Encounters with Qi: Exploring Chinese Medicine, Updated and Revised

Eisenberg, David; Wright, Thomas Lee

ISBN 10: 0393312135 / ISBN 13: 9780393312133

Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0393312135I4N00

Riassunto:

An American medical exchange student describes his impressions of Chinese medicine; discusses herbal remedies, psychic healing, and acupuncture; and suggests possible lessons for doctors in the West

Product Description: For every reader fascinated by the seemingly fantastical aspects of Chinese medicine, from acupuncture addiction to Qi Gong martial arts, this captivating book offers deeper and more detailed encounters with the physicians and patients, the mystics and the martial artists, who were featured on television. Here is a sympathetic, yet objective appraisal of the concept of Qi (chee), the vital energy which is the unifying principle of Chinese medicine. Here are Chinese sages from the Yellow Emperor of 2700 B.C. to the very modern Dr. Fang, who remarks, "Acupuncture without Qi is only as effective as one man's sticking needles in another." And here are Chinese people from all walks of life as they seek relief, through a rebalancing of their Qi, their vital energy, for ailments from colds to cancer.

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Titolo: Encounters with Qi: Exploring Chinese ...
Casa editrice: W. W. Norton & Company
Data di pubblicazione: 1995
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket