Chinese medicine sees health and disease quite differently from Western medicine. For the Chinese, illness is a disharmony of the whole body; treatment aims to restore harmony. Acupuncture, moxibustion, herbal medicine and the extraordinary diagnostic skills of Chinese physicians can only be understood against this governing principle: the need to balance Yin and Yang and to restore the interconnections between all aspects of the organism.
This bestselling yet authoritative book defines clearly the underlying principles of Chinese medicine and shows how they are applied in practice. Accessible and rich in detail yet very simply written, this book looks at all aspects of Chinese medical theory and treatment through the eyes of a sympathetic Westerner.
A profound and important work.
