Chinese Acupuncture (Paradigm title) (Hardcover)

~ George Soulie De Morant (Author), Lawrence Grinnel (Translator)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A classic in its own right." -- China Review International

"The most recent translation of George Soulie de Morant's Chinese Acupuncture into the English language is a monumental effort...both a clinical text and a philosophical discourse and as such has much to offer the practitioner and the academic." -- Chris Zaslawski, Meeting Point

"This scholarly work, though daunting in its size and detail...is a must-read for all dedicated students and practitioners of acupuncture." -- Pacific Journal of Oriental Medicine

Product Description

Soulie de Morant's masterpiece is the most detailed study of acupuncture available in a Western language. It was nominated for a Nobel prize and provided the foundation for French acupuncture. This text is divided into 5 parts: the energetics of acupuncture, the application of the energetics, physiology, meridians and points, and treatment. This book is a unique historical document, but more than this, it is the most practical of texts and has already served a generation of clinicians well.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 896 pages
• Publisher: Paradigm Publications (MA) (September 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0912111313
• ISBN-13: 978-0912111315
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.9 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,200,604 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars pre-Maoist-revision medical theory, November 5, 2000

By	"anshen" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

I agree with the other reviews of this book - it is outstanding. One feature which should not be overlooked is that work was written in the 30s, and pre-dates the Maoist revisions of 'TCM' - there is still not a whole lot of material on the 'spiritual' aspects of points, etc., which many say were weeded out during the revisions, but it is still the most thorough textbook available on Chinese Medicine which is not largely shaped by the homogenizing efforts of the Cultural Revolution.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best, May 3, 1998

By A Customer

An outstanding description of both the theory and the practice of Acupuncture. There are not many point locations charts and few from the French edition are reproduced. But the quality and the quantity of the text that describes those points makes up for the loss. If I could have only one book on Acupuncture, this one would be it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chinese Acupuncture, July 27, 2005

By	J. Oberste "jasminerose" (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a very interesting book clinically and historically. Soulie de Morant was an accomplished scholar, and obviously studied Chinese medicine in depth, including classical texts. He often quotes Yang Ji Zhou's "Zhen Jiu Da Cheng" as well as the "Yi Xue Ru Men". Some practitioners, notably Dr. Andrew Tseng, previously the district physician of Shanghai, spoke of Yang Ji Zhou as the pinnacle of acupuncture, and so it is of great value to have so many quotes from this under appreciated classic. Historically this book offers a wonderful opportunity to look into Chinese medicine in the fairly recent past significantly before modern communist standardization of the medicine. Soulie de Morant lived in China from 1901-1917. He practiced and promoted Chinese medicine for the rest of his life in France. Definitely a book worth exploring for practitioners.