Chinese medical classics, all arranged according to topics in a systematic, step-by-step manner and held together by Huang-fu Mi's comments based on his own clinical experience. According to Professor Han Bing of the Tianjin College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, this book is the cornerstone of this art and science: 'Right up until contemporary times, no work has ever surpassed the Jia Yi Jing in clinical or theoretical value. Even today, though new and effective points are being discovered and novel needling techniques are being devised, there is no denying the fact that the Jia Yi Jing retains its status as the best written acupuncture book, a mine in which is hidden a great treasure trove to be explored for the benefit of human health. It is no exaggeration to say that one who has not read the Jia Yi Jing cannot be accounted an acupuncturist, or at the least not a good acupuncturist'. It took Huang-fu Mi 26 years to complete this book. It also took Yang Shou-zhong, Charles Chace and a team of editors almost four years to translate and produce this English language edition. The publication of this book will raise Western acupuncture and moxibustion practice to a new height. As Yang Shou-zhong has said: '...every great TCM master of the past and present has expressed with deep emotion and profound understanding that, unless one immerses oneself in and bases their practice on the classics, one's medical erudition and skill cannot be sophisticated. It is the work of these great masters that provide us with the indispensable nourishment for our progress and advancement'. (For this item please quote stock ID 8353) ISBN: 9780936185293

'Qi is an expression of the natural order of life.' An understanding of qi is central to Chinese philosophy, art, medicine and movement therapies, but we often rely on vague terminology, using the catch-phrase 'energy' to explain what qi is. A Study of Qi contains detailed descriptions of the various differentiations of qi, but also a wide-ranging philosophical investigation into the origin and development of the concept of qi itself. Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée explores the philosophical texts of the Zuozhuan, Zhuangzi, Huainanzi and Mencius, as well as the medical texts of the Neijing and Nanjing, to provide context and depth to our understanding of this ever-present but elusive activity of life. 'The qi always precedes the form. There is no form if there is no qi. Even in the body there is no maintenance or transformation of the form without qi. On the other hand, without a form there can be no expression of qi.' (For this item please quote stock ID 26797) ISBN: 9781872468280

Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée continues her study of the Chinese classical texts with an exploration of the concept of yin yang. Guiding us through the early writings of the Spring and Autumn Annals, the Daoist classics of Laozi, Zhuangzi and Huainanzi, and the medical texts of the Yellow Emperor, the Neijing Suwen, she explains the development of these ancient ideas which provide the basis for Chinese philosophy and medicine. ‘There is no way to have yin without yan g or yang without yin. They are always a double facet of every living being and every phenomenon. And they are fertile, sustaining life only by their deep harmonious alliance.’ (For this item please quote stock ID 27355) ISBN: 9781872468433

In this important new addition to the Monkey Press Chinese Medicine from the classics series, Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée continues her exploration of the key concepts of Chinese medicine and philosophy with a study of Wu Xing, the five elements, phases or movements. In the West, the concept of Wu Xing has been variously embraced or dismissed, often misunderstood, but never the subject of serious study in its historical context. This fascinating book traces the development of Wu Xing theory from its early beginnings - where we see the five elements in their literal sense, as the five materials necessary for survival on earth - to its incorporation into the sophisticated cosmological system of yinyang Wu Xing during the 2nd century BC E. Guiding us through well chosen chapters of the Spring and Autumn Annals and its commentary, the Huainanzi, and the medical texts of the Neijing Suwen, Elisabeth explains the development of these ancient ideas which provide such an important basis for zangfu theory within Chinese medicine. (For this item please quote stock ID 31039) ISBN: 9781872468099

Fifteen years in creation, this work examines the spiritual traditions of Chinese medicine. Much of this discussion occurs within the context of Five-Element constitutional medicine.

For the author of China's oldest herbal text, the Shen Nong Ben Cao, the highest aspect of healing involved helping the patient fulfill his destiny in order to live out his years as allotted by heaven. Below that was the nourishment of man's inborn nature (xing). The lowest class of medicine was considered to be the treatment of physical illness. As early as the third century C.E. the alchemist Ge Hong laments that these words 'come from the highest sages' and yet the people of his age are lost in disbelief at the efficacy of the highest forms of medicine. The intention of Lonny Jarrett's writing and teaching is to help establish a self conscious 'inner tradition' of Chinese medicine.

Lonny Jarrett’s work examines the tradition of Chinese medicine whose primary therapeutic focus lies in aiding the fulfillment of the patient's personal destiny. His methodology has been to examine the lineage of thought regarding destiny that is present throughout the writings of many authors in the related disciplines of Chinese medicine, philosophy, alchemy, and religion. It is Jarrett’s hope that his work will provide a window for the inquisitive mind to follow more deeply into the universe that is Chinese medicine.

'Nourishing Destiny ... delves into the deep philosophical background of Chinese medicine. Filled with quotes from the classics such as the Dao De Jing and explanations of the meaning of characters such as the Dao make it fascinating reading. This was the textbook I needed when I went through college. You might even understand the five elements after reading [Lonny Jarrett's] chapters devoted to explaining it!' - Heiko Lade, Newsletter of the New Zealand Register of Acupuncturists

'Lonny Jarrett has transformed a lifetime of experience and study into an original and groundbreaking discussion of Chinese medicine' - Ted Kaptchuk, author of Chinese Medicine: The Web That Has No Weaver

'Lonny Jarrett has revived the spirit of Chinese medicine that is so often lacking in contemporary studies of this cultivational art. Integrating philosophy, cosmology, and mythology back into the evolution of Chinese medicine, Lonny has offered an initiation to practitioners, students, and client alike to expand their unfolding to this intricate art of healing. Nourishing Destiny offers the profundity of Chinese medical concepts, elemental archetypes, acupuncture points, and more importantly, the healing process. Lastly, the text inspires us to reawaken our inner selves to reconnect with the roots of Chinese medicine - which in itself is an act of healing!' - Jeffrey Yuen, Acupuncture Program and School of Oriental Studies, Swedish Institute

Foreword to Nourishing Destiny: The Inner Tradition of Chinese Medicine

'Sitting here, pen in hand, stranded beside the information superhighway. Why another book about Chinese medicine? This one neither an easy read nor a compendium of treatment formulae (the two most successful strategies for budding authors in this field).

'From the moment I first met Lonny Jarrett, I felt that he had in him a touch of genius akin to that of his inspirator, J.R. Worsley. Both seem to meet the criteria for spirits and sages in the Nan Jing:

'One who looks and knows it is to be called a spirit. One who listens and knows it is to be called a sage.'

'I had seen this uncanny ability in Lonny, and numerous examples can be found in Nourishing Destiny, confirming the author’s gift for diagnosis at a glance, whether in person or even by a telephone answering machine! After more than two decades at practicing these skills myself, I believe it fair to conclude that heaven bestows these gifts with the same frequency and scatter as with all other remarkable facilities, be they perfect pitch in musicians or the ability to make automatic calculations in mathematicians.

'As a corollary, I suspect we each have our own special treasure hidden within us, only awaiting self-discovery. This premise is explicitly developed as a major theme of the book in hand: How each of us begins life with a unique destiny, granted by heaven (or nature or the Dao - take your pick) and it is up to each of us, with the help of our fellows, to fulfill that destiny otherwise known as our life’s purpose. Of course, first we must find out what that purpose is . . .

'It is high time someone address the relationship between Chinese medicine and an understanding of life’s purpose. Nourishing Destiny presents many novel and intriguing thoughts on this matter, ultimately based on the classics. Like Worsley before him, Jarrett has synthesized material from a wealth of different traditions. His work is the first in English that seriously attempts to integrate in a clinical context the essential teachings of philosophical Daoism, Daoist alchemy, traditional acupuncture in its various incarnations, and Chinese herbal medicine. It is really a work in progress, and though it may be difficult to fathom all that is offered, there is much here to inspire both the lay reader and the practitioner. I hope this work reaches the wide audience who might benefit from its wisdom.' - Peter Eckman
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This brief discourse is an introduction to the historical development of medicine in China, whose influence on Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia was profound and even reached far west into the Islamic world. The authors wish to make the interested reader aware of China's rich contribution to the world growth of the medical sciences. Too often the view has been taken that the history of medicine began with the discoveries of the Greeks and those ancient nations from whom they learnt. The authors want to redress this view and acquaint readers with a glimpse of the concepts and history of Chinese medicine and hope that they will feel encouraged to delve deeper.

Contents:
Part 1: Chinese Medicine: An Overview of Its Concepts & History

Part 2: Areas Influenced by Chinese Thought
>A Brief History of Medicine in Japan
>A Brief Note on the History of Medicine in the Islamic World
>A Moment of Reflection

'... this volume is a compact, tantalizing excursion through centuries of medical tradition, in a range of cultures ... it does make a long, complex and fascinating history accessible to medical professionals and students of Chinese history who may be tempted to delve further into this rich and interesting field' - American Journal of Chinese Medicine

'If you want a concise, easy-to-read, easy-to-absorb summary of events and trends from the 29th century BC to the present, this compact book will comfortably and quickly answer many questions' - American Journal of Acupuncture

(For this item please quote stock ID 18613) ISBN: 9789810228033

Considered one of the key achievements of China's ancient civilisation for its wealth of information on medicine, mineralogy, botany, zoology, and natural science, Compendium of Materia Medica covers the long period between remote antiquity and the Ming dynasty when the book was first published in 1593.

As early as the 17th century, Compendium of Materia Medica was introduced through translations to other countries in Asia, Europe and America as an essential work for the study of Chinese medical science, ancient Chinese science and technology and ancient Chinese culture and history. However, with the exception of a complete Japanese translation published in Japan in the 1970s, only parts of the Compendium (mainly to do with pharmacological therapeutics) have been translated. More difficult sections involving history, culture and science have never been translated, with only abridged versions available in the West.

This is first full English translation of the entire Compendium of Materia Medica. It is a careful rendition of the original text and explanatory notes place the contents in the context of modern scientific research.

(For this item please quote stock ID 22783) ISBN: 9787119032603

Treatise on Febrile Diseases Caused by Cold (Shanghan Lun) and Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber (Jinkui Yaolue Fanglun) are the two most important classics of traditional Chinese medicine written some 1700 years ago by Zhang Zhongjing, great sage of TCM. The importance of these two books in TCM is similar to that of Euclid’s Elements in the field of geometry. These two books are still used by students as textbooks in colleges of TCM, as well as by medical practitioners and scholars. This present edition of the Synopsis is a completely revised edition of a previous volume published in 1987. As well as some revisions and improvements to the original translation, Professor Luo has also added illustrative case studies to the text. These selected cases are of great help in understanding this ancient classic. (For this item please quote stock ID 13906) ISBN: 9787800052910

Although the study of traditional Chinese medicine has attracted unprecedented attention in recent years, Western knowledge has been limited because, until now, not a single Chinese classical medical text has been available in a serious philological translation. In this book Paul U. Unschuld offers, for the first time in any Western language, a complete translation of an ancient Chinese medical classic, the Nan-ching. The translation adheres to rigid sinological standards and applies philological and historiographic methods. The original text of the Nan-ching was compiled during the first century A.D. by an unknown author. From that time forward, this ancient text provoked an ongoing stream of commentaries. Following the Sung era, it was mis identified as merely an explanatory sequel to the classic of the Yellow Emperor, the Huang-ti nei-ching. With this volume, however, Unschuld demonstrates that the Nan-ching should once again be regarded as a significant and innovative text in itself. It marked the apex and the conclusion of the initial development phase of a conceptual system of health care based on the doctrines of the Five Phases and yinyang. As the classic of the medicine of systematic correspondence, the Nan-ching covers all aspects of theoretical and practical health care within these doctrines in an unusually systematic fashion. Most important is its innovative discussion of pulse diagnosis and needle treatment. Unschuld combines the translation the text of the Nan-ching with selected commentaries by twenty Chinese and Japanese authors from the past seventeen centuries. These commentaries provide insights into the processes of reception and transmission of ancient Chinese concepts from the Han era to the present time, and shed light on the issue of progress in Chinese medicine. Central to the book, and contributing to a completely new understanding of traditional Chinese medical thought, is the identification of a 'patterned knowledge' that characterises - in contrast to the monoparadigmatic tendencies in Western science and medicine - the literature and practice of traditional Chinese health care. Unschuld’s translation of the Nan-ching is an accomplishment of monumental proportions. Anthropologists, historians, and sociologists as well as general readers interested in traditional Chinese medicine - but who lack Chinese language abilities - will at last have access to ancient Chinese concepts of health care and therapy. Filling an enormous gap in the literature, Nan-ching: The Classic of Difficult Issues is the kind of landmark work that will shape the study of Chinese medicine for years to come. Paul U. Unschuld is a professor in the Institute for the History of Medicine at the University of Munich. A medical historian with a background in Chinese studies, sociology, and public health, he is a leading authority in the West on the history of Chinese medicine. Since 1984 he has been president of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine. He has published widely, and his books include Medical Ethics in Imperial China (University of California Press, 1979) and two other books in the same series as the present book. These are Medicine in China: A History of Ideas and Medicine in China: A History of Pharmaceutics, both published in 1985 by the University of California Press. (For this item please quote stock ID 13649) ISBN: 9780520053724

Drawing from many classical texts to reinforce the primary material, the Pathomechanisms series offers an in-depth analysis of the origins and disease progression for each of the zang organs of the body. These books not only lay the theoretical ground work, they are also supported by appropriate investigations of historical texts and modern medical research. To facilitate comprehension, sample formulas and herbs appropriate to each section of discussion are included. The first book in the series (of five) is Pathomechanisms of the Heart. The first section of this text discusses repletion conditions of the heart, including qi stagnation, phlegm obstruction, blood stasis, heart repletion cold, heart repletion heat, dampness encumbering the heart, and water assailing the heart. The second section details vacuity conditions, including vacuity of heart qi, heart yang, heart blood, and heart yin. Each pathomechanism is described in detail with references to its historical development, then further differentiated by the specific aetiological factors. Each subsection discusses the origins and development of ideas relevant to this pathology, then gives the various symptoms, treatment strategies, and specific formulas, often with modifications to address the particular symptoms more directly. It is here that the author offers a review of relevant literature, spanning the entire range of traditional medical literature beginning with the early classics. For each text, he gives the specific quotations and then paraphrases and explains it. This provides the reader a sense of the historical evolution as well as the various clinical perspectives on each pathomechanism. At the conclusion of each section, the author summarizes the information in a useful table that differentiates again by etiology and then lists specific symptoms in each case. Pathomechanisms of the Heart also contains a section on modern research, a Chinese-English bibliography in alphabetical order (with both classical texts and journal articles on modern research) and a Chinese bibliography organised by stroke number. The understanding of pathomechanisms of different organs is crucial to an understanding prognosis in TCM. As a logical way of comprehending diseases, it serves as a bridge between the patient and doctor and can help the TCM practioner accurately grasp the dynamics in the prognosis of disease. This series is an invaluable aid for all students and practitioners of Chinese medicine. (For this item please quote stock ID 24248) ISBN: 9780912111797

The Nan Jing is considered one of the four foundation texts of Chinese medicine, and this edition of the text provides a clinical useful translation of this seminal acupuncture classic. Until now only non-native English translations have existed which were either too scholarly or too poor for practitioners to use. This pocket edition, translated by Bob Flaws, uses Nigel Wiseman’s translational terminology which allows Western readers the opportunity to read the text that codified Chinese pulse examination and five phase acupuncture using the sixty transport points on the arms and legs. (For this item please quote stock ID 7011) ISBN: 9781891845079

Pathomechanisms describe the dynamic process through which disease develops and transforms in the body. While pattern diagnosis provides the practitioner with a snapshot picture of the current state of illness, it is a thorough understanding of pathomechanisms that allows one to predict and prevent the progression of disease. A comprehensive knowledge of the pathomechanisms involved in a given case allows treatment to be more holistic, preventative, and effective. In modern China, pathomechanisms have become a major focus of Chinese medical literature and education. Up to now, relatively little of this material has been transmitted to the West, and consequently many practitioners have failed to go beyond pattern diagnosis to examine the underlying disease process that produces the patterns. Thus, pathomechanisms are often described as a 'missing link' in a Westerner's Chinese medical education. This series of texts devoted to pathomechanisms attempts to bridge this gap so that practitioners may advance their knowledge and reap the rewards of greater clinical success. Pathomechanisms of the Liver describes repletion conditions of the liver, including liver qi depression, crosswise counterflow of liver qi, counterflow ascent of liver qi, downpour of liver qi, and evil scurrying in the sinews. It also presents liver vacuity conditions, including vacuity of liver blood, liver yin, liver qi, and liver yang. Each pathomechanism is described in detail with references to its historical development, then further differentiated by the specific aetiological factors. Each subsection discusses the origins and development of ideas relevant to this pathology, then gives the various symptoms, treatment strategies, and specific formulas, often with modifications to address the particular symptoms more directly. It is here that the author offers a review of relevant literature, spanning the entire range of traditional medical literature beginning with the early classics. For each text, he gives the specific quotations and then paraphrases and explains it. This provides the reader a sense of the historical evolution as well as the various clinical perspectives on each pathomechanism. At the conclusion of each section, the author summarizes the information in a useful table that differentiates again by aetiology and then lists specific symptoms in each case. The appendices include a section on modern research, a Chinese-English bibliography in alphabetical order (with both classical texts and journal articles on modern research) and a Chinese bibliography organized by stroke number. (For this item please quote stock ID 24302) ISBN: 9120912111258

This series of books represents the first introduction to classical Chinese that focuses solely on medical texts. The selections that make up the chapters span a period of nearly 2,000 years, covering the entire written history of Chinese medicine. The extensive vocabulary lists, detailed grammar notes, example sentences, and clear explanations make this series suitable for self-taught learners and classrooms alike.

(For this item please quote stock ID 33867) ISBN: 9780982321225

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the crucial second stage in the evolution of Chinese Medicine by examining the changes during the pivotal era of the Northern Song dynasty. Selected Contents: >Introduction >Emperors and medicine >Epidemics and medicine >Impact of Cold damage disorders on medicine >Drug Therapy >Benefiting the People >Formulation of Systematic Medicine by integrating earlier genres of medical literature and clinical practices (For this item please quote stock ID 29579) ISBN: 9780415426558

Huangdi Neijing is a classic medical text of ancient China. Composed of two sections, Suwen and Lingshu, the book contains eighty-one chapters filled with enduring wisdom and insight and is still consulted by doctors today. This translation is based largely on Li Zhongzi's concise edition of the book, published in 1642, titled Neijing Zhiyao, and continues the centuries-long effort to annotate the text, especially in light of modern developments in medicine. Instead of 'explaining a classic with a classic', this edition adds commentaries and emendations that enhance the theoretical core of Huangdi Neijing , illuminating a seminal work of Chinese medicine that covers so much more than the basic principles of yin-yang and the five elements.
(For this item please quote stock ID 31985) ISBN: 9789629964207

The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion by Yang Ji Zhou is an encyclopedic Ming dynasty work on Acupuncture and Moxibustion.

Volume I, translated by Sabine Wilms, Ph.D, offers a selection of quotations related to acupuncture and moxibustion from the Han period classics Huang Di Nei Jing (Inner Classic of the Yellow Emperor) and Nan Jing (Classic of Difficult Issues), with some explanations added by Yang Jizhou.

In this first volume, Yang Jizhou lays out the fundamental theories of classical Chinese medicine that he expands on and enriches with his personal clinical experience in the subsequent volumes.

(For this item please quote stock ID 33478) ISBN: 9780979955228

This is a quick reference guide to apply the knowledge of over 65 ancient Chinese formulas from the Treatise on Cold Damage and the Essentials from the Golden Cabinet as well as 10 personalized formulas from Dr. Huang Huang’s clinical experience. We have added the original Chinese reference to classics as well as their translation. We have also kept the original formula composition as well as the one Dr. Huang uses now in his practice. We have made this guide book as condense and clear as possible in the hopes to revive the understanding and applicability of classical formula for the needs of today. (For this item please quote stock ID 34005) ISBN: 9787117135030

The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion by Yang Jizhou is an encyclopedic Ming dynasty work on Acupuncture and Moxibustion. Volume 5, translated by Lorraine Wilcox, Ph.D, L.Ac., covers the details of using various point categories, for example, the five shu points, yuan and luo points, and the confluence points of the eight extraordinary vessels.

Yang Jizhou gives special attention to the Jing Well points, host/guest protocols, and treating disease using the twelve main channels and the eight extraordinary vessels. There is also an exhaustive look at the use of the Stems and Branches and the Chinese calendar for selection of these points. This Volume of the Great Compendium was geared to advise practitioners (from a Ming Dynasty perspective) on how to use the Stems and Branches in their practice, and also for the scholar who wants to understand the complicated subject of Zi Wu Liu Zhu and Ling Gui Ba Fa.

Wilcox does a masterful job of bringing these complex subjects to the reader. Included in this book are 67 diagrams, tables and illustrations that intimately explain how the use of the Stems and Branches and the Chinese calendar.

(For this item please quote stock ID 33479) ISBN: 9780979955242

The Formulas of the Golden Cabinet with Songs is a nineteenth century commentary by Chen Xiuyuan on the Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essentials from the Golden Cabinet), the famous Han dynasty formulary and companion volume to the Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) by Zhang Zhongjing. Translated by Sabine Wilms to the highest academic standards and yet eminently readable and intended for clinical application, the present volume discusses the first 100 formulas contained in the Han source text. To explain the internal logic of the formulas, interaction of medicinals, and precise clinical indications, the author quotes a selection of commentators and physicians throughout the ages while also stating her own understanding. Beginning with a full translation of the Jin Gui source text, each entry appears as its own vignette that includes indications and associated symptoms, formula ingredients (converted into modern measurements), instructions for preparation, and commentary. The present edition is bilingual in Chinese and English. To increase clinical applicability, we have also included brief modern monographs for each formula in the appendix. An extensive 324-page book, this is a must-have for all Jingui lovers out there.

(For this item please quote stock ID 34348) ISBN: 9780979955259

Volume 9 of The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion by Yang Jizhou translated by Lorraine Wilcox, Ph.D, L.Ac.,and is broken into four parts: The first part covers 151 different patterns and how to treat them with acupuncture and moxibustion, the second part covers miscellaneous subjects such as:

Li Dongyuan’s Method of Acupuncture

The Treatment Methods of Famous Physicians describing: Sores with Toxins, Throat Impediment, Dribbling Blockage, The Eyes, Injury, The Supreme Unity Spirit Talisman, and True Person Sun’s Song of Needling the Thirteen Ghost Points.

In the third part of the text Yang writes extensively about moxibustion methods, and treatment strategies such as: Clever Essentials for Moxibustion, The Four Flowers Method of Master Cui, Method for Applying Treatment to Gao Huang (UB 43), Riding the Bamboo Horse Moxibustion Point Method, Moxibustion on the Taxation Point, Applying Treatment to Shen Shu (UB 23), Moxibustion Method for the Small Intestine Shan Qi Points, etc.

In the the fourth part of the text Yang presents 31 case studies where he used acupuncture, moxibustion, and occasionally herbal formulas to treat the patients. This section serves not just to discuss Yang’s successes but is also a venue to talk about the deeper meaning of some of his treatment strategies.

(For this item please quote stock ID 34349) ISBN: 9780979955266