Title The great intent : acupuncture odes, songs, and rhymes / Richard Bertschinger ; illustrated by Harriet E.J. Lewars.

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London : Singing Dragon, 2013.

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Note	Preceded by (work): The golden needle : and other odes of traditional acupuncture : book two of Yang Jizhou's grand compendium (1601) / translated by Richard Bertschinger. 1991.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The odes, songs and rhymes -- Ode to the whole body's points and channels -- Ode to the one hundred symptoms -- A song on the rule of the hundred points -- A song on how the six qi create disease -- The song 'four all-encompassing points' -- The song 'nine needles which revive the yang' -- Ode to the streamer out of the dark -- Ode to the magnanimity of the mat -- Ode to the golden needle -- A song on how the cycling five of heaven control disease -- A rhyming guide to essential indications when needling -- Ode to the jade dragon -- Old teacher mulberry's rhyme 'secrets of the stars' -- Ma danyang's song on the twelve points -- Shining bright as the starry sky and able to heal all the many diseases -- Ode to the importance of penetrating the dark mystery -- Ode to the magic brightness -- Ode to holding back the river -- Ode to intricacies in the circulating flow -- The song 'tricks to keep up your sleeve' -- The secret rhyme on needling 'barriers within' -- Tonifying and reduction swept clear as snow -- The song 'general pointers when needling' -- The song 'opening the door to needling law'.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Acupuncture.
	Acupuncture points.
	Medicine, Chinese -- History.
	Acupuncture Therapy -- history.
	History, 17th Century.
	Medicine, Chinese Traditional -- history.
	Poetry as Topic -- history.
	China.
	HEALTH & FITNESS -- Acupressure & Acupuncture.
	MEDICAL -- Acupuncture.
	Acupuncture. (OCoLC)fst00796357
	Acupuncture points. (OCoLC)fst00796375
	Medicine, Chinese. (OCoLC)fst01015214
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Preceded by (work): Yang, Jizhou, active 1573-1619. Zhen jiu da cheng. Juan 2. English.
	Yang, Jizhou, active 1573-1619. Zhen jiu da cheng. Juan 2. English.
Other Form:	Print version: Bertschinger, Richard, author. Great intent 9780857011114 (DLC) 2013012048 (OCoLC)825749842
ISBN	9780857011114 (electronic bk.)
	0857011111 (electronic bk.)

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