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Volume 4, No. 5, is on the theme of 'Language & Translation'. It contains: >Contributors >Editorial >Language Referencing in the Teaching of Chinese Medicine (Francis Turner) >Bearing Witness (Richard James) >Recovering Collateral Damage (Inga Heese) >Human Nature in Ancient Chinese Philosophy (John Boyd) >Polluted Bodies, Individual Responsibility & Personal Blame (Sylvia Schroer) >The Subtlety of the Image: The Importance of Metaphor in Translating & Understanding Chinese Medicine Concepts (Carl Williams & Dianne Dutton) >An Introduction to Keiraku Chiryo (Stephen Birch) >The Experience of Receiving Traditional Chinese Acupuncture (Gay Walker, Beverley de Valois, Teresa Young & Jane Maher) >Reviews >Call for papers (For this item please quote stock ID 24044)

Volume 4, No. 6, is on the theme of 'Fire'. It contains: Two articles which illustrate different approaches to understanding the meaning of Fire: 'Fire & Emotional Illness' by Elisa Rossi (Italy) 'Fire: A 'lighter' Perspective' by Gerard Kite Within the subject of FIRE is also an article entitled 'What is the Great Mystery of the Point Yin Tang?' by Dr Holmes Kaikobad, which explains the nature of the point and its critical location as a junction of the many channels that run Fire qi in one manner or another. Other articles include: 'Five Element Acupuncture in the Land of the Great Khaan' by Richard Graham, who illustrates how the transformation and interpretation of oriental medical theories through a 'Western' mindset can go back 'East' and can be inspirational again 'Modern Research on Traditional Chinese Pulse Diagnosis' by Lishen Xu, Kuanquan Wang and David Zhang which explores the ways in which we can 'objectify' pulse taking in a way that will help 'open' Western eyes. >A Case Study on School Phobes >Case Study Research Methods in Chinese medicine >Qi Gong: The Original Root of Classical Chinese Medicine >Spinal Canal Stenosis: a clinical experience with acupuncture >A group project which explores The First Step in Auditing Our Practice (For this item please quote stock ID 24936)

Volume 5, No. 1, is on the theme of 'The Reflective Practitioner'. It contains: >Contributors >Editorial >Capturing the spirit and giving it a deadline (Hla Myat Saw) >A day in the life of a reflective teacher: A reflective approach to research in education (Felicity Moir) >The role of acupuncture in the treatment of cancer (Part 1) (Dr. Friedrich Staebler) >Patients' explanatory models of acupuncture: How and why do they think it works? (Sylvia Schroer) >Reflective practice, professionalism and acupuncture education (Ann Hopper & Allen Parrott) >The inner development of the practitioner (Angela Hicks, John Hicks & Peter Mole) >Strengthening the case that acupuncture is safe in competent hands: Addressing ill-informed and alarmist sound-bites with compelling evidence (Dr. Hugh MacPherson) >Call for papers (For this item please quote stock ID 26452)