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Get This Book, October 23, 2001
This review is from: The Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text for Acupuncturists and Herbalists (Hardcover)
For the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Students: Before writing a review I want to say that the Acupuncture Boards require this book as their main diagnostic book, but also; they require, "The Web that Has No Weaver," by Kapchuk and Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustiion (Rev. Ed.)(CAM) by Cheng Xinnong. I would also like to recommend - but not required - Foundations in Chinese Acupuncture (Rev. Ed.) by Ellis, Wiseman and Boss. This book is great for channel theory and has excellent detail throughout. For Everyone else:
The above also applies to everyone else but mostly to TCM students. In review of Giovanni's book I must say that from a Western Medical science point of view it was easier to understand than "The Web" and I found that it presented the material in a logical systematic fashion with better and more complete explanations. It is better to start with this book, than with some of the others because once you have a good background with this one, you can understand the different wording in the other books (CAM, Web, etc.). Overall written well and highly recommended. Five Stars!
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47 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
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Dicey CA State Board Book, January 24, 2003
This review is from: The Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text for Acupuncturists and Herbalists (Hardcover)
Maciocia's work has been quite influential in the U.S. despite the fact that some of his information is from the classics, while other parts are his own creation. He does not always differentiate between the two, nor does he always cite his sources. For example, the idea that the outer back shu points are effective for the treatment of emotions... not from the Classic sources, according to Philippe Sionneau. So where did it come from? Who made it up? However, we still have to know everything in his books for the CA state board. His zang-fu herbalized-style point functions, 5 phase type, three jiao patterns, etc. are unique to this book. In its defense, it does have a lot of important basic info, and it's written by a native English speaker... but it's a vastly different look at Chinese Medicine from say The Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine by Nigel Wiseman. Good start for the new student... but neither the last word, nor infallible.
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Superb book! Best book in TCM to understand the acupuncture-, February 7, 1999
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This review is from: The Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text for Acupuncturists and Herbalists (Hardcover)
This is a great book to begin with if you are a acupuncture-student. It is easy to understand, it explains WHY certain combinations of points is better than another. It is also very good in explaining the way of thinking in TCM.
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