The Spark in the Machine: How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine

Dr Daniel Keown

ISBN 10: 1848191960 / ISBN 13: 9781848191969

Editore: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2014

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Challenging those who believe acupuncture to bear no relation to Western medicine, this witty, accessible and highly original book shows how Chinese medicine can explain mysteries of the body and how an integration of Chinese and Western medicine can lead to a fuller understanding of how our bodies function. Num Pages: 304 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: VXHT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396. . 2014. First Edition. Paperback. . . . .

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• Titolo: The Spark in the Machine: How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine
• Editore: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1848191960
• ISBN 13: 9781848191969
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Edizione: prima edizione
• Condizione: New

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Why can salamanders grow new legs, and young children grow new finger tips, but adult humans can't regenerate? What is the electricity that flows through the human body? Is it the same thing that the Chinese call Qi? If so, what does Chinese medicine know, that western medicine ignores? Dan Keown's highly accessible, witty, and original book shows how western medicine validates the theories of Chinese medicine, and how Chinese medicine explains the mysteries of the body that western medicine largely ignores. He explains the generative force of embryology, how the hearts of two people in love (or in scientific terms 'qua

Informazioni sull?autore

Dr Daniel Keown has worked as a registered doctor since graduating with a medical degree from Manchester University in 1998. In 2008, he completed a degree in Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture from Kingston University, and he has studied alongside the renowned Dr Wang Ju-Yi at the Institute of Channel Diagnosis in Beijing. He lives and practises in Tunbridge Wells, UK.