The Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text

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Elsevier Health Sciences, 2015 M07 13 - 1320 pages

The latest edition of this hugely popular volume continues to provide readers in the West with a clear explanation of the theory and practice of Chinese medicine.

Richly illustrated and fully updated throughout, Foundations of Chinese Medicine retains its careful structure to present the subject in a systemized manner which ranges from first principles to the diagnosis and management of a wide range of disease states. NOW WITH AN ACCOMPANYING WEBSITE containing an extensive bank of review and test material, the latest edition of this important volume has been redesigned to provide a more accessible, up-to-date feel to the content to enhance the reader?s learning experience.

Offering a unique combination of rigorous scholarship together with a wealth of clinical experience, Maciocia?s Foundations of Chinese Medicine will be ideal for all students of Chinese medicine, acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine as well as qualified practitioners needing to stay up-to-date with changes in the field.

"For the student or practitioner of Chinese medicine this is a definitive text book." Reviewed by Jim Young on behalf of glycosmedia.com, Aug 2015

  • 25th Anniversary edition of the Western world's best-selling book on Chinese medicine!

  • Logical, sequential organization builds from basic theoretical concepts, through functions of individual organs, diagnosis, pathology, pattern recognition & disease categories, and the appropriate use of acupuncture points

  • Clearly explains the theory and practice of Chinese Medicine to Western medical audiences

  • Based on a unique and invaluable combination of extensive clinical experience in the West, current Chinese Medicine textbooks and ancient sources, in particular, the 'Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine' (Nei Jing) and the 'Classic of Difficulties' (Nan Jing)

  • Includes Pinyin equivalents to make it immediately evident which original term is being translated

  • Abundantly illustrated with over 750 line drawings and more than 1000 tables & boxes designed to emphasize the key facts

  • End of chapter Learning Outcomes point out 'must-know' information

  • Cases Studies and Case Histories apply theory to diagnosis and treatment, bringing the subject to life in a realistic context

  • An extensive Glossary explains new terms and their origins from translation

  • Additional Appendices list Prescriptions, Bibliography and Chinese Chronology

  • Authored by Giovanni Maciocia, one of the Western world's leading subject matter experts
  • An accompanying EVOLVE website provides over 650 self-testing questions and answers to help readers check their understanding of frequently complex information

  • New Case Histories help 'bring the subject to life'

  • Expanded subject area coverage including new clinical guidelines and additional acupuncture point combinations

  • Contains further analysis of acupuncture point actions

  • Innovative guidelines aid students learning Chinese Medicine patterns
 

Selected pages

Contents

2 The Functions of the Internal Organs
93
3 The Causes of Disease
247
4 Diagnosis
297
5 Pathology
401
6 Identification of Patterns
439
7 The Acupuncture Points
825
8 Principles of Treatment
1169
Appendix 1 Prescriptions
1209
Appendix 2 Glossary of Chinese Terms
1231
Appendix 3 Chronology of Chinese Dynasties
1241
Appendix 4 Bibliography
1243
Appendix 5 The Classics of Chinese Medicine
1249
Appendix 6 SelfAssessment Answers
1255
Index
1267
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Common terms and phrases

Acupuncture Acupuncture Points Aetiology ascending aversion to cold Blood deficiency Blood stasis Body Fluids cause of disease channel chapter chest Chinese medicine chronic Clinical manifestations Clinical note Damp-Heat Dampness Decoction Defensive Qi descending distension emotional Empty-Heat epigastrium Essence Ethereal Soul excessive exterior pathogenic factors extraordinary vessels feeling of heat fever Fire function Gall Bladder Guanyuan Heart Heart-Blood Heart-Qi Herbal formula indicates insomnia Internal Organs invasion Jing Kidney-Essence Kidney-Yin deficiency Kidneys Large Intestine limbs Liver Liver-Blood deficiency Liver-Fire Liver-Qi stagnation Lower Burner Lung-Qi Lungs Middle Burner Mind nourish Original Qi pathology Pericardium Phlegm points pulse Qi and Blood Qi stagnation Sea points Simple Questions skin and muscles Small Intestine SP-6 Sanyinjiao Spiritual Axis Spleen Spleen-Qi deficiency sticky Stomach and Spleen Stomach-Qi summarizes sweating symptoms Tang tinnitus tiredness tonify transformation Treatment Principle Triple Burner Upright Qi urine Uterus Wind Wind-Heat Yin and Yang Yin deficiency Yin organs

About the author (2015)

Giovanni Maciocia is one of the most highly-regarded and respected authors and lecturers in the West. He is Visiting Associate Professor at the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and has many years of experience in teaching and practice. Giovanni trained initially in the UK and then in China, learned Chinese to be able to study from original Chinese texts, and was one of the first practitioners and authors to introduce Chinese medicine in a clear and accessible way to a Western student audience. Giovanni Maciocia has written other best-selling books under the Elsevier Churchill Livingstone imprint - The Practice of Chinese Medicine: The Treatment of Diseases with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs, 2e (ISBN 978-0443074905), Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide, 1e (ISBN 9780443064487), The Channels of Acupuncture: Clinical Use of the Secondary Channels and Eight Extraordinary Vessels, 1e (ISBN 9780443074912), The Psyche in Chinese Medicine: Treatment of Emotional and Mental Disharmonies with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs, 1e (ISBN 9780702029882), and Obstetrics and Gynecology in Chinese Medicine, 2e (ISBN 9780443104220).

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text
AuthorGiovanni Maciocia
Edition3, illustrated
PublisherElsevier Health Sciences, 2015
ISBN0702052167, 9780702052163
Length1320 pages
  
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