The Encyclopedia of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

The Encyclopedia of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Author: Tova Navarra
Publisher: Facts on File
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2004
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780816049974

More than four hundred alphabetically arranged entries provide information on various types of alternative, complementary, and integrative healing methods.

Integrative Women's Health

Integrative Women's Health
Author: Victoria Maizes
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 713
Release: 2010-02-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199702624

Women have made it clear that they desire a broader, integrative approach to their care. Here, for the first time, Integrative Women's Health weaves together the best of conventional treatments with mind-body interventions, nutritional strategies, herbal therapies, dietary supplements, acupuncture, and manual medicine, providing clinicians with a roadmap for practicing comprehensive integrative care. Presenting the best evidence in a concise, accessible format, and written exclusively by female clinicians, this text addresses many aspects of women's health, including feminine perspectives on aging, spirituality and sexuality, specific recommendations for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV, headaches, multiple sclerosis, depression, anxiety, and cancer, as well as integrative approaches to premenstrual syndrome, pregnancy, menopause, fibroids, and endometriosis. Homeopathic, Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners provide insight into the ways in which these systems manage reproductive conditions. As leading educators in integrative medicine, editors Dr. Maizes and Dr. Low Dog demonstrate how clinicians can implement their recommendations in practice, but they also go beyond practical care to examine how to motivate patients, enhance a health history, and understand the spiritual dimensions of healing.

Hara Diagnosis

Hara Diagnosis
Author: Kiiko Matsumoto
Publisher: Paradigm Publications
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1988
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780912111131

Point names, the traditional means of identifying acupoints, have meanings that are hard to grasp. This text promotes understanding of each point's use in acupuncture practice by considering the meaning, context and significance of each. The 363 points covered are listed according to the system currently in use in China.

Acupuncture and Moxibustion as an Evidence-Based Therapy for Cancer

Acupuncture and Moxibustion as an Evidence-Based Therapy for Cancer
Author: William C.S. Cho
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2012-10-13
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9400748329

Required reading for professionals needing a contemporary overview of the wealth of research on acupuncture and moxibustion in cancer care, this survey includes opinions from key experts and is the first to examine in depth the latest scientific evidence.

Classical Chinese Medicine

Classical Chinese Medicine
Author: Liu Lihong
Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Total Pages: 697
Release: 2019-04-19
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9882370578

The English edition of Liu Lihong’s milestone work is a sublime beacon for the profession of Chinese medicine in the 21st century. Classical Chinese Medicine delivers a straightforward critique of the politically motivated “integration” of traditional Chinese wisdom with Western science during the last sixty years, and represents an ardent appeal for the recognition of Chinese medicine as a science in its own right. Professor Liu’s candid presentation has made this book a bestseller in China, treasured not only by medical students and doctors, but by vast numbers of non-professionals who long for a state of health and well-being that is founded in a deeper sense of cultural identity. Oriental medicine education has made great strides in the West since the 1970s, but clear guidelines regarding the “traditional” nature of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) remain undefined. Classical Chinese Medicine not only delineates the educational and clinical problems faced by the profession in both East and West, but transmits concrete and inspiring guidance on how to effectively engage with ancient texts and designs in the postmodern age. Using the example of the Shanghanlun (Treatise on Cold Damage), one of the most important Chinese medicine classics, Liu Lihong develops a compelling roadmap for holistic medical thinking that links the human body to nature and the universe at large.

Traditional Chinese Medicine in the United States

Traditional Chinese Medicine in the United States
Author: Emily S. Wu
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2013-06-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0739173677

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) originated from the traditional medical system in the Chinese civilization, with influences from the Daoist and Chinese folk traditions in bodily cultivation and longevity techniques. In the past few decades, TCM has become one of the leading alternative medical systems in the United States. This book demonstrates the fluidity of a medical ideological system with a rich history of methodological development and internal theoretical conflicts, continuing to transform in our postmodern world where people and ideas transcend geographic, ethnic, and linguistic limitations. The unique historical trajectories and cultural dynamics of the American society are crticial nutrients for the localization of TCM, while the constant traffic of travelers and immigrants foster the globalizing tendency of TCM. The practitioners in this book represent an incredible range of clinical applications, personal styles, theoretical rationalizations, and business models. What really unifies all these practitioners is not their specific practices but the goal of these practices. The shared goal is to strive for health, not just health in terms of the lack of illness but the ultimate health of achieving perfect balance in every aspect of the being of a person—physically, mentally, spiritually, and energetically.

The Ethical Sellout

The Ethical Sellout
Author: Lily Zheng
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2019-10-29
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1523085851

We all fear selling out. Yet we all face situations that test our ideals and values with no clear right answer. In a world where compromise is an essential aspect of life, authors Lily Zheng and Inge Hansen make the bold claim that everyone sells out-and that the real challenge lies in doing so ethically. Zheng and Hansen share stories from a diversity of people who have found their own answers to this dilemma and offer new ways to think about marginalization, privilege, and self-interest. From these stories, they pull out teachable skills for taking the step from selling out to selling out ethically. The Ethical Sellout is for all those committed to maintaining their integrity in a messy world.

Extraordinary Vessels

Extraordinary Vessels
Author: Kiiko Matsumoto
Publisher: Paradigm Publications
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1986
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780912111353

The most detailed exposition of the vessels in the English language.

Finding Effective Acupuncture Points

Finding Effective Acupuncture Points
Author: Shudō Denmei
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Acupuncture
ISBN: 9780939616404

The author, one of the masters of the meridian therapy movement in Japan, has selected 160 of his favorite points. He describes how to use palpation to find the points and determine whether they are 'active.' He then identifies the particular conditions for which each point is best suited.

Introduction to Meridian Therapy

Introduction to Meridian Therapy
Author: Denmei Shudō
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1990
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780939616114

Meridian therapy is a school of Japanese acupuncture which is distinguished by its emphasis on the classics, its utilization of the five-phase points in treating the root of disease, and the importance which it attaches to palpatory skills in diagnosis and point location. Japanese Classical Acupuncture: Introduction to Meridian Therapy is noted for the clarity and simplicity of its style, and is the most highly regarded introduction to this subject in Japan. The theoretical and historical basis, diagnostic framework and treatment strategies of meridian therapy are discussed in detail. The author provides a step-by-step introduction to pulse and abdominal diagnosis, and explains how to incorporate the concepts and techniques of meridian therapy into other styles of acupuncture. The text is interwoven with case histories and anecdotes from the author's lengthy practice. Extensively edited in collaboration with the author to fit the needs of Western acupuncturists, this book opens the door to Japanese classical acupuncture for Western practitioners.