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Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion
from: Foreign Languages Press
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 615
EAN: 9787119017587
Edition: 2
ISBN: 7119017586
Label: Foreign Languages Press
Manufacturer: Foreign Languages Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 590
Publication Date: April 01, 2005
Publisher: Foreign Languages Press
Studio: Foreign Languages Press
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Rating: - Yellow Bible
What can you say about a 2500 year-old tome' on a 5000 year-old procedure? There are 616 pages dedicated to engendering the Asian mind-set into Western language. Having read the translation to THE ART OF WAR, I know that much of eastern thought/language is difficult, at best, to ply into English. This translation of Huang Di's possibly mythical translation of the art and science of eastern medicine, specifically acupuncture and moxabustion, to Chi Poa is not a smooth ... Read More
Rating: - Old is still effective
The 2006 revised edition is a good reference source. Organization is better than most, with complete meridian diagrams and point discussion. It is weak as regards Extra-meridians and their effective points, however the cranial and auricular areas are very well done.
Rating:  - Needed
All my classes refer to this book so there is no way I can't get by without it.
Rating: - FIve Stars Seems a bit much but let me explain ...
I have been training in TCM most of my life now. The thing about a lot of these transations is that people often make assumptions based on grammer ECT ... about what these books are worth ... my Chinese is OK ... but I don't have perfect grammar and most Chinese respect that. There is a bit of Chinglish in this book, but it is definately read-able. The books from the mainland are usually the ones with the clinically tested, and/or properly translated point selections and combinations. Giovanni's ... Read More
Rating:  - Not all bad, but there are alternatives
I was given a copy of this book when I signed up for training courses in the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It isn't all bad, and I learned a lot from it. The problem is that one can learn so much more from other texts such as Maciocia's Foundations of Chinese Medicine and Deadman, Mazin and Baker's A Manual of Acupuncture. This book tries to be comprehensive, but it is, at times, incomprehensible. For example, Maciocia's writings on TCM Syndrome Differentiation is much easier ... Read More
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