Chinese medicine and healing : an illustrated history / TJ Hinrichs, Linda L. Barnes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barnes, Linda L., editor.

Hinrichs, TJ, editor.

Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.

Language:

English

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Chinese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 464 p. ) ill., maps ;

Edition:

[Enhanced Credo edition]

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

Multiple languages

Summary:

Chinese Medicine and Healing is a comprehensive introduction to a rich array of Chinese healing practices as they have developed through time and across cultures.

Contents:

Introduction / Linda L. Barnes and T.J. Hinrichs

The pre-Han period / Constance A. Cook

The Han period / Vivienne Lo

The period of division and the Tang period / Fan Ka Wai

The Song and Jin periods / T.J. Hinrichs

The Yuan and Ming periods / Angela Ki Che Leung

The Qing period / Yi-li Wu

The Republic of China / Bridie J. Andrews

The People's Republic of China / Volker Scheid

A world of Chinese medicine and healing: part one / Linda L. Barnes

A world of Chinese medicine and healing: part two / Linda L. Barnes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Contributors.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-433) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-674-25791-X

1-78402-183-0

OCLC:

864825712