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Grasping the donkey's tail : unraveling mysteries from the classics of oriental medicine / Peter Eckman ; foreword by Charles Buck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eckman, Peter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Laozi. Dao de jing.
- Laozi.
- Bianque--active approximately 255 B.C. Nan jing.
- Bianque.
- Yi jing.
- Huainanzi.
- Huangdi nei jing.
- Medicine, Chinese Traditional--methods.
- Incunabula as Topic.
- Medical Subjects:
- Medicine, Chinese Traditional--methods.
- Incunabula as Topic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (152 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017.
- Summary:
- Through an in-depth examination of some difficult, often misunderstood classical texts of Oriental medicine, the author offers clear instruction for effective acupuncture practice. Specific discussions of Daoism and pulse diagnosis make this an innovative and essential text for acupuncturists and Chinese medicine students and practitioners.
- Contents:
- The classic of changes (Yi jing)
- Lao zi (Dao de jing)
- Huai nan zi
- Simple questions (Huang di nei jing su wen)
- Spiritual pivot (Huang di nei jing ling shu)
- The classic of difficulties (Nan jing)
- The pulse classic (Mai jing).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 962750350
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