PREFACEFOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITIONFOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITIONINTRODUCTIONPART I A General Description of the Basic Knowledge of Traditional ChineseMedicineCHAPTER I YIN-YANG AND THE FIVE ELEMENTSI. YIN-YANG1. The opposition and interdependence of yin and yang2. The inter-consuming-supporting and the inter-transforming relation of yin andyangII. THE FIVE ELEMENTS1. Attribution of things to the five elements2. The inter-promoting, inter-acting, over-acting and counter-acting relation ofthe five elementsCHAPTER II ZANG-FU (INTERNAL ORGANS)I. THE ZANG ORGANS1. Heart2. Liver3. Spleen4. Lung5. Kidney6. PericardiumII. FU ORGANS1. Small intestine2. Gall bladder3. Stomach4. Large intestine5. Urinary bladder6. Sa'njlaoIII. EXTRAORDINARY ORGANS1. Brain2. UterusCHAPTER III CHANNELS AND COLLATERALSI. NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATIONII. FUNCTIONS OF CHANNELS AND COLLATERALSCHAPTER IV QI, BLOOD AND BODY FLUIDI. QIII. BLOODIII. BODY FLUIDCHAPTER V ETIOLOGYI. SIX EXOGENOUS FACTORS1. Wind2. Cold3. Summer heat4. Damp5. Dryness6. Heat (fire, mild heat)II. SEVEN EMOTIONAL FACTORSIII. MISCELLANEOUS PATHOGENIC FACTORS1. Irregular food intake2. Over-strain and stress or lack of physical exertion3. Traumatic injuries4. Stagnant blood and phlegmCHAPTER VI METHODS OF DIAGNOSISI. INSPECTION1. Observation of the expression2. Observation of the colour3. Observation of the appearance4. Observation of the tongueII. AUSCULTATION AND OLFACTION1. Listening2. SmellingIII. INQUIRING1. Chills and fever2. Perspiration3. Food and drink, appetite and taste4. Defecation and urination5. Pain6. Sleep7. Menses and leukorrheaIV. PALPATION1. Feeling the pulse2. Palpation of channels and pointsCHAPTER VII DIFFERENTIATION OF SYNDROMESI. DIFFERENTIATION OF SYNDROMES ACCORDING TO EIGHT PRINCIPLES1. Exterior and interior2. Cold and heat.......

Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Medicine, Beijing College of Traditional Chinese

Alternative Medicine

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According to many years teaching and clinical experience, Dr. Li Ding has combined the meridian theory with Qigong s characteristic of regulating respiration and transmitting the Qi (vital energy in human body) to create Meridian Qigong in July 1985.

Acupuncture, Meridian Theory and Acupuncture Points

Ding, Li

Exercise & Fitness

To locate the points properly is the key step in acupuncture therapy, it is a significant in obtaining a satisfactory therapeutic effect. Therefore, it is of prime importance for those who learn acupuncture to have a thorough training in the basic skill of locating points.

The Way to Locate Acupoints

Jiasan, Yang

This Atlas gives a detailed, step-by-step introduction to traditional Chinese massage and exercise therapy designed to treat a wide variety of muscle and bone ailments and generally improve health. Illustrated with 499 color photos, the book is easy to follow for laymen and a good training manual for medical workers. It introduces ancient, completely natural methods of massage that have been developed and improved upon over the centuries and found effective for treating injuries, dislocated joints, arthritis, stiffness and spasms, and many other painful afflictions. Even healthy people will find the massage soothing and comfortable.  The Atlas ends with a section detailing a series of gentle exercises that tone the muscles and lubricate the joints and are simple to learn by following the descriptions and photos.  The Atlas, written by a team headed by the prominent doctor of orthopaedics and tramatology Sun Shuchun, fills a need for natural, good health. Until recently, massage therapy was one of China's best-kept secrets. This Atlas is the most readable guide yet to this age-old branch of the health sciences.

Atlas of Therapeutic Motion for Treatment and Health: A Guide to Traditional Chinese Massage and Exercise Therapy

Shuchun, Sun

Qigong acupressure therapy is a healing technology rooted in the Chinese medical tradition. It incorporates many therapeutic methods, such as acupressure, massage, daoyin (a physical and breathing exercise) and application of external qi (potential energy). The book contains six chapters which cover the basic knowledge and methods of qigong along with reports describing the clinical practice of qigong acupressure therapy In addition, useful prescriptions of acupoints for qigong acupressure therapy and supplemental qigong exercise are presented. 
Qigong acupressure therapy may be used to treat many common diseases with good therapeutic results. Because this technique is easy to learn and practise, it can be used not only by qigong acupressure therapists to cure diseases, but also by patients, to maintain their health. Illustrated.

Chinese Qigong Acupressure Therapy: A Traditional Healing Technology for the Modern World

Xiaokuan, Huang

Essentials of Traditional Chinese Pediatrics systematically expounds the basic knowledge of traditional Chinese pediatrics, and the differentiation of syndromes and treatment of children's diseases. Chinese herbal medicine is the main method of treatment. In order to enhance the therapeutic effects, acupuncture and Chinese massage therapy are also introduced according to actual conditions. This book consists of two parts, namely, "Basic Knowledge of Traditional Chinese Pediatrics" and "Treatment of Diseases." There is an appendix in which Chinese massage therapy for children is introduced. An index of the selected recipes and patent medicines is arranged at the end of the book. Pediatricians of both Chinese and Western medicine, and acupuncture and massage practitioners will find this book a highly useful reference text.

Essentials of Traditional Chinese Pediatrics

Jiming, Cao

Xinming, su

Junqi, Cao

Wushu or Chinese martial arts, with a long history and various styles, is known both at home and abroad. It is beneficial for health as well as for self defence. The book is divided into three chapters. The first chapter is about the origin, development and present situation of wushu; the second introduces different styles of wushu; and the last explains the main wushu styles such as Chang Quan (Extended Boxing), Taiji Quan (Great Ultimate Boxing) and Shaolin Quan (Shaolin Boxing) with illustrations. Written by wushu master Li Tianji, the former General Coach of the China Wushu Team, and his assistant, Du Xilian, the book with about 500 illustrations is useful for Warning how to practise wushu or simply to learn more about this ancient Chinese art.

A Guide to Chinese Martial Arts

Sports & Outdoors

Tianji, Li

Xilian, Du

Individual Sports

This book is a systematic summing-up of the achievements of Chinese massotherapy and a comprehensive and detailed research into its academic origin and development, basic theories, fundamental knowledge, basic manipulations, physical exercises, and its concrete application in clinical practice and health maintenance. It includes the main massotherapic works and a wealth of other documents of the various periods in China, brings together the fruits of modern massotherapic research from home and abroad in the past five decades, summarizes the clinical experience of massotherapists of various periods, and brings to light hundreds of almost-lost methods of treatment. It is no exaggeration to say that this book is an omni-directional, high-level and wide-ranging crystallization of the contents and characteristics of Chinese massotherapy. 
With more than 400 illustrations.

The Essentials of Chinese Massotherapy

Yicheng, Jin

Jian, Peng

The charts respectively show names and locations of meridians and acupoints on the front, back and lateral sides of the human body, along with the international standard nomenclature and alphameric code. The booklet accompanying the charts describes in detail names and locations of 409 points (361 meridian points and 48 extra points) to facilitate the use of the charts.

Standard Meridian Points of Acupuncture: Charts

Medical Books

Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion

History

In traditional Chinese medicine, the hand can be used to diagnose diseases because pathological information is reflected on the hand. This method can also be used to prevent and treat diseases, improve life quality, and maintain health by applying various types of stimulation to specific areas of the hand. This is not a fantasy. The hand as a part of the body lies in a common environment with other structures and has a close relationship with the body's internal organs. Hand therapy is simple and easy to practice and safe and reliable for obtaining good therapeutic effects for a wide variety of diseases. Hand Therapy: Traditional Chinese Remedies in the Traditional Chinese Medical Therapies is compiled by experienced traditional medicine specialists. This book discusses the origins, development, characteristics, and indications of hand therapy as well as common methods of hand massage, hand acupuncture, hand bath, and hand qigong used to treat various medical, surgical, gynecological, pediatric and ENT diseases. It is concise, practical, written with ease and grace, and includes 50 illustrations. This book is meant to satisfy the needs of medical workers and average readers alike to understand, learn, and practice this unique hand therapy, created and developed over many years in China.

Hand Therapy: Traditional Chinese Medical Therapies

Sheng, Wang

Weidong, Wang

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