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~ David Eisenberg (Author), Thomas Lee Wright (Author) "After visiting friends at Beijing University, I waited for the last bus of the night..." (more)
Key Phrases: Cultural Revolution, United States, Sun Li-zhe (more...)
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Eisenberg, a clinical research fellow at Harvard, has had several singular opportunities to observe Chinese medical practices, most notably as the first American medical exchange-student there. In this personal narrative, he introduces practitioners of acupuncture and herbalism, a blind itinerant masseur, psychic children, and master healers who perform incredible feats through the direction of Qi , the vital energy at the core of Chinese medical philosophy. Eisenberg has a keen eye for cultural differences and acknowledges the shortcomings of both ancient Chinese practices and Western allopathic medicine; he sees great potential in the merger of the two. For general and holistic health collections. Judith Eannarino, George Washington Univ. Lib., Washington, D.C.
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No other firsthand account so vividly reveals . . . the puzzles and promises of traditional Chinese medicine. (H. Jack Geiger, M.D., City University of New York Medical School )

The most honest account of China's medicine to appear in a long time. (Ted Kaptchuk, author of The Web That Has No Weaver )

Vivid—highly readable. (New York Times Book Review )

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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (July 17, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0393312135
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393312133
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars INtegrative medicine- isn't about time?, September 12, 2000
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Dr. Eisenberg is one of the poineers of the Integartive medicine in US ( which is a fussion between the conventional and alternative therapies). Western medicine has achieved things that seemed imposible 1-2 centuries ago, but it seems to be stuck with its overly rationalistic approach toward disease...is the body functioning depending from the mind? Can attitude affect one's well- being? Could ther e be somthing that we still do not know about human physiology? Western science is just entering the realm of mind/body medicine( neuroscience), while some nations (like Chinese) have millenia long history of practicing and perfecting those methods of treatment....so why not learn to use those methods? Why not integrate them into conventional western medicine? Partly because the public and the medical proffessionals are not aware of all those options, and also because there is still some stigma in medical society about the alternative practices. Dr. Eisengberg's book disspels part of that stigma in a very easy to read, livelly and plesant style...
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