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1 online resource (322 pages) |
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Print version record. |
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ESSENTIAL TEXTS in Chinese Medicine: The Single Idea in the Mind of the Yellow Emperor; List of Tables; Foreword; A Note on the Text; Introduction; 1. The History of the Yellow Emperor's Medical Classic; 2. Philosophical Roots in the Neijing; Fundamental Chinese Virtues in Medicine; 3. Yinyang and Wuxing; Correspondences with Nature; Human Body Correspondences; Elemental Yijing Trigrams; 4. Li Zhongzi, His Compilation and the Quietly Enquiring Mind; 5. A World Refracted through Chinese Language; 6. Claude Levi-Strauss and the Untamed Mind; 7. A Logic of Tangible Qualities. |
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8. Conclusion: A Divide in Medical ThinkingCharacters in the Introduction; I The Arts and Ways of a Good Life; Key Ideas; 1. The Yellow Emperor Questions his Counsellor ; 2. A Message from the Ancients ; 3. They Represented the Arts and Ways of Life ; Eulogy on Humankind; 4. The Rhythm of the Seasons ; Rhythm of Life; 5. The Energy of the Yang Stored up ; 6. The Practice of Advancing the Yang ; 7. Taoist Yoga ; 8. The Sages Treated those Well, not those Sick ; 9. The Character of the Malign Xie or Thief-Wind ; Questions for Review of Chapter I; Characters in Chapter I; II Yin and Yang. |
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Key Ideas1. Yin and Yang, the Way of the Skies and Earth ; The Yinyang; 2. Yin and Yang, Water, Fire, Qi and Flavours ; A Vigorous Fire, a Lesser Fire; 3. Left and Right as different as North and South ; 4. Yin and Yang in the Skies and Man ; Yinyang in the Heavens; Yinyang in the Human Body; 5. The Crucial Importance of the Yang Needing Rest ; Questions for Review of Chapter II; Characters in Chapter II; III Examining the Colour; Key Ideas; 1. Purity, Brightness, Colour and Complexion ; Flowering of the Qi; 2. The Bright-lit Hall, the Physiognomy of Face ; Physiognomy of Face. |
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3. The Basis of Health in the Face Fatality in the Face and Eyes; Questions for Review of Chapter III; Characters in Chapter III; IV The Quiet Pulse; Key Ideas; 1. The Method of the Pulse Exam ; 2. If a Single Pulse Stands Out ; 3. The Primacy of the Pulse ; 4. In Attending to the Pulse ; The Pulse; 5. In Spring, the Pulse is in the Liver ; The Seasonal Pulse; 6. The Healthy, Sick and Fatal Pulses ; 7. The Arrival of the Fatal Pulse ; 8. The Ultimate Tool ; 9. A Common Fault in the Pulse Exam ; Questions for Review of Chapter IV; Characters in Chapter IV; V The Zangfu and Wuxing; Key Ideas. |
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1. The Offices of the Zangfu Ministries of the Zangfu; 2. The Zang and their Associations ; Traditional Correspondences of the Zangfu; 3. Directions and Elemental Associations ; 4. Further Elemental Forms and Wuxing Science ; Pentatonic Tone, Element and Aspect; Five Directions with Traditional Associations; 5. The Faculties of the Self, and their Injuries ; 6. Physical Functions in Life and Death ; Questions for Review of Chapter V; Characters in Chapter V; VI Channels and Collaterals; Key Ideas; 1. The Form and Length of the Channels ; Question for Review of Chapter VI. |
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Characters in Chapter VI. |
| Summary |
This translation of the essential texts from the Huangdi Neijing, the ancient and definitive set of books on Chinese medicine, selects the key writings of vital importance to students and practitioners of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine today. Bertschinger's commentary reveals the meaning of these difficult to interpret texts. |
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Medicine, Chinese.
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Huangdi nei jing.
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Manuscripts, Medical -- History.
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Medicine, Chinese -- History.
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Medicine, Chinese -- Methods.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
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MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Atlases.
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MEDICAL -- Essays.
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MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
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MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
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Medicine, Chinese. (OCoLC)fst01015214
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Print version: Bertschinger, Richard. Essential Texts in Chinese Medicine : The Single Idea in the Mind of the Yellow Emperor. London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, ©2014 |
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9780857011350 (electronic bk.) |
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0857011359 (electronic bk.) |
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