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x, 464 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Chinese Medicine and Healing is a comprehensive guide to a rich array of Chinese healing practices as they have developed through time and across cultures. Contributions for fifty-eight leading international scholars in such fields as Chinese archaelolgy, history, anthropology, religion, and medicine make this a collaborative work of uncommon intellectual synergy, and a vital new resource for anyone working in East Asian, or world history, in medical...
2) The complete illustrated guide to Chinese medicine: a comprehensive system for health and fitness
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256 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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"Chinese Medicine has never been so popular and relevant to the modern way of life and yet the sysem itself has evolved over 3,000 years. More and more people are turning to its Taoist-influenced vision of healing through balancing the bodily harmonics. It is essential reading for all those who seek a natural means to total health." "This authoritatively written and beautifully illustrated guide to the healing world of Chinese Medicine covers the...
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xxvi, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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In Chinese Medicine for Maximum Immunity, Elias and Ketcham show how to use the preventive strategies and gentle, supportive remedies of traditional Chinese medicine to heal contemporary chronic illnesses and bolster immunity.
6) The spark in the machine: how the science of acupuncture explains the mysteries of western medicine
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vii, 294 pages ; 23 cm
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1 videodisc (45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Had it with hot flashes? Cartons of cigarettes taking the toll? Don't want to deal with full fledged flu? Considered Chinese medicine to help you with these challenges? Join Candy Jones and a host of others as they share their own powerful personal stories of transformation and healing while "Seeing Dr. Zhao."
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276 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Chinese acupressure is an ancient therapy using kneading, rubbing, pressing, and stroking to stimulate different acupoints on the body. It is a great way to relieve pain, soothe the nerves, improve skin condition and even prevent disease!
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264 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm
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Gua Sha is a natural therapy for expelling toxin and preventing diseases. A simple scraping plate coupled with scraping oil, when applied to the body repeatedly, can reach the effect of smoothing Qi and blood, stimulating main and collateral channels, expelling toxin, and alleviating pain.
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368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"The New Chinese Medicine Handbook is an essential guide to achieving total health in body, mind,and spirit. Explore the powerful benefits of Chinese medicine--particularly acupuncture, massage,nutrition, meditation and herbs -- along with other Eastern healing arts. This practical guide totraditional Chinese medicine can help you take control of your healing process and maintain orrestore wholeness and harmony in all aspects of your life.Dr. Misha...
17) Elemental healing: a 5-element path for ancestor connection, balanced energy, and an aligned life
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200 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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According to Taoist philosophy, every body -- not to mention everything in the cosmos -- possesses quantities of the five elements: Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood. Each element has an emotional component (water, for example, is associated with fear), a meridian in the body that can be worked on through somatic exercises like massage, and a moral imperative. Camellia Lee, an energy worker with a family lineage of healing going back generations...
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"Tu Youyou had been interested in science and medicine since she was a child, so when malaria started infecting people all over the world in 1969, she went to work finding a treatment. Trained as a medical researcher in college and healed by traditional medicine techniques when she was young, Tu Youyou started experimenting with natural Chinese remedies. The treatment she discovered through years of research and experimentation is still used all over...
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