Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction. The Language of Chinese Medicine.The Historical Context. The Nature of Nomenclature. The Basics of the Chinese Language. Problems of Translation with Possible Solutions. Chapter Two: Folk Beliefs, Myths and Customs. The Ancient Magic World. Creation Stories. Explanation of Natural Phenomena. Life and Death. Marriage and Family Obligations. Family and Society/Microcosm and Macrocosm. Worldview. Continuity from Ancient to Contemporary Times. Food. Philosophy and Religion. Daoism. Confucianism. Chinese Buddhism. The Literary Tradition. The Yi Jing. The Yellow Emperors Classic of Internal Medicine. The Art of War. Records of the Historian. The Daoist Classics. Confucian Classics. The Scientific Tradition.Folk Medicine. Court Medicine. Overview of the Historical Development of Medicine. Sexual Culture, Longevity and Immortality. What is Sexual Culture? Three Separate Traditions of Cultivating Sexual Energy. The Relationship Between These Traditions and Medicine. Key Terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Taxonomy of the Nomenclature. Traditional Categories. Rethinking These Categories in Western Terms. Words Listed by Category with Translations, Interpretations and Explanations. Index. Bibliography. Appendices.

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"(The authors) have performed a great service by clearing a path into the formidable dense thicket that constitutes Chines medicine in the West. This text provides. a window of inestimable value into a world of meaning that satisfies a yearning on the part of many who hunger to know the substrate from which Chinese medicine emerges." Harriet Beinfield - Author, Between Heaven and Earth, A Guide to Chinese Medicine