An Exposition on the Eight Extraordinary Vessels: Acupuncture, Alchemy, and Herbal Medicine
This is the first English translation of and commentary on Li Shi-Zhen's Exposition on the Eight Extraordinary Vessels. In addition to the original Chinese text and translation, the authors provide an overview of its themes — theory, acupuncture, herbal medicine, internal cultivation, and pulse diagnosis — extensive commentaries on the text, and a discussion of the book's influence on subsequent pre-modern and modern practitioners.
- Author
- Charles Chace, Miki Shima
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 508
- Publisher
- Eastland Press
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780939616695
- Release date
- 2010
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