Together with taking the pulse, observing the tongue forms an integral part of the "examination" which is needed to make a Chinese medical diagnosis. This Color Atlas is concise and to the point. The first half explains individual tongue characteristics and the second half combines these characteristics in real case studies, thus deepening the reader's understanding of tongue diagnosis. The clea... Read More...

This book is a pocket-sized translation of the Nan Jing. Written in the late Han Dynasty, the Nan Jing is one of the four foundation classics of Chinese medicine. Its full title in Chinese is the Huang Di Ba Shi Yi Nan Jing (The Yellow Emperors Eight-one Difficulties Classic). It is called the Eight-one Difficulties because it consists of 81 chapters, each chapter discussing a difficult, unresolved... Read More...

In this book, Bob Flaws, a world-renowned Western teacher and practitioner of TCM, explains why Western students and practitioners often have difficulty reading the pulse. He then reveals the secret of mastering the subtle art of Chinese pulse diagnosis, offering a way for anyone who applies this method in clinical practice to feel all 27 or 28 classical pulses. ... Read More...

One of the most important steps we can take towards self-empowerment is to take responsibility for our own nourishment. Recipes for Self-Healing gives us a set of tools to do this. With simplicity and elegance, this book conveys the wisdom and insights of traditional Chinese and makes them both relevant and accessible to the modern-day westerner. Recipes for Self-healing includes over a hundred ... Read More...

An understanding of womens 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 maintainin... Read More...

This new book by Elisabeth Rochat de la Valle 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...

This book explains in full how the emotional, mental and physical elements of Chinese Medicine in illness are an extremely effective therapy in dealing with cases where the alterations of the shen are both obvious and subtle. This book focusses on the psycho-spiritual aspects of patients' conditions and is purposely constructed to facilitate practitioners formulations of diagnosis and treatment.... Read More...

The Psyche in Chinese Medicine comprehensively discusses the treatment of mental-emotional disorders with both acupuncture and herbal medicine. Suitable for practitioners and students of Chinese medicine it discusses first the aetiology, pathology and diagnosis of mental disorders. It explores the nature of the Mind (Shen), Ethereal Soul (Hun), Corporeal Soul (Po), Intellect (Yi) and Will-Power (Zh... Read More...

This book addresses the basic concepts and information about this revolutionary approach to healing: - the definition of focal disturbances - how to diagnose, locate, and treat foci - the role of ear acupuncture in treating focal disturbances Profit from the author's years of international teaching experience and learn the basics and application of this important diagnostic tool to expand y... Read More...

Compiled in the late Ming dynasty, Li Shi-Zhen's Lakeside Master's Study of the Pulse is still used and regarded as one of the best primers on this important diagnostic modality. Written in meter and verse, this collection of "poems" was meant to be memorized, not just read. Although this translation has not retained the mete and verse, this is one of the most concise and authoritative texts on the... Read More...

Through her investigations of Chinese characters and the reading of alchemical texts, the author discovered that the theory of the five spirits -- the shen, hun, po, yi, and zhi--was much more than a story, that it was the core of an ancient spiritual psychology. By melding this discovery with the theories of Western archetypal psychology she began to decipher the ancient symbols and their obscure... Read More...

This is a unique opportunity to follow the thinking of someone who has been immersed in five elemet practice for the past 20 years and for whom the elements represent the foundation of her work. Topics covered: * The qualities of the different elements * The components of five element diagnosis * Treatment principles and techniques * Points selection guidelines * Point groupings... Read More...

Elisabeth Rochat de la Valle continues her study of the Chinese classical texts with an exploration of the concept of yin yang. Guiding us through the early writings of the Spring and Autumn Annals, the Daoist classics of Laozi, Zhuangzi and Huainanzi, and the medical texts of the Yellow Emperor, the Neijing Suwen, she explains the development of these ancient ideas which provide the basis for Chin... Read More...

Contemporary linguists hold that if a word or concept can be expressed in any one language or dialect it can be translated into any other language or dialect. However, many who have confronted the problem of how to translate the word Qi might challenge this axiom. Qi is a concept that presents students of Chinese culture, Chinese medicine, Chinese martial arts, and a wide range of Chinese tradition... Read More...

In an era when many people are reevaluating their diet, this whole foods encyclopedia takes an integrative approach to personalized nutrition, merging modern models with ancient Asian traditions. Featured here are guidelines on nutrition basics including "green foods"; clear discussions on the Chinese healing arts; tips on making appropriate dietary transitions; sections on weight loss, women's hea... Read More...

The Mai Jing or Pulse Classic was written in the late Han dynasty by Wang Shu-he. It is the first book in the Chinese medical literature entirely devoted to pulse diagnosis. As such, it is the undeniable and necessary foundation text for anyone seriously interested in understanding the rationale for and method of reading the pulse in Chinese medicine. Although not an easy read, this book is a mine ... Read More...

Foot Reflexology drawings showing the positioning of the Major Chakra reflexes and associated treatment areas used in Reflexology. The poster measures 84cm x 58cm - (36 x 24 inches), is double laminated and is in Full Colour. It depicts the following: The subtle bodies of the physical/etheric, etheric, emotional and mental auras with the anterior and posterior positioning of the 7 Major Ch... Read More...

Drawn from lectures given at their popular seminar series, this book presents translated passages from the Ling Shu and the Su Wen along with the insights, observations, and philosophical reflections of the authors which are rooted in their textual studies of classical Chinese texts, and which focus on the "four treasures", as indicated by the title. ... Read More...

The six extraordinary fu, the brain, marrow, bones, mai, gallbladder and uterus, are a set of remarkable systems within the body which can act as ordinary fu but which also have the ability to store essences. The extraordinary fu represent a special link with the origin because these six organs or functions reflect the complex relationships which are established between the essences when a new l... Read More...

Although several books illustrate the art of diagnosis, few have concentrated on the arts of point selection and needling technique. Skya Gardner-Abbate's book fill these gaps admirably. Her teaching and clinical experience breathe from every page and bring the book to life. Her teaching experience has obviously given her an insight into the needs and questions of acupuncture students, which the bo... 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...

Drawing from many classical texts to reinforce the primary material, Pathomechanisms of the Heart offers an in-depth analysis of the origins and disease progression for the heart organ according to Chinese traditional medicine The first section discusses repletion conditions of the heart, including qi stagnation , phlegm obstruction, blood stasis, heart repletion cold, heart repletion heat, dam... Read More...

This book presents a close study of the energetics of the emotions. Looking at classical texts each of the seven emotions of Chinese medicine is discussed in detail. The etymology of the characters is examined, pathological and non-pathological manifestations of each emotion are described, and relationships with the various zangfu are explained. With this book the clarity of classical Chinese th... Read More...

Written by a master of both traditional Chinese massage and qigong, this work presents an easy-to-follow 60-step head massage tuina sequence that takes just 30 minutes to administer to a colleague, friend, or patient and that provides lasting relief of tension, headaches, and other stress disorders. It can also be beneficial to reduce facial wrinkles, improve skin complexion, stimulate the body's e... Read More...

This book contains the best discussion of the interrelationship of the Qi and blood of any so far in the English language TCM literature. Yan De-Xin is one of the leading "old Chinese doctors" in the People's Republic of China today. His theories on blood stasis and ageing have revolutionized 2,000 years of TCM geriatrics. Besides being a clinical manual on the treatment of all the most commonly se... Read More...

The work of sinologists Claude Larre and Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee allows us access to the classical origins of Chinese medicine. Through their detailed study of the Nei Jing and their commentaries , we are connected to the perceptive minds of the classical authors. Claude Larre's profound understanding of the philosophical and cultural background Elisabeth Rochat's thorough knowledge of th... Read More...

Fukushima, a skilled master practitioner, offers a detailed treatment of the basic principles, techniques, clinical applications, and achievements of the Japanese meridian therapy system of Keiraku Chiryo. ... 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 informa... 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... Read More...

Pathomechanisms describe the dynamic process through which disease develops and transforms in the body. While pattern diagnosis provides the practitioner with a snapshot picture of the current state of illness, it is a thorough understanding of pathomechanisms that allows one to predict and prevent the progression of disease. A comprehensive knowledge of the pathomechanisms involved in a given case... Read More...