Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen
Title | Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen PDF eBook |
Author | Paul U. Unschuld |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 533 |
Release | 2003-04-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0520233220 |
"The essential reference for ancient Chinese medicine."—Donald Harper, University of Chicago
Ling Shu
Title | Ling Shu PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2002-01-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780824826314 |
The Ling Shu, considered to be the Canon of Acupuncture, is the second part of the Huang Di Nei Jing, The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic. These conversations about heaven, man, and earth and their dynamic relationships are attributed to the Yellow Emperor circa 2600 B.C. and his ministers. The first part is called the Su Wen, Simple Questions. The second part, the Ling Shu, is translated here by Wu Jing-Nuan in its context as the first known treatise about acupuncture with its associated medical procedures and for its philosophical beauty. The title itself expresses a world vision and reality where material and structure are secondary to the living energy of Ling Shu, the Spiritual Pivot.
Nan Jing
Title | Nan Jing PDF eBook |
Author | Paul U. Unschuld |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 649 |
Release | 2016-07-19 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0520965833 |
This newly revised and updated edition of Paul U. Unschuld’s original 1986 groundbreaking translation reflects the latest philological, methodological, and sinological standards of the past thirty years. The Nan Jing was compiled in China during the first century C.E., marking both an apex and a conclusion to the initial development stages of Chinese medicine. Based on the doctrines of the Five Phases and yinyang, the Nan Jing covers all aspects of theoretical and practical health care in an unusually systematic fashion. Most important is its innovative discussion of pulse diagnosis and needle treatment. This new edition also includes selected commentaries by twenty Chinese and Japanese authors from the past seventeen centuries. The commentaries provide insights into the processes of reception and transmission of ancient Chinese concepts from the Han era to the present time. Together with the Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen and the Huang Di Nei Jing Ling Shu, this new translation of the Nan Jing constitutes a trilogy of writings offering scholars and practitioners today unprecedented insights into the beginnings of a two-millennium tradition of what was a revolutionary understanding of human physiology and pathology.
The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine
Title | The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine PDF eBook |
Author | Maoshing Ni |
Publisher | Shambhala Publications |
Pages | 339 |
Release | 1995-05-10 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 0834825767 |
The Neijing is one of the most important classics of Taoism, as well as the highest authority on traditional Chinese medicine. Its authorship is attributed to the great Huang Di, the Yellow Emperor, who reigned during the third millennium BCE. This new translation consists of the eighty-one chapters of the section of the Neijing known as the Suwen, or "Questions of Organic and Fundamental Nature." (The other section, called the Lingshu, is a technical book on acupuncture and is not included here.) Written in the form of a discourse between Huang Di and his ministers, The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine contains a wealth of knowledge, including etiology, physiology, diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of disease, as well as in-depth investigation of such diverse subjects as ethics, psychology, and cosmology. All of these subjects are discussed in a holistic context that says life is not fragmented, as in the model provided by modern science, but rather that all the pieces make up an interconnected whole. By revealing the natural laws of this holistic universe, the book offers much practical advice on how to promote a long, happy, and healthy life. The original text of the Neijing presents broad concepts and is often brief with details. The translator's elucidations and interpretations, incorporated into the translation, help not only to clarify the meaning of the text but also to make it a highly readable narrative for students—as well as for everyone curious about the underlying principles of Chinese medicine.
Five Elements and Ten Stems
Title | Five Elements and Ten Stems PDF eBook |
Author | Kiiko Matsumoto |
Publisher | Paradigm Publications |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 9780912111254 |
In this essential text, the authors explore concepts from the Su Wen, Ling Shu and Nan Jing to bring us a view of ideas that flowered in an age rich with Chinese medical history. They discuss the philosophical and theoretical development of the five-phase system, in particular the relationship of five phases to the I Ching, Tao Te Ching, and other classical Chinese texts, then present the correspondences that a practitioner can apply to the problems of diagnosis and treatment. The diagnostic section is a complete and practical discussion of technique, including pulse, body type, visual diagnosis, and hara or abdominal diagnosis. The treatment section describes basic exercises, breathing techniques, treatment principles, and techniques from eminent classical texts. Modern treatment protocols are presented in clear, easy to use tables. It is one of the best sources of technique currently available and it reaches beyond technique to the art of healing.
Huangdi Neijing Lingshu Volume 1
Title | Huangdi Neijing Lingshu Volume 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Van Nghi Nguyen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Huangdi nei jing |
ISBN | 9780980041705 |
I Ching Acupuncture
Title | I Ching Acupuncture PDF eBook |
Author | David Twicken |
Publisher | Singing Dragon |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2011-12-15 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1848190743 |
This book offers a clear explanation of the philosophical theories that underpin acupuncture methods. Introducing the fundamentals of Chinese medical philosophy including Yin-Yang, the Eight Trigrams and Ba Gua, it presents a clinically effective acupuncture system that balances metaphysical theory with practical acupuncture techniques.