This first textbook (644 pages) includes a thorough understanding of the creation and development of the body's energetic fields, ancient metaphysical theories of tissue formation, and the evolution of ancient Chinese energetic medicine. The featured highlights of this clinical textbook include: 

• Foundations of Chinese Energetic Medicine
• The History of Qigong and Chinese Medicine
• Understanding Ancient Chinese Metaphysics
• The Energetic Formation of the Universe
• Energetic Formation of the Human Body
• Energetic Embryological Development
• Prenatal and Postnatal Energetic Patterns
• Ancient Daoist Archetypes of the Human Soul
• The Hun (Ethereal Soul) and Po (Corporeal Soul)
• Tissue Formation and Development
• The Five Energies of the Human Body
• The 12 Chakra Gates and The Three Dantians
• The Taiji Pole and Three Dantians
• The Eight Extraordinary Vessels
• The Six Extraordinary Organs
• The 12 Primary Organs, Channels and Collaterals
• The Connecting Vessels, Divergent Channels, Muscle and Tendon Channels and Skin Zones
• The Body's Energetic Points