In the Footsteps of the Yellow Emperor Tracing the History of Traditional Acupuncture

Name: In the Footsteps of the Yellow Emperor Tracing the History of Traditional Acupuncture
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ISBN: 9781592650743

ISBN-10: 1592650740

ISBN-13: 9781592650743

Edition: 2007

Authors: Peter Eckman

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Praise for the hardcover edition: "[Eckman] traces acupuncture through Chinese antiquity with a very readable clarity absent in other scholarly accounts of the same material. This story blossoms in the twentieth-century convergence of acupuncture traditions in Europe, and stands as the only articulate comprehensive account of this migration."-J. Helms, American Academy of Medical Acupuncture Review "A product of monumental research into the tale of how acupuncture has been transmitted from East to West."-Alan Hext, European Journal of Oriental Medicine Acupuncture now enjoys immense popularity as a major form of alternative healing in the West. Once considered mysterious and exotic,…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Long River Press
Publication date: 9/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Liu Yanchi is Associate Professor and head of the teaching section on the Basic Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is a member of the editing commission for the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine, China Medical Encyclopedia, and Digest of Traditional Chinese Medicine.



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Acknowledgements


Context


Introduction



The Circle



TCM and LA



Legendary Lessons in Virtue



From Mythology to Medicine: A History of TOM



History as Mystery: Traditional Acupuncture's Journey to the West


Epilogue


End Notes


Appendix


Illustration Credits


Bibliography


Index


About the Author