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Title: The Practice of Chinese Medicine: The Treatment of Diseases With Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs by Giovanni Maciocia, Giovanni Macviocia, Zhou Zhong Ying ISBN: 0-443-04305-1 Publisher: Churchill Livingstone Pub. Date: August, 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $130.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A Mixed Bag
Comment: This book is huge, even though it's only about 34 diseases. It's filled with case studies that easily transform into CA state board test questions.
My friend, Annika Paraskeva, went through and pulled every one of these case studies out to memorize them. I found myself doing the same, since I disagreed with Giovanni's diagnosis about 25% of the time... I had to memorize his diagnosis anyway. In one case, he got no result, and consulted with a Chinese doctor, who diagnosed the patient the way I had when I firsted saw the signs and symptoms!
What's really infuriating is when he uses a rationale to diagnose something one way in one place, but then doesn't consistently apply that in other cases.
So, we are required to know Giovanni's opinions and diagnosis style even if they may be wrong. It would have been nice to see - in a reference book - a separation between mistaken treatments and ideal/accurate treatments.
Also, there are short sections on western diagnosis in some diseases... but be careful, because biomedicine frequently revises its understandings. This is NOT your source for clinical biomedical info. It may be easy to understand, but may not be up to date or accurate.
There is an interesting section on distal points and their target areas.
As with Giovanni's book, the Foundations of Chinese Medicine, it's not always clear if his ideas come from classical CM or from his own mind. I'd caution the reader to balance their understanding with the works of Wiseman, Deadman, and Sionneau.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great study and reference book.
Comment: This book blends, technically yet accesibly, Oriental and Western Medicine. Clear and to the point, it comprises abundant case studies to illustrate the diseases and treatments presented. It is a must for anyone incorporating Oriental Medicine/Western Medicine in their practice.
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Title: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas and Strategies by Dan Bensky, Randall Barolet ISBN: 0939616106 Publisher: Eastland Press Pub. Date: May, 1990 List Price(USD): $85.00 |
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Title: Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text for Acupuncturists and Herbalists by Giovanni Maciocia ISBN: 0443039801 Publisher: Churchill Livingstone Pub. Date: July, 1989 List Price(USD): $146.75 |
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Title: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica by Dan Bensky, Andrew Gamble ISBN: 0939616157 Publisher: Eastland Press Pub. Date: January, 1993 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Obstetrics and Gynecology in Chinese Medicine by Giovanni Maciocia ISBN: 0443054584 Publisher: Churchill Livingstone Pub. Date: 15 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $150.00 |
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Title: Tongue Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine by Giovanni Maciocia ISBN: 093961619X Publisher: Eastland Press Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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