Chinese Medicine from the Classics: A Beginner's Guide
By Sandra Hill.
Description
The Huangdi Neijing, the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, is the foundation text of Chinese medicine. This book provides an introduction to the medicine of the Neijing and is a guide to the Monkey Press series 'Chinese Medicine from the Classics'. It discusses the basic philosophical background of the Neijing, and the influence of the contemporary schools of yin yang and wu xing (five phase, five element) theory. Drawing particularly on the early chapters of the Neijing Suwen, it discusses the functions of the internal organs (zang fu), and goes on to describe the place of the...
ISBN(s)
1872468152, 9781872468150
