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The Handbook of Chinese Massage: Tui Na Techniques to Awaken Body and Mind

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Ms Mercati gives the reader a good overview of this style of massage. One problem many books on Eastern medicine concepts is that the scientific paradigm of qi, yin-yang, etc is difficult to grasp for someone who has been educated on Western scientific principles. This book starts with an introduction to the Eastern principles in a more understandable, concise fashion. This makes it good for a massage therapist who wants to expand his repertoire. At times, the anatomical descriptions are inaccurate eg: referring to the malleolus as an "ankle bone"; however, the informal style of the book keeps it interesting and readable, as well as informative.

This is the book that got me started in pursuing my career. Maria expains every technique and concept with great detail. Outstanding diagrams and descriptions of meridians and points. Client evaluations and treatments are also included. A must for the professional Massage Therapist.

this book showed much of basic TCM theory with little technics, and technics was not much different than swedish and deeptissue technics. tui na technic vary, some said 12 different techs, some said up to 35 different techs. it would'nt matter how many techs it use as long as it shows how to use different techs and why it use it. how to transit one techs to another techs. this book lacks latter part.

I am a massage therapist and found this book to be very helpful as reference for the non-western portion of the National Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. It had lots of information on meridians and the five element theory. It was also written quite clear and was quite easy to clear. I also used the followng which is also on amazon:
The Ultimate Study Guide for the National Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork: Key Review Questions and Answers by Patrick Leonardi (Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3).
The last 3 books were right on target with the type of informatioin ask on this national test. All 4 books are must buys.

I loved the different techniques in this book. It teaches the the law of the five elements and it presents detailed diagrams of the meridian channels.

When I have this book in my hands first time I liked how many photos and how easy to follow it may appear. Well now I am studing 1500 pages 5volumes book just on theory of the Classical Chinese Medicine (unfortunatelly not available in english.. just Czech language) compiled from moct basic old chinese canons.. So my view is.. trying to explain yin yang, 5 elements (which in fact are not any elements) on several pages and then explain meridians and points in rest of the book is.. well just making nice product for sale. Well you may say that business is about it.. so yes but than..