The Practice of Chinese Medicine: The Treatment of Diseases with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs - Hardcover

Maciocia, Giovanni

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0443043051 ISBN 13: 9780443043055

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 1994

Synopsis

Giovanni Maciocia is a most highly respected author, lecturer and practitioner of Chinese medicine, in the West and in China. His new book applies the theory of Chinese medicine to the treatment of specific diseases with acupuncture and herbs. This practical text is relevant to practitioners and students of Chinese medicine. Maciocia integrates extensive research and study from ancient and modern Chinese textbooks with his personal experience with Western patients. So the traditional Chinese approach is applied to concrete Western clinical situations. No existing book does this.

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Review

"This well laid-out book with excellent texts is easy to use, and suitable for Chinese medicine students and practitioners. To quote from another new book edited by Hugh MacPherson, Acupuncture Research, 'One of the key characteristics of a profession is the ownership of a unique body of knowledge that informs professional practice and is constantly reviewed, renewed and augmented by the profession itself.' This beautifully presented text by Maciocia has clearly achieved this outcome." Australian Journal of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

"This book is one of the most authentic and comprehensive in print and will prove to be an invaluable resource for practitioners of Chinese medicine." Embody Magazine, summer 2009

About the Author

Giovanni Maciocia is one of the most highly-regarded and respected authors and lecturers in the West. He is Visiting Associate Professor at the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and has many years of experience in teaching and practice. Giovanni trained initially in the UK and then in China, learned Chinese to be able to study from original Chinese texts, and was one of the first practitioners and authors to introduce Chinese medicine in a clear and accessible way to a Western student audience. Giovanni Maciocia has written other best-selling books under the Elsevier Churchill Livingstone imprint - The Practice of Chinese Medicine: The Treatment of Diseases with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs, 2e (ISBN 978-0443074905), Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide, 1e (ISBN 9780443064487), The Channels of Acupuncture: Clinical Use of the Secondary Channels and Eight Extraordinary Vessels, 1e (ISBN 9780443074912), The Psyche in Chinese Medicine: Treatment of Emotional and Mental Disharmonies with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs, 1e (ISBN 9780702029882), and Obstetrics and Gynecology in Chinese Medicine, 2e (ISBN 9780443104220).

Edition details

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0443043051
• ISBN 13: 9780443043055
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 924