Grasping the Donkey's Tail
eBook - ePub

Grasping the Donkey's Tail

Unraveling Mysteries from the Classics of Oriental Medicine

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Grasping the Donkey's Tail

Unraveling Mysteries from the Classics of Oriental Medicine

About this book

A scholarly yet practical account for modern clinicians of some of the key difficult questions arising from obscure passages in the classics of Chinese medicine. This book offers an interpretation of crucial sections from the classical Chinese texts which have continued to puzzle Western clinicians, and serves as a basis for more effective acupuncture treatments.

The author discusses Sasang medicine interpretations of specific phenomena, showing where Korean medicine diverged from Chinese, and how the two traditions can inform each other, and the modern acupuncturist. Elsewhere, he discusses the Daoist roots of Chinese medicine, the fundamental differences between Oriental and Western medical approaches, as well as various important issues in pulse diagnosis, all of which have practical application for modern clinicians and students.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword by Charles Buck
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. Yì Jīng (The Classic of Changes)
  8. 2. Lǎo Zǐ or Dào Dé Jīng (The Way and Its Power)
  9. 3. Huái Nán Zı
  10. 4. Sù Wèn (Simple Questions)
  11. 5. Líng Shū (Spiritual Pivot)
  12. 5. Líng Shū (Spiritual Pivot)
  13. 7. Mài Jīng (The Pulse Classic)
  14. Addendum: Pinning the Tail on the Donkey
  15. References
  16. Join our mailing list
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. Dedication
  19. Copyright
  20. By The Same Author
  21. Endorsements