The Handbook of Five Element Practice

Product Information

Stock Code: HAFIEL02
Author: Nora Franglen
Units: 132pp p/b
ISBN: 095467930x
Manufacturer: SOFEA
Sales Rank: 538

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This is the finest five-phase chart, not only in terms of color and quality of presentation, but also in terms of utility and available information. It locates the five-phase points on the four limbs, and gives the five-phase schema of destructive-creative process. It also details the source, accumulating, connecting, alarm, and associate points. It is the only chart to illustrate the five phases i... Read More...

Developed over thousands of years in China, acupuncture (literally 'needle piercing') seeks to exploit the body's natural, although invisible, energy channels to bring about or accelerate healing and well-being. This energy is becoming increasingly recognized, or indeed "rediscovered", now that it has shaken off its "mystical" and "occult" connotations from earlier times.... Read More...

This exciting new edition of Five Element Constitutional Acupuncture gives a clear, detailed, and accessible presentation of the main features of constitutional Five Element acupuncture. It covers the context and history of this form of acupuncture, as well as the relevant Chinese medicine theory. After examining the Elements themselves and the functions of the Organs, the book explores the basis o... Read More...

This chart depicts the mother-son, husband-wife, midday-midnight, and the pulses associated with each of the five phases in Chinese medicine. ... Read More...