|
|
|
|
The Complete Stems and Branches: Time and Space in Traditional Acupuncture, 1e
|
 (7 Reviews)
|
|
|
Availability:
|
|
|
Published:
|
October 29, 2008 |
|
Binding:
|
Hardcover
|
|
|
|
| |
Most Helpful Customer Reviews:
Add Your Own Review |
 A good book for acupuncturists that appreciate the medical techniques of the millenarian Chinese Medicine., February 13, 2013
By Daniel M. Netto (São Paulo, Brazil)
|
|
A well complete book on the acupuncture techniques: mystical turtle, astrological acupuncture and other more.
It has information that they defer from other old sources of the Chinese medicine, but for studious of the old Chinese medicine and the I Ching, is a book of ample information. I recommend.
Was this review helpful to you?
|
|
|
|
 Extensive and detailed text, December 23, 2012
By Al Dente Kitchen
|
|
This is my second copy, to have always available with me during my voyages. So I suggest to buy it, just keep in mind that in order to full understand this book you must have a good acknowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, because this is an extensive and detailed text. (M.R. aldentekitchen)
0 of 1 people found the above review helpful.
Was this review helpful to you?
|
|
|
|
Some of the pages left blank, May 01, 2012
By Lena
|
|
Though the book is of great help for me, I felt like disappointed as I came across the blank pages in it.
Once I find them I thought it was left intentionally somehow. But it happened to be a numbered pages going on as if the text would never omitted.
I wonder whether you can email the text of missing ones.
Had you have any further query, please contact me on the mail listed at Amazon.
2 of 3 people found the above review helpful.
Was this review helpful to you?
|
|
|
|
Excellent work, indispensible, January 06, 2012
By gongsun
|
|
We should be grateful to have such a fine piece of scholarship at our disposal. The book is truly an amazing contribution to the medicine that we practice. I wish that this work becomes more widely read in the US and that the concepts within better incorporated into the teaching of our medicine everywhere.
I appreciate the intuitive Yin-Yang logic when explaining principles, an example we would should all strive to follow in our own study and exploration of the medicine, as well as in explanations to our patients.
I found the book to be instantly practical in the clinic and as a reference is one that I regularly go back to in order to deepen and strengthen my understanding.
3 of 5 people found the above review helpful.
Was this review helpful to you?
|
|
|
|
A Good Introduction, October 19, 2011
By Shenming
|
|
This is a good introduction to the classical concepts of wuyun liuqi theory. It comes with a hand-sized disk for quickly calculating the greater movements with host and guest qi for each year. The disk is worth the price of the book alone as it can save some time in the clinic. I disagree with some of the author's assumptions on how to incorporate the source material into the clinical practice. This means that about half the book is not so useful to me (and really a good deal of it is pretty similar to the usual Ming dynasty "space/time" approaches that have been widely available in the English language for many years). The author does, however, provide a good survey of the wuyun liuqi theory directly from the Neijing, and for this, she should be praised.
I would recommend this book most for an easy to read introduction to wuyun liuqi, the disk, and some reference material. Other books you may want to look at if you are interested in this:
The Complete Guide To Chinese Astrology - Derek Walters
Heaven and Earth in Early Han Thought - John S Major
and of course translating the Neijing chapters yourself to create your own relationship with the material :)
Good luck!
5 of 5 people found the above review helpful.
Was this review helpful to you?
|
|
|
|
Stems and Branches, April 25, 2011
By graywood
|
|
This author has done a great deal of research on a very complex concept, and has done a good job on explaining it in terms that the occidental mind can easily grasp. I recommend this book for anyone who wishes to understand the approaches to acupuncture treatment on a much deeper level than is commonly taught in modern schools.
2 of 2 people found the above review helpful.
Was this review helpful to you?
|
|
|
|
See all 7 Reviews.
|
|
|
|
