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Gail Reichstein (Author)
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May 1, 1998
Does your back pain flare up in the evening? Perhaps your water element is weak. Allergies in the spring? Emotional outbursts? Perhaps your wood element is too strong. Using the five element system of Chinese cosmology as a key-wood, fire, earth, metal, water-Gail Reichstein unlocks the ancient mysteries of Chinese medicine and makes them available for the everyday health and well-being of modern readers.

Each chapter includes:
-Lists of common ailments associated with each element
-Feng shui solutions for the home and workplace
-Acupuncture treatment
-Dietary therapy
-Qigong exercises

Simple, easy to use, and practical, this introduction connects the physical, emotional, and spiritual forces at work in our lives and provides a vital contribution to the field of mind-body medicine.

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Does your back pain flare up in the evening? Perhaps your water element is weak. Allergies in the spring? Emotional outbursts? Perhaps your wood element is too strong. Using the five element system of Chinese cosmology as a key—wood, fire, earth, metal, water—Gail Reichstein unlocks the ancient mysteries of Chinese medicine and makes them available for the everyday health and well-being of modern readers.

Each chapter includes: -Lists of common ailments associated with each element -Feng shui solutions for the home and workplace -Acupuncture treatment -Dietary therapy -Qigong exercises

About the Author


GAIL REICHSTEIN is a writer, teacher, and licensed acupuncturist with practices in New York City and Croton-on-Hudson, New York. She is also on the faculty of the Tri-State Institute of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 238 pages
  • Publisher: Kodansha USA (May 1, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1568362099
  • ISBN-13: 978-1568362090
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,108 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, March 9, 2006
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As a Shiatsu (3rd year)student, this book is so helpfull for me, that I am using it every day.

It explaines every Element in such a way, that you can realy understand it and use it in every day's life.

I reccomend this book to everyone who wants to know more.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Place to Start, November 18, 2009
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I practice and teach qigong, and have read a dozen or so of the books recommended by my teachers, and I recommend "Wood Becomes Water" to my students as a first read on the subject of Traditional Chinese Medicine. TCM can quickly become complicated, but this book keeps things simple and clear and still gives a feel for the breadth and depth of the subject.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Wood becomes Water, August 6, 2007
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This book is excellent for anyone starting to learn any aspect of Chinese healing or astrology. Everything is interconnected and this book expands that horizon. This should be a text book for a curriculum of any "Chinese" course. I have had no previous teachings of Chinese culture and this book explains it all without being too political
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Inside This Book (learn more)
First Sentence:
"THE FIVE ELEMENT CYCLE THAT LIES AT THE HEART of Chinese medicine is, at its core, the simplest of concepts-a circle." Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
little shen, primary imbalance, excess fire, thermal nature, creation cycle, pungent foods, warming foods, element manifests, cooling foods
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Five Element, Heart Protector, Feng Shui, Small Intestine, Kidney Yin, Large Intestine, Kidney Yang, Big Bang, Big Shen, Three Treasures
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