Who Can Ride the Dragon?: An Exploration of the Cultural Roots of Traditional Chinese Medicine - Softcover

Huan, Zhang Yu; Rose, Ken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0912111593 ISBN 13: 9780912111599

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 2000

Synopsis

(The authors) have performed a great service by clearing a path into the formidable dense thicket that constitutes Chinese medicine in the West. This text provides... a window of inestimable value into a world of meaning that satisfies a yearning on the part of many who hunger to know the substrate from which Chinese Medicine emerges. Harriet Beinfield Author, Between Heaven and Earth, A Guide to Chinese Medicine An excellent book for those studying Traditional Chines Medicine (TCM), this new text provides an insight into the depth and subtlety of this interesting subject. It delves into the linguistic and cultural wellsprings of Chinas venerable past, describing all aspects of TCM and making it applicable to Western approaches. It teaches the reader about the characteristics, expressions and concepts of TCM, allowing them to integrate its theories and practice into their own personal approach.

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'(The authors) have performed a great service by clearing a path into the formidable dense thicket that constitutes Chines medicine in the West. This text provides... a window of inestimable value into a world of meaning that satisfies a yearning on the part of many who hunger to know the substrate from which Chinese medicine emerges.' Harriet Beinfield - Author, Between Heaven and Earth, A Guide to Chinese Medicine

Edition details

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0912111593
• ISBN 13: 9780912111599
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272