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A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine By Nigel WisemanYe Feng ( Paradigm Publications (MA) )
Release Date: 1998-06
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List Price: $138.95
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Product Description
From the simple and common to the complex and rare, this book contains subtleties, distinctions and nuances of Chinese medicine never found in beginners texts. Whether for translational or clinical application, it presents the concepts of Chinese medicine exactly as they would come to the mind of a Chinese physician speaking or writing in their native language. Arranged as a classical dictionary, definitions are provided in English alphabetic order, and include the english term, the source Chinese term, its Pinyin transliteration (including spoken tone), pronunciation, etymology, and one or more definitions as applied in Chinese medicine. Terms used within definitions are cross-referenced and disease and symptom descriptions include the standard therapies applied in the People's Republic of China. Each definition is referenced to one or more Chinese source. In all, it lists the characters, Pinyin, translations, and definitions for more than 10,000 medical concepts, including treatments for the patterns catalogued, 2,000 formulas, 1,700 natural drugs, and 1,500 acupoints. The definitions and treatments are drawn from clinically authoritative Chinese medical sources, all of which are cited. The many useful features include a full set of English common and commercial names for medicinal substances, as well as standard Latin scientific names. Western medical correspondences are noted, as is nomenclature put forward by the World Health Organization. The index is comprehensive and fully cross referenced; it also includes lesser-used terms and nomenclature so it may be used as a translators' glossary. There is one foreword by Chen Keji, the pioneer of integrated Chinese medicine, and another by Paul Unschuld, the renowned sinologist. This is a valuable work that will provide rapid access to an enormous amount of information for the student, researcher, or clinician, and is sure to become the new reference source for academic studies, international exchange, and training in Chinese medicine.
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 UNpractical; an 8th grade paper that overuses the thesuarus*
*except for Flaws - they must use the same translation book.
This book has a lot of information; it is NOT a dictionary, - it has strategies, some history, and even prescribes a few formulas for certain conditions.
This book sucks...
1. because the authors choose to use words like vacuous and replete instead of excess and deficient (they use great big mouthy college words where a simple word works - an 8th grade paper that overuses the thesaurus);
2. because you need to sort through the 250 page index and still not find the topic you are looking for
3. because it is not organized well at all. POOR editing!
E.G.>>> look up thirsting and wasting, not there. look up xiao ke, it refers you to "dispersion thirst" - obviously the most common term for this condition?
Try finding wei syndrome, or muscle wasting. it is not there. But, I randomly found a snippet under "wilting."
Literally, 5/10 really common conditions, are really hard to find in this huge book. Huge because the author is trying to show up the most least used big words committee for abstraction and idioretardicalismaticism.
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 Great Reference
As a student of TCM, I am always looking for reference books, and this one is excellent. I would recommend it to anyone, from student to practitioner.
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 The best, so far ( jjoacir )
A Pratical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine, by Nigel Wiseman, is the best, so far. The Chinese language is quite dificult. To be able to translate it one must also speak, read and write English very well. We still have to have more then one dictionary to compare.
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An absolute must ( bob@bluepoppy.com )
Serious students of Chinese medicine can essentially learn all of Chinese medicine from this single book. It is the single most important English language book currently available on Chinese medicine, bar none.
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Sets the standard
I received the book, 'The Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine' direct from Amazon. I have to say, there's nothing like it in English that I have encountered so far in my studies of Chinese medicine dating back to 1984. Of course, back then, Dan Bensky's book, 'Acupuncture, A Comprehensive Text' was still relatively hot off the press and his herbal series weren't out yet. The 'Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture' was the standard text at most acupuncture schools in the U.S. We've come a long way: clearly, Wiseman's terminological linguistics have made Chinese medical concepts and terms really accessible to the non-Chinese fluent student and practitioner. It's apparent that Wiseman is setting the standard for Chinese medical translations in English for our time. No one even comes close, though I do think that Blue Poppy Press puts out some outstanding books and there are other clinical publications that I have found very useful. All that said: an authoritative and linguistically consistent dictionary is absolutely necessary and I believe that Wiseman's is the one to get! I give this book 5+ stars. Of course, no book can ever have everything but that goes without saying.
- Richard Caiander, Licensed Acupuncturist, Massachusetts
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