Traditional Chinese medicine : heritage and adaptation /

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A leading authority explains the ideas and practice of Chinese medicine from its beginnings in antiquity to today. Paul U. Unschuld describes medicine's close connection with culture and politics throughout Chinese history. He brings together texts, techniques, and worldviews to understand chan...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Unschuld, Paul U. (Paul Ulrich), 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Medicine, Chinese.
Medicine, Chinese Traditional
Médecine chinoise.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
Medicine, Chinese
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Origins and characteristics of Chinese medicine
  • The lack of existential autonomy
  • The longing for existential autonomy
  • Quotations from the medical classics
  • The banality of violence
  • The Mawangdui texts
  • Anatomy, physiology, and pathology in the new medicine
  • Deficiencies in the credibility of the new medicine
  • The alternative model : the view from illness
  • Radical healing : life as a form of disease
  • Between antiquity and the modern age
  • Two medical authors of the Ming and Qing dynasties : Wan Quan and Xu Dachun
  • The confrontation with the western way of life
  • The persuasiveness of Chinese medicine
  • The opinions of intellectuals and politicians
  • The selection
  • The surprise
  • The creative reception of Chinese medicine in the west
  • The objectification of the discussion : opportunity and challenge.

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