A doctor of pharmacology examines the healing properties of vitalizing plant substances known in China as the "kingly remedies."

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 work describes how to study human body position and displacement without regard to time, velocity or acceleration.

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 is a practical directory of over 80 essential oils, covering many unusual oils as well as those that are in popular use.

Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese practice which finds auspicious sites for buildings and also pinpoints locations within buildings which are most suitable for particular activities. This workbook details the applications of Feng Shui in an easy-to-follow practical way. Sites are chosen in accordance with the natural forces and earth currents of the landscape. In Hong Kong it is said no of...

Presents a simple, concise manual of ear acupuncture

Explains techniques, ear morphology, and Oriental medical theory
Provides case histories to illustrate clinical applicability, specific modalities, and auriculoacupoints
Features detailed bibliography of nearly 800 book and journal articles

This book provides an introduction to how and why acupuncture works and how patients can complement Western treatments with acupuncture for optimum health. Information is written in an easy to read style, including an introduction to the five elements, how they relate to personality traits and health, methods for resolving unbalanced energy and common health conditions for each constitut...

This combined coloring workbook and study guide is an excellent tool for anyone who is learning basic human anatomy and physiology.

This book argues that the most profound and far-reaching effects of Buddhism on Chinese culture occurred at the level of practice, specifically in religious rituals designed to cure people of disease, demonic possession, and bad luck.

There is much that is fascinating here. Long-established experiments and conclusions are rubbished and reinterpreted, long-established assumptions and beliefs about emotions are soundly trounced, and generally a good going-over is delivered to the whole field...