In his first new book in ten years, David Shapiro extends the stubbornly intuitive clinical vision that informed his phenomenally successful Neurotic Styles to probe the psychopathological. Emphasizing self-regulatory process over biological event, Shapiro's philosophy of mind goes against the current - but with authority...not to mention a built-in audience

The authors tell how Chinese medicine evolved, how it works, and why it is attracting such attention in the Western world. The book also includes a detailed discussion of Qi Gong, the system of mental and physical discipline that underlies the traditional methods, explanations of nutritional balance and herbal lore (including preparation techniques), and a brief summary of acupuncture me...

This is the first definitive book to draw on unique, unpublished, professional expertise about the reshaping of herbal medicine in the UK. This book outlines the outcomes of recent examinations, and poses challenging questions about the direction of future herbal medicine policy within the UK.

The first edition of Grieve's Modern Manual Therapy - The Vertebral Column was quickly recognized as a milestone in the field of non-surgical treatment of back problems. This third edition maintains the objectives of the original editor, Gregory Grieve, to bring together the latest state-of-the-art research, from both clinical practice and the related basic sciences, which is most releva...

This manual teaches students and practitioners how to assess health and disease from an energetic perspective. It allows them to integrate energetic concepts into medical practice. Exploring the concept of health and disease from the perspectives of quantum physics and energetic principles, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Naturopathic medicine and Polarity Therapy, the book uses ...

A glossary that presents all the Chinese terms (in Chinese characters and in Pinyin script) that are relevant to TCM and provides their English translations. It also provides an explanation of how, for example, the location or the function of an acupuncture point can be concluded from its name.