Well I'm not quite finished, but close. This book is highly unlikely to fall from my rating upon completion. The author is very thorough in describing the limits of the American language system to find suitable translations from Chinese to English as he tries to give exceptional depth and breadth to the vast differences between TCM-Traidtional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine. (Don't skip reading the endnotes at the close of each Chapter: Wow! Really deep research!)
I am blessed to be taking several, various TCM treatments from a Chinese-Educated doctor who also teaches Acupuncture in the Houston area. One of his students who recently graduated and successfully passed his "Boards" recommended this book to me. It has been a challenging book to read. (I am well educated in Western Philosophies including Aristotelian, & Objectivist principles so the influence of these prior philosophical trainings put biases and undue influences upon the reading experience.) TCM is not simply miles apart from Western medicine, it's continents apart - no pun intended.
This book has explained...no, it has almost codified for my understanding why after 2.5+ years of failed western-styled medical treatments (drugs, test, and stronger drugs and more tests, etc.) which not only were failing to address the actual problems, but why those 'western' treatments had also damaged my kidneys and liver. This book addresses also 'why' TCM is doing what real medicine (as a practice) is supposed to do - why I'm getting real healing, and real results.
The Asian medical systems care about the patient, in total, and not as some disorganized group of distinct problems [to be doped up, or shot up], and that every patient is truly different requiring specific attention beyond some numbered medical file. When my doctor says something to me in [TCM] terms he is accustomed to, I now understand and can communicate better back to him, facilitating his efforts and my accelerated healing. (People with chronic pain, and even what we westerners think of as normal ailments ailments need to revisit our/their decisions (& biases) against TCM, read this book and explore the possibility that TCM which dates back over 3,000 years just might be on to something!) This book will answer hundreds and hundreds of questions.
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