The practice of Chinese medicine in particular of acupuncture, is widespread in the industrialized countries of the West. This book elucidates the basic elements of Chinese medicine from its beginni ...

This work is a presentation of TCM prepared ("patent") medicines by an experienced Chinese practitioner who has significant experience training American students and treating American patients. Each formula is identified by Chinese, pinyin and a "generic" English name. Thus, cross reference is possible without reference to characters. Ingredient names are presented in pinyin and as pharm...

Practical Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Medicine offers readers new levels of` excellence in translational quality, breadth of topics, and the organization of materials. For both clinicians an ...

The author, John Kotsias, is my good friend. I know that he is a linguist, a professor of mathematics, a passionate martial artist, an exceptional practicing humanist. He combines these attributes with an obsessive desire to widen the spectrum of Tai Chi Ch'uan without sacrificing the classical virtues.

The mental symptoms are of special importance in homoeopathic prescribing. They reflect the deepest aspect of the patient who experiences them and the remedies which evoke them; in many cases they t ...

"Every once in a very long while in our field, a clinical innovation is introduced that profoundly improves patient care. Marsha Linehan's development of a cognitive-behavioral approach to bord ...

This unique book is the only comprehensive guide to information on western herbal medicine. Structured to make an abundance of material easily accessible, it will prove invaluable to all involved in ...

In the West people commonly assume that disruptions of the body are the exclusive domain of medical intervention and that disruptions of the mind are to be addressed primarily by psychological inquiry. This work is a discussion on the integration of the principles of TCM and psychosomatics. It develops a dynamic model of health that acknowledges the connection of body and mind. This mode...

This book is the first major text on the kinematics of human motion and is written by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject. The book begins with careful descriptions of how to study ...

Chen-Chiu: A New Healing Paradigm is based on an historic Chinese acupuncture text that remains vital to this day: the Ling-Shu-Jing. Dr. Claus Schnorrenberger, who has produced a well-known translation of Ling-Shu-Jing, here applies his personal medical experience -- as a lecturer, and moreover, as an orthodox Western physician and Chinese acupuncturist/herbalist -- to the principles of...

Budding sales of essential oils delight the traders but can present a potential hazard to the consumer. These pygmy-sized bottles, easily bought in a variety of outlets, have become increasingly pop ...