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Qi manifests itself in all phenomena, and is inseparable from that manifestation, so its universality ought to make it easily accessible and understood as a concept. However, even if we are practitioners of oriental medicine or of the various art forms and movement therapies which employ qi as an instrument or a method, we often persist with very vague notions of what we are trying to influence and... Read More...

Comprehensive, encyclopaedic, and lucid, this book is a must for all practitioners of the healing arts who want to broaden their understanding. Readers interested in the role of herbs and foods in healing will also find much to learn here. Chapter One: Our Journey East: Exploring Foreign Territory Chapter Two: Philosophy in the West: The Doctor As Mechanic Chapter Three: Philosophy in the East: ... 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 essential reference for ancient Chinese medicine and a valuable to research on early Chinese civilization." Donald Harper, University of Chicago The Huang Di nei jing su wen, known familiarly as the Su wen, is a seminal text of ancient Chinese medicine, yet until now there has been no comprehensive, detailed analysis of its development and contents. Paul U. Unschuld traces the history of... Read More...

The Ling Shu is the second part of the Yellow's Emperor's Internal Medicine. These conversations about heaven, man, and earth and their dynamic relationships are attributed to the Yellow Emperor circa 2600 B.C. and his ministers. The first part is Su Wen, Simple Questions. The second part, the Ling Shu, is translated here by Wu Jing-Nuan in its context as the first known treatise about acupuncture ... 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...

This book is a perfect introduction to the zangfu, their spheres of influence and their responsibilities as set out in the first part of The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, the Neijing Suwen chapter 8. The Secret Treatise starts with an overview of the first seven chapters of the Neijing Suwen, and then continues with a line by line discussion of chapter 8. Suwen chapter 8 is a text of simpli... 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...

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...

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...

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...