Thorsons Principles Of Acupuncture

Download or read book Thorsons Principles of Chinese Medicine written by Angela Hicks and published by HarperThorsons. This book was released on 1996 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, qigong, tui na massage and diet therapy have been used by the Chinese for over 2,000 years, and they are still the treatments of choice for millions of people throughout the East. Now, despite the availability of Western medicine, Westerners are becoming aware of the many benefits of these potent therapies and the popularity of Chinese medicine is spreading rapidly. This introductory guide contains the basic theory of Chinese medicine, an account of traditional Chinese diagnosis and each of the five therapies, patients' first-hand accounts of their treatment, and basic advice on finding a practitioner.