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Title: Grasping the Wind by Nigel Wiseman, Ken Boss, Andrew W. Ellis, Robert L. Felt ISBN: 0-912111-19-4 Publisher: Paradigm Pubns Pub. Date: June, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A window on the Chinese understanding of the Acupoints
Comment: First of all, if you want to know the location, indications, contraindications and prescriptions for all the 400+ acupoints, please see _A Manual of Acupuncture_ by Peter Deadman, Mazin Al-Khafaji with Kevin Baker. But if you want more than a two or three word translation of the point's Chinese name, turn to _Grasping the Wind_.
After the introduction, You have several essays: Influences on the Development of Point Names, Point Name Taxonomy, A Brief Discussion of Chinese Characters, Radicals, And Character Categories; these are followed by the entries on each point.
They are listed in meridan order, with the meridians in horary order, and the first thing that you see is the name of the point in Chinese - in a font size that a Westerner can easily see and appreciate. Then comes the translation, followed by the alphanumeric point designation, and the pinyin with tone marks. Each word is then translated, and alternate names for the point are given. A classical description of the location is then given, which I find quite picturesque, and a paragraph or two explaining the point name. Points listed are on all 14 of the regular meridians (the 12 Zangfu plus the Du and Ren meridians).
Now, it could be that this book isn't as accurate as someone with a complete background in Chinese would like it to be - but for someone with an abiding love for TCM, it is a gift to be digested.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good info, but accuracy veries with each point
Comment: I found this book to be very helpful in my understanding of acupuncture points. However, I have spoke with some older, veteran chinese acupuncturists who warn that even though some of the information in this book is correct, much of it is not. How are you going to know which is which? I see many students using this book and I fear that modern practitoners are going to lose the accuracy of this body of knowledge. And, furthermore, we run the risk of ending a very important lineage.
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Title: Five Elements and Ten Stems: Nan Ching Theory, Diagnostics and Practice by Kiiko Matsumoto, Stephen Birch, Robert L. Felt ISBN: 0912111259 Publisher: Paradigm Pubns Pub. Date: June, 1983 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine : A New Translation of the Neijing Suwen with Commentary by Maoshing Ni ISBN: 1570620806 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 10 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Between Heaven and Earth by Efrem Korn, Harriet Beinfield ISBN: 0345379748 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 30 June, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Web That Has No Weaver : Understanding Chinese Medicine by Ted J. Kaptchuk ISBN: 0809228408 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine: Zhong Yi Xue Ji Chu by Nigel Wisemann, Nigel Wisemann, Zhong Yi Xue Ji Chu, Andy Ellis ISBN: 0912111445 Publisher: Paradigm Pubns Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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