Mind Matters is a textbook of mind-body medicine written for students, practitioners and aficionados of alternative medicine. It brings together in one coherent volume practical techniques in psychological medicine - what Plato called "healing with words" - for those wishing to work more deeply with the emotional and mental aspects of illness. Mind Matters weaves a fine balance between ...

The eight Treasures consists of eight sets of exercises that combine toning and strengthening movements, stretching, and specific breathing techniques for the purpose of maintaining health and preve ...

In this two volume series, Hua-Ching Ni describes the life and cultivation of two great Taoist Masters, Kou Hong and Chen Tuan, whose lives can serve as a model of development for modern spiritual s ...

To question religious teaching is as normal and healthy as questioning the reasons for the existence of the universe and one's own life. However, few people who ponder these questions take the time ...

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.

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...

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...

This workbook is an excellent tool for use by itself or with any human anatomy - physiology text. The author's straightforward approach promotes and reinforces learning on many levels through a ...

Many people still think of acupuncture as complicated and time-consuming both to learn and to practise. While this may be true of the traditional version, modern acupuncture is quick to perform and ...

Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, qigong, tui na massage and diet therapy have been used by the Chinese for over 2,000 years, and they are still the treatments of choice for millions of people throughout ...