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Title: Acupuncture case histories from China
Author: Jirui, Chen; Wang, Nissi; (ed)
Year: 1988 Publisher: Eastland Press City: Seattle, WA Country: USA
ISBN: 0-939616-07-6 Type: hardcover ISBN pages: xi 300
(from Introduction) 'One imprtant resource that has been missing from the literature on Chionese Medicine in the West is the case history. From their teachers and textbooks, students can learn the general principles of Chinese medicine, how to differentuate one symptom from another, locate points, insert needles and apply moxibustion. However because Chinese medicine is a medicine of particulars, only through the medium of the case history can a student learn how the principles of Chinese medicine are actually applied in a particular case. It is therefore an indespensible adjunct to personal study and clinical training.' Included in this volume are one hundred case hsitories contributed by a number of prominent practitioners in the People
Author's institution: Journal of Ttraditional Chinese Medicine; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China Contact: Language: Country origin: USA
Entry number: 2382 English version:
Entry source: Courtenay Young Entered by: Courtenay Young Entry date: 7 December 2002
Key Phrases: Chinese Medicine - Acupuncture - Healing - Diagnosis References: Point Index; Index Other information: