A scholarly yet practical account for modern clinicians of some of the key difficult questions arising from obscure passages in the classics of Chinese medicine. This book offers an interpretation of crucial sections from the classical Chinese texts which have continued to puzzle Western clinicians, and serves as a basis for more effective acupuncture treatments.The author discusses Sasang medicine interpretations of specific phenomena, showing where Korean medicine diverged from C...

In this highly original and authoritative book, Peter Eckman takes pulse diagnosis as a common thread that links and integrates the various disciplines of Oriental medicine, and shows that they are in fact related by a common origin several thousand years ago. The text describes the clinical details used in a variety of acupuncture styles, synthesizing them into a coherent whole, and illustrating the usefulness of this model with an extensive presentation of case histories. A fundamental p...

This is part three of a trilogy that started with The Compleat Acupuncturist followed by Grasping the Donkey's Tail. It describes the Eastern branch of science which is complementary to the Western sciences. The ways to use pulses to plan acupuncture treatment are described including how to treat cancer. There are over 50 case histories to illustrate all the methods detailed in the text. This style of acupuncture is based on each person's inborn Constitution as well as th...

Based on his thirty years of using acupuncture in an integrative medical practice, Power of the Five Elements presents the Five Adaptation Types, Dr. Charles Moss’s modern application of the Five Elements of Chinese medicine.This book provides you with:• A roadmap to understanding why you react to stress the way you do and a comprehensive new approach to improving your ability to adapt• A fascinating synthesis, presented for the first time, of the ancient wis...

Harness the ancient Five Elements of Chinese Medicine to unlock your unique Adaptation Type, transforming stress into resilience and mastering cortisol management for holistic health.Power of the Five Elements is your evidence-based, comprehensive guide to better health and wellness. Dr. Charles Moss melds three decades of acupuncture expertise with the Five Elements of Chinese Medicine and delivers actionable insights, including the impac...

A volume on second-language acquisition theory and pedagogy is, at the same time, a mark of progress and a bit of an anomaly. The progress is shown by the fact that the two disciplines have established themselves as areas of study not only distinct from each other, but also different from linguistic theory. This was not always the case, at least not in the United States. The anomaly results from the fact that this book deals with the relationship between L2 theory and pedagogy despite the ...