THE WEB THAT HAS NO WEAVER UNDERSTANDING CHINESE MEDICINE – TED J. KAPTCHUK 1983 SOFT COVER

This listing is for a 402 page - The Web That Has No Weaver - Understanding Chinese Medicine – Ted J. Kaptchuk Copyright 1983 Soft Cover

Publisher: Congdon & Weed

In this guide to Chinese medicine, an American expert explains the effectiveness of different treatments, such as acupuncture, and provides an introduction to the philosophical outlook that governs such practices.

"Demystifies Oriental medicine in a remarkably rational analysis of both its strengths and weaknesses". -- Science Digest

Kaptchuk is associate director of the Center for Alternative Medicine Research and Education at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

While Western doctors look for disease mechanisms which are the same from person to person, Chinese doctors look for overall patterns of disharmony which are unique to each individual. Ted Kaptchuk, who studied medicine in China, originally intended to translate Chinese medical texts into English, but quickly realized that it would take more than simple translation to convey the meaning of a diagnosis like "damp heat affecting the spleen." Instead, in The Web That Has No Weaver, he explains the theory and philosophy of Chinese medicine, as well as methods of diagnosis and treatment in terms that can be understood by a Western reader.

The soft cover has light wear around the edges and is tightly bound. The inside is almost like new without stains, rips or notations. The book looks as if it hasn’t been read.

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