Essential texts in Chinese medicine : the single idea in the mind of the Yellow Emperor / Richard Bertschinger ; Allen Parrott, foreword.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bertschinger, Richard, author.

Parrott, Allen, author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Huangdi nei jing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Singing Dragon, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this selection of core texts, Richard Bertschinger presents a commentary and translation of the key writings for students and practitioners of Chinese medicine in the 21st century from the ancient, definitive set of books on Chinese medicine, the Huangdi Neijing or 'the Yellow Emperor's Medical Classic'. Bertschinger selects the key sections of the long and often impenetrable Huangdi Neijing that are vital for students and practitioners to know and understand for practice today, and provides an accessible view of these fundamental writings which remain central to all traditional approaches

Contents:

""ESSENTIAL TEXTS in Chinese Medicine: The Single Idea in the Mind of the Yellow Emperor""; ""Foreword""; ""A Note on the Text""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The History of the Yellow Emperor�s Medical Classic""; ""2. Philosophical Roots in the Neijing""; ""3. Yinyang and Wuxing""; ""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""; ""8. Conclusion: A Divide in Medical Thinking""; ""Characters 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 ""; ""4. The Rhythm of the Seasons ""; ""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""; ""Key Ideas""

""1. Yin and Yang, the Way of the Skies and Earth """"2. Yin and Yang, Water, Fire, Qi and Flavours ""; ""3. Left and Right as different as North and South ""; ""4. Yin and Yang in the Skies and Man ""; ""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 ""; ""2. The Bright-lit Hall, the Physiognomy of Face ""; ""3. The Basis of Health in the Face ""; ""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 ""; ""5. In Spring, the Pulse is in the Liver ""; ""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""; ""1. The Offices of the Zangfu ""; ""2. The Zang and their Associations ""

""3. Directions and Elemental Associations """"4. Further Elemental Forms and Wuxing Science ""; ""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""; ""Characters in Chapter VI""; ""VII Patterns of Treatment""; ""Key Ideas""; ""1. Yin and Yang, the Rule and Pattern ""; ""2. The Seed in Sickness ""; ""3. Mind, Body and Disease ""

""4. Regional Types, Regional Medicines ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Contains:

Huangdi nei jing. Selections

ISBN:

9780857011350

0857011359

OCLC:

897640357