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An understanding of women’s health is essential to modern Chinese medical practice, yet it has rarely been studied from the classics. In this unique book Elisabeth Rochat draws on a range of Chinese texts both well-known and more obscure. Beginning with the balance of blood and qi she moves on to examine the different roles played by the zang fu and extraordinary meridians in creating and maintaini... Read More...

This new book by Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée presents the various transformations which occur within the mother and developing baby during pregnancy. Beginning with Suwen chapter 1, which describes the unfolding of female fertility, Elisabeth then looks at descriptions of the pulses during pregnancy. A month-by-month description of pregnancy is given drawing specifically on the Zhubing Yuanhou... Read More...

The purpose of this text is to present the way or dao of Chinese medicine so that its basic preminse, including its physio-logical mechanisms, can be viewed in Western terms. The confusion introduced by the energy-meridian theory and reinvent acupuncture so it could be explained simply in Western terms. The ancient art of Chinese medicine is as relevant today as it was over two thousand years a... Read More...

Drawing on case studies from his field-work in the PRC, he examines the traditional medicine in China from a variety of perspectives; as it is regulated and mandated by the People's government; as it is shaped and affected by consumption, utilization, and reproduction; as it is integrated and synthesized at the level of clinical practice; as it defines and is defined by physicians new to its practi... Read More...

Dr. Unschuld's translation of the I hsu Yuan Liu Lun of 1757 written by Hsu Ta-chun is a text for scholars, for students of Chinese language and culture, and for clinicians who seek to advance their clinical skill by understanding Chinese medical thought. But most importantly, it is a text for anyone who has ever been inspired by the ideal of a scholar-physician. It is our first chance, and perhaps... Read More...

The Huainanzi has in recent years been recognized by scholars as one of the seminal works of Chinese thought at the beginning of the imperial ear, a summary of the full flowering of early Taoist philosophy. This book presents a study of three key chapters of the Huainanzi, "The Treatise on the Patterns of Heaven,", "The Treatise on Topography," and "The Treatise on the Seasonal Rules," which collec... Read More...

The author has studied the I Ching in depth and practiced it for the past 25 years. This book explains how the I Ching can be used as a guide in practicing Chinese medicine and the healing arts in general and is a compilation of many years of practice and research. Table of Contents: Dedication Acknowledgements Notes on This Edition Foreword Preface 1 The Rational of Using the I Ching in Med... Read More...

Sixty Texts with Vocabulary and Translation, a Guide to Research Aids and a General Glossary This work offers a selection of sixty texts with vocabulary and translation, compiled and translated from 33 classics including the Huang Di Nei Jing, Yi Xue, Nan Jing, Shi Ji, San Yin Lun, Shang Han Lun, Ben Cao Gan Mu, and Pi Wei Lun. The texts are presented in ten lessons. Each lesson provides informati... Read More...

The original text of the Nan-ching was compiled during the first century AD by an unknown author. From that time forward, this ancient text provoked an ongoing stream of commentaries. As the classic of the medicine of systematic correspondence, the Nan-ching covers all aspects of theoretical and practical health care within the doctrines of the Five Phases and Yinyang in an unusually systematic fas... Read More...

This translation of a medieval text subtitled: Chinese Dietary Medicine of the Mongol Era As Seen In Hu Szu-Hui?s Yin-Shan Cheng-yao (YSCY) is mesmerizing. It is in three parts, (historical and cultural context, analysis of the text, and text and translation). An explanatory monograph-sized introduction sets the stage and gets the reader into this important time in history. It is an excellent sta... Read More...

This is the first book to discuss this fascinating material in a western language in the century since the Dunhuang library was discovered. The primary sources for this text come from a collection of medieval manuscripts discovered in 1900 in a walled-up room in the Buddhist cave-shrines of Dunhuang, Gansu Province, west China. Dunhuang was formerly an important Silk Road town, and formed the bas... Read More...

Kim Taylor's study of the origins of the formative period of TCM in its early decades is mandatory reading for everybody in the field. Chinese Medicine in Early Communist China describes the transformation of Chinese medicine from the marginal, sidelined medical practice of the mid-twentieth century, to an essential and high-profile part of the national health care system under the Chinese Comm... Read More...

In the first comprehensive and analytical study of therapeutic concepts and practices in China, Paul Unschuld traces the history of documented health care from its earliest extant records to present developments. Contents Illness and Healing in Shang Culture The Chou Period and Demonic Medicine Unification of the Empire, Confucianism, and the Medicine of Systematic Correspondence Taoism an... Read More...

This book organically combines the theories in the Book of Changes with TCM, systematically analyses the close relations between them, and highlights the significance of the philosophy of changes to TCM theories. It is an outstanding academic book of science and also a monographic work on health preservation, which will be of great value to research work to both Yi-science and TCM theories. The ... Read More...

This is a study of two of the most ancient therapeutic techniques of Chinese Medicine: acupuncture and moxibustion. Acupuncture is the implantation of very thin needles into subcutaneous connective tissue and muscle at a great number of different points of the body's surface; moxibustin is the burning of Artemisia tinder (moxa) either directly on the skin or just above it. For 2500 years the Chine... Read More...

The 'I Ching' (the Book of Changes) is the Chinese classic that is best known and most widely read in Western civilization. Although it was written nearly 3000 years ago, its wisdom is still applicable to modern issues, and in its multi-metaphorical themes one may find insights and solutions to the personal, social, political and philosophical problems encountered today. Dr Hacker's 'I Ching Handbo... Read More...

The I Ching Handbook is the very best compendium of study aids, technical resources, and useful information on the I Ching, or Book of Changes, the best-known and most widely read text from early Chinese culture. Dr. Hacker's text provides information that formerly has been available only to those who read Chinese, or to those having experience with formal logical systems. The text descri... Read More...

The proceeds of an international symposium on translation methodologies are contained in this volume. Papers were included from authors familiar to the audience for clinical literature: Larre, Rochat, Wiseman, Unshuld, Zmiewski. Dr. Kawen, a leader of China's prestigious Traditional Academy, also provides a view of Chinese medical translation. Contributions from European, American and Asian scholar... Read More...

Medicines in China focuses on the fascinating world of oriental medicine and Chinese medical literature, and presents an in-depth view of the stunning artworks and literature associated with more than 2,000 years of the Chinese healing arts. Of considerable interest not only to those working in the field of medicine and pharmacy, this volume will undoubtedly also appeal to anyone intrigued by the o... Read More...

This book looks at the roots of the Chinese language and the processes of Chinese thought that created the healing arts, emphasising the critical importance of examining and relying upon the ancient Chinese texts that are the basis for any study of traditional acupuncture. Table of Content Part One The Placing of Medicine in Chinese Thought Chapter 1 General Introduction Chapter 2 The Structure... Read More...

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These Chinese medical manuscripts representing a broad range of lost medical literature from ancient times have been carefully translated by a sinoantropologist. Two of the texts describe the paths of eleven mai (channels or vessels) inside the body. One is a brief discussion of channel theory in three parts - pathogenic conditions of qi and cauterization; lancing technique; and channel diagnosis p... Read More...

This book traces the journey of acupuncture from East to West, looking abroad for the roots of the terms and concepts used in five element acupuncture as taught by J.R. Worsley. It is well illustrated with diagrams and photographs. It contains detailed references to likely sources and influences, about which Worsley never spoke in public, as well as a useful glossary of the main concepts.... Read More...

This book brings the study of gender to Chinese medicine and in so doing contextualizes Chinese medicine in history. It examines the rich but neglected tradition of fuke, or medicine for women, over the seven hundred years between the Song and the end of the Ming dynasty. Using medical classics , popular handbooks, case histories, and belles lettres, it explores evolving understandings of fertility... Read More...