In 1626, a young man named Fei Shangyou moved his family to Menghe, a small town in the Yangzi delta of China. According to family legend, he abandoned his career as a scholar and began working as a physician. In doing so, he founded a medical lineage that continues to the present day. This book describes the development, flourishing, and decline of this lineage and its many branches, as...

Increasingly, healthcare professionals are encountering patients who are, or wish to be, taking herbal medicines. This book not only provides answers to frequently asked questions, but will also enable healthcare professionals to recommend safe alternatives to orthodox treatment if appropriate.

Lillian Too's series of international bestsellers on the practice of feng shui have simplified and demystified this ancient Chinese practice for her hundreds of thousands of readers all over the world. Many have succeeded in enhancing their feng shui in the process achieving their aspiration and improving their lives... In this latest book, she responds to the numerous requests to make ...

The book is designed as an aid for the beginning practitioner [making the transition from the classroom to the clinic], and as a useful tool for refining the clinical skills of more experienced acupuncturists.

Die Meridiantherapie ist eine Stilrichtung innerhalb der japanischen Akupunktur, die durch folgende Merkmale charakterisiert ist: Den Klassikern wird ein hoher Stellenwert eingeräumt; zur Behandlung der Wurzel einer Erkrankung werden die Fünf-Elemente-Punkte verwendet; und zur Diagnosestellung und Punktlokalisation wird den palpatorischen Fähigkeiten ein besonderer Stellenwert zugeordnet...

Covers 270 Chinese aromatic plants in detail. For each species the scientific and family names, the morphology, distribution and uses are described and the chemical constituents of the essential oils are shown.

La moxibustion, technique thérapeutique aussi ancienne que l'acupuncture (dont elle est directement issue), consiste en l'application de chaleur sur des zones déterminées de la peau (zones qui correspondent à des points d'acupuncture). Cette chaleur est produite par la combustion de poudre de feuilles d'armoise desséchées ou d'autres substances en combustion : un petit cigare, par exempl...

En clinique, il est difficile d'obtenir de bons résultats en traitant localement les maladies: puncturer la tête en cas de céphalée etc.

Derek Walters explique les principes de l’astrologie chinoise et retrace son histoire depuis les premières mentions qui en sont faites jusqu’à nos jours. Son style accessible donne vie à ce sujet complexe et séduisant, incluant un certain nombre d’horoscopes chinois véridiques de diverses périodes.

The Huangdi Neijing, the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic, is the foundation text of Chinese medicine. This book provides an introduction to the medicine of the Neijing and is a guide to the Monkey Press series ‘Chinese Medicine from the Classics’. It discusses the basic philosophical background of the Neijing, and the influence of the contemporary schools of yin yang and wu xing (five pha...

This book presents the central position of the heart in the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic, Neijing Lingshu chapter 8. The heart is seen as an empty, silent centre, yet as the root of the spirits.

GELEVERD SAMEN MET Studiegids voor de derde uitgave van De Grondslagen van de Chinese Geneeskunde (ISBN 9782872931811)