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Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion ( Foreign Languages Press )
Release Date: 2005-04-01
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Yellow Bible
What can you say about a 2500 year-old tome' on a 5000 year-old procedure? There are 616 pages dedicated to engendering the Asian mind-set into Western language. Having read the translation to THE ART OF WAR, I know that much of eastern thought/language is difficult, at best, to ply into English. This translation of Huang Di's possibly mythical translation of the art and science of eastern medicine, specifically acupuncture and moxabustion, to Chi Poa is not a smooth read. Many of the ideas set-forth are, surprisingly enough, foreign and need to be re-read to absorb the meanings and understand the working of the eastern mind-set. It is, however, fascinating to think about the engineering of an entire system of health care based on ideas developed over centuries and all without the "benefit" of blinded, double-blinded and FDA "trials" or cadaveric study. I am greatly impressed and intrigued by the Qi (Chi) relation to Einstein's matter/energy conversion hypotheses as well as the inner-workings of the mind-body-spirit interactions. This is not a text to learn how to do acupuncture. It is a text for acupuncture students. It is a difficult read of Chinese translated to English by the Chinese... go figure.
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Old is still effective ( morseflight )
The 2006 revised edition is a good reference source. Organization is better than most, with complete meridian diagrams and point discussion. It is weak as regards Extra-meridians and their effective points, however the cranial and auricular areas are very well done.
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 Needed
All my classes refer to this book so there is no way I can't get by without it.
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FIve Stars Seems a bit much but let me explain ... ( perpetualmc )
I have been training in TCM most of my life now. The thing about a lot of these transations is that people often make assumptions based on grammer ECT ... about what these books are worth ... my Chinese is OK ... but I don't have perfect grammar and most Chinese respect that. There is a bit of Chinglish in this book, but it is definately read-able. The books from the mainland are usually the ones with the clinically tested, and/or properly translated point selections and combinations. Giovanni's and Deadman's Point Selections are INSANE, most of them make NO sense from the stand point of properly trained traditional Chinese medicine, get this book for the point cominations if anything.
Seriously, don't trust some of the giovanni books ... read Deadman for his commentary it explains the reasons behind why the mainland Chinese make there choices ... but Deadman's point selections lack rational as well.
Yours,
Hastings
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 Not all bad, but there are alternatives ( doctorphilip )
I was given a copy of this book when I signed up for training courses in the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It isn't all bad, and I learned a lot from it. The problem is that one can learn so much more from other texts such as Maciocia's Foundations of Chinese Medicine and Deadman, Mazin and Baker's A Manual of Acupuncture. This book tries to be comprehensive, but it is, at times, incomprehensible. For example, Maciocia's writings on TCM Syndrome Differentiation is much easier to comprehend than the equivalent chapters here. In fact, I found myself studying Foundations instead of this book for such topics as the 8 principles. This book also assumes too much. It does not recognize the fact that most westerners cannot readily grasp the marked differences in western and eastern philosophy. Again, this is a topic that Foundations (and Web that has no Weaver) covers much more excellently.
Ultimately, if you must purchase only ONE book on Chinese medicine, this is neither the best nor the worst you can find, but it will be adequate. Otherwise, I highly recommend that you check out various Listmanias (Jeffrey Chapman's is quite excellent) for alternatives.
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Addiction
