Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine: Roots of Modern PracticeCharles Buck draws on three decades of study, practice and teaching in this book to provide a relevant and engaging account of the origins of acupuncture and Chinese medicine. From its pre-Han dynasty roots to Chinese medicine as we know it today, Buck covers the key texts, the main scholars and the concepts they have contributed, emphasising those that are more relevant to clinicians wishing to understand the authentic tradition. The information presented is based on diverse sources including original translations of Chinese sources and interpretations of the work of many prominent medical sinologists. With Buck's lucid and engaging style, Roots of Modern Practice provides an accessible and authoritative resource that will help practitioners and students deepen their understanding of this great medical tradition. |
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... bodies and how to look after them according to a deep-rooted medical tradition. A Confucian ethic is the sense that your body is not entirely your own but has been handed down to you by your ancestors, a viewpoint which brings with it a ...
... body of research to support clinical practice. All the 300 or so commonly used herbs have been researched for their effects, screened for toxicity and had their active constituents chemically identified. Recently, with China's adoption ...
... body that should not be there (shi) that is interfering with proper function. This remains as helpful clinically today as it was when introduced well over two millennia ago; the idea has not become obsolete and contains the potential to ...
... body. Tradition also claims that his medical experiments were recorded in the Shennong Bencao (Divine Farmer's Materia Medica). It is certain that herbal medicine was practised in prehistory. Residues of medicinal plants such as yarrow ...
... body part' character as well as a character for 'illness'. Examples included illnesses affecting the head, eye, ear, mouth, teeth, tongue, nose, neck, limbs, abdomen, urinary tract, feet, hands, hips and knees. Obstetric and children's ...
Contents
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3 FOUNDING OF CLASSICAL MEDICINE IN THE HAN DYNASTY | 81 |
4 POSTHAN AND TANG DYNASTIES | 131 |
5 SONG DYNASTY MEDICINE | 178 |
6 SOUTHERN SONG AND JINYUAN MEDICINE | 209 |
8 THE QING DYNASTY AND THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY | 279 |
POSTSCRIPT | 325 |
GLOSSARY | 326 |
CLASSIC TEXTS MENTIONED | 330 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 340 |
INDEX | 345 |
CLASSIC TEXTS INDEX | 349 |
7 MING DYNASTY | 250 |