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...

Un univers empli d'émotions, de mots mêlés au délicieux accent cévenol, Jack nous livre avec pudeur ses expériences de vie, ses rencontres multiples. Homme cheval aux doux murmures, respectueux de "l'autre", il nous guide en toute humilité, sans vouloir nous apprendre ni nous forcer, vers le respect et la connaissance de soi et de "l'autre".

Chi Kung, Energy For Life is a special edition, with unique contributions by 22 of the West's most respected Chi Kung practitioners: Linda Chase Broda, Jesse Dammann, Russell DesMarais, Ron Diana, John Du Cane, Bill Douglas, Caspar Garcia, Garri Garripoli, Damaris jarboux, Roger Jahnke, Jerry Alan Johnson, Mark Johnson, Marcia Kerwit, Richard Leirer, Dennis Lewis, Adrian Lowe, Tina Marr...

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

Massage (tuina), is an integral part of traditional Chinese healing arts. Based in meridian theory, it promotes the circulation of vital energy and blood, regulating the function of the meridians and disorders of internal organs to improve vitality and restore health. This definitive text of massage methods, theory and applications is sure to become the standard for students of Tradition...

Qigong (Chi Kung), the Chinese study of life energy, is an ancient fitness and healing practice. This book presents two complete sets of simple, invigorating Qigong exercises that improve the flow of Qi (Chi) in your body, tone and stretch the major muscle groups, increase your energy, and help you relax. Unlike many Western exercises that center on mindless repetition and aggressive mov...

Herbal medicine is a healing art that has been practiced for thousands of years in China where it is held in equal esteem with acupuncture and Western medicine

This book introduces about 500 Chinese herbs.

These Introductory Readings offer a selection of sixty texts culled from two thousand years of Chinese medical literature prior to the twentieth century. The texts are presented in ten lessons and give information on the issues that have gained the most attention in the West: general values, structure and function of the organism, concepts of disease and diagnosis, principles of therapy,...

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.

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 volume gives readers the familiarity with the script, strokes, meaning, usage, and pronounciation of the most common characters that compromise many medicinal names. Often, these names provide additional insights into the substances themselves. The relative frequency of these characters in medical Chinese makes this text a must for any student or practitioner seeking to expand their...