Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine: Zhong Yi Xue Ji Chu (Paradigm title) (Paperback)

~ Nigel Wisemann (Author, Editor, Translator), Andy Ellis (Translator)

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This book will make history. The standards set by this book cannot be neglected by anyone writing on Chinese medicine in the future. -- Professor Dr. Paul U. Unschuld

Product Description

This revised edition includes a glossary of terms and a materia medica and formulary, sufficient to practice the treatments described in the text. As such, it is not only a unique, absolutely-defined and referenced text, but also a self-contained and inexpensive course of study. As a basic text produced to a multi-author, multi-publisher voluntary standard, this revised edition is a unique key for scholars and clinicians alike.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 532 pages
• Publisher: Paradigm Publications (MA); Rev Sub edition (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0912111445
• ISBN-13: 978-0912111445
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #491,482 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good rival to Maccioca's intro text., April 22, 2000

By	Thaddeus Jacobs (Santa Barbara, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is one of the better introductory texts to the study of Chinese medical theory. What it has and others lack are helpful footnotes along the way to solidify the many, often confusing and sometime non-discernable, concepts in Chinese medicine. In addition, readers are eased into the basics of Chinese materia medica by having such information intertwined within the theoretical discourse. A real gem.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT, FUNDAMENTAL, ESSENTIAL!!, October 26, 2003

By	Vanessa "musicaleyes9" (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This book is like a complete textbook on Chinese Medicine. It goes over all the fundamental theories in great depth and detail. Beginning with the Yin-Yang theories and going through the Five Phases, 8 principles, and everything else, this book provides all the necessary information. It does read like a textbook, but only because it IS a textbook! I am not enrolled in a school of Oriental medicine, but I bought this book and I LOVE it. It was inexpensive for its size and the amount of information it provides. I am able to read it even though I have not had any formal training in TCM, yet I think experienced students and even practitioners will find this book useful and complete.
An essential must for any TCM library!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much underappreciated, September 5, 2006

By	Robert S. Flaws "Bob Flaws" (Boulder, CO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've always thought this is a great textbook on basic Chinese medicine. I wish more schools used it as their basic introductory text. The material is authoritative and the terminology is accurate. I think you get a lot of value for your money with this book. I far prefer it to Giovanni Maciocia's Foundations book. This book could solve a lot of the problems in the TCM schools in North America.