Essential Texts in Chinese Medicine : the Single Idea in the Mind of the Yellow Emperor

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Essential Texts in Chinese Medicine : the Single Idea in the Mind of the Yellow Emperor

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the Single Idea in the Mind of the Yellow Emperor

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• Essential Texts in Chinese Medicine : the Single Idea in the Mind of the Yellow Emperor

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• London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2014

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Characters in Chapter VI

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• ESSENTIAL TEXTS in Chinese Medicine: The Single Idea in the Mind of the Yellow Emperor; List of Tables; Foreword; A Note on the Text; Introduction; 1. The History of the Yellow Emperor's Medical Classic; 2. Philosophical Roots in the Neijing; Fundamental Chinese Virtues in Medicine; 3. Yinyang and Wuxing; Correspondences with Nature; Human Body Correspondences; Elemental Yijing Trigrams; 4. Li Zhongzi, His Compilation and the Quietly Enquiring Mind; 5. A World Refracted through Chinese Language; 6. Claude Levi-Strauss and the Untamed Mind; 7. A Logic of Tangible Qualities
• 8. Conclusion: A Divide in Medical ThinkingCharacters in the Introduction; I The Arts and Ways of a Good Life; Key Ideas; 1. The Yellow Emperor Questions his Counsellor ; 2. A Message from the Ancients ; 3. They Represented the Arts and Ways of Life ; Eulogy on Humankind; 4. The Rhythm of the Seasons ; Rhythm of Life; 5. The Energy of the Yang Stored up ; 6. The Practice of Advancing the Yang ; 7. Taoist Yoga ; 8. The Sages Treated those Well, not those Sick ; 9. The Character of the Malign Xie or Thief-Wind ; Questions for Review of Chapter I; Characters in Chapter I; II Yin and Yang
• Key Ideas1. Yin and Yang, the Way of the Skies and Earth ; The Yinyang; 2. Yin and Yang, Water, Fire, Qi and Flavours ; A Vigorous Fire, a Lesser Fire; 3. Left and Right as different as North and South ; 4. Yin and Yang in the Skies and Man ; Yinyang in the Heavens; Yinyang in the Human Body; 5. The Crucial Importance of the Yang Needing Rest ; Questions for Review of Chapter II; Characters in Chapter II; III Examining the Colour; Key Ideas; 1. Purity, Brightness, Colour and Complexion ; Flowering of the Qi; 2. The Bright-lit Hall, the Physiognomy of Face ; Physiognomy of Face
• 3. The Basis of Health in the Face Fatality in the Face and Eyes; Questions for Review of Chapter III; Characters in Chapter III; IV The Quiet Pulse; Key Ideas; 1. The Method of the Pulse Exam ; 2. If a Single Pulse Stands Out ; 3. The Primacy of the Pulse ; 4. In Attending to the Pulse ; The Pulse; 5. In Spring, the Pulse is in the Liver ; The Seasonal Pulse; 6. The Healthy, Sick and Fatal Pulses ; 7. The Arrival of the Fatal Pulse ; 8. The Ultimate Tool ; 9. A Common Fault in the Pulse Exam ; Questions for Review of Chapter IV; Characters in Chapter IV; V The Zangfu and Wuxing; Key Ideas
• 1. The Offices of the Zangfu Ministries of the Zangfu; 2. The Zang and their Associations ; Traditional Correspondences of the Zangfu; 3. Directions and Elemental Associations ; 4. Further Elemental Forms and Wuxing Science ; Pentatonic Tone, Element and Aspect; Five Directions with Traditional Associations; 5. The Faculties of the Self, and their Injuries ; 6. Physical Functions in Life and Death ; Questions for Review of Chapter V; Characters in Chapter V; VI Channels and Collaterals; Key Ideas; 1. The Form and Length of the Channels ; Question for Review of Chapter VI

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