9780195921045-0195921046-Dao of Chinese Medicine: Understanding an Ancient Healing Art

Dao of Chinese Medicine: Understanding an Ancient Healing Art

ISBN-13: 9780195921045
ISBN-10: 0195921046
Edition: 1
Author: Donald Edward Kendall
Publication date: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover 370 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780195921045
ISBN-10: 0195921046
Edition: 1
Author: Donald Edward Kendall
Publication date: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover 370 pages

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Dao of Chinese Medicine: Understanding an Ancient Healing Art (ISBN-13: 9780195921045 and ISBN-10: 0195921046), written by authors Donald Edward Kendall, was published by Oxford University Press in 2002. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other Acupuncture & Acupressure (Alternative Medicine, Chinese Medicine) books. You can easily purchase or rent Dao of Chinese Medicine: Understanding an Ancient Healing Art (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Acupuncture & Acupressure books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $4.48.

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Dao of Chinese Medicine is the first Western text to shed light on the reality of the ancient healing arts of China, revealing that Chinese medical theories are based on important physiological findings. This is in contrast to the Western interpretation, popularized since the 1940s and 50s that Chinese medicine and acupuncture involve undefined energy and blood circulating through imaginary meridians. Unfortunately, the energy-meridian idea condemned Chinese medicine to be viewed in terms of metaphysical beliefs, limiting its acceptance into mainstream health care. It also led to a growing frustration to reinvent acupuncture in Western terms before understanding the true way (dao) of Chinese medicine. Dao of Chinese Medicine sets the record straight, explaining how ancient Chinese physicians developed a physiologically based medicine with the theories supported by human dissection studies and how Chinese medical theories are consistent with 21st century explanations about how acupuncture works.

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