Classical Chinese medicine
by Liu Lihong
"The English edition of Liu Lihong's milestone work is a sublime beacon for the profession of Chinese medicine in the 21st century. Classical Chinese Medicine delivers a straightforward critique of the politically motivated "integration" of traditional Chinese wisdom with Western science during the last sixty years, and represents an ardent appeal for the recognition of Chinese medicine as a science in its own right. Professor Liu's candid presentation has made this book a bestseller in China, …
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- Full title :Classical Chinese medicine / Liu Lihong ; translated by Gabriel Weiss and Henry Buchtel with Sabine Wilms ; edited by Heiner Fruehauf.
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"The English edition of Liu Lihong's milestone work is a sublime beacon for the profession of Chinese medicine in the 21st century. Classical Chinese Medicine delivers a straightforward critique of the politically motivated "integration" of traditional Chinese wisdom with Western science during the last sixty years, and represents an ardent appeal for the recognition of Chinese medicine as a science in its own right. Professor Liu's candid presentation has made this book a bestseller in China, treasured not only by medical students and doctors, but by vast numbers of non-professionals who long for a state of health an well-being that is founded in a deeper sense of cultural identity" -- Back cover.
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- Publication Date:2019.
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):The Chinese University Press, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Place of Publication:Hong Kong
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019.
Notes
Translated from Chinese.
The Physical Object
- Description:xlviii, 644 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789882370579, 9882370578
- oclc:on1035464447
- LC Classification:R601
- Dewey Decimal:610.951
Table of Contents
A few words about studying and researching Chinese medicine -- The significance of cold damage -- The functioning of yin and yang -- The essentials of treating disease -- The essentials of Taiyang disease -- The essentials of Yangming disease -- The essentials of Shaoyang disease -- The essentials of Taiyin disease -- The essentials of Shaoyin disease -- The essentials of Jueyin disease -- Author's epilogue to the English edition -- Appendix : Nine questions on contemplating Chinese medicine.
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