Barbara Kirshbaum
Tongue diagnosis is a vital instrument used in Chinese medicine both for assessing the current health of a patient and providing a basis for prognosis. It also informs the practitioner about the underlying strength or weakness of the patient’s constitution. This atlas contains over 320 color photographs of tongues seen in a Western clinic. The photographs provide a graphic representation of a wide variety of common disorders. Each photograph is accompanied by a description of the significant features of the tongue, the corresponding Chinese diagnosis for each such feature, accompanying symptoms, Western diagnosis, and pertinent background information.
The presentation of the tongues is organized according to the nature of the underlying disharmony: Lung, Spleen-Stomach, Kidney, Heart, Liver. Other chapters focus on particular aspects of the tongue, such as pale tongues, cracked tongues, special coating, as well as those associated with heat disorders and blood stasis. The text is interspersed with many full case histories that describe aspects that are not visible on the tongue alone.
A final chapter surveys several cases which reflect how the tongue changed over the course of treatment, with before and after photographs. This systematic presentation provides the student and practitioner of Chinese medicine with a much deeper appreciation for the methodology of tongue diagnosis in Chinese medicine. An extensive and detailed index provides access to virtually every aspect of the hundreds of tongues presented in this atlas, and their interrelationships.
260pp, 11.25x7.5, illus. ... Hardback
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Barbara Kirschbaum
This second volume of Atlas of Chinese Tongue Diagnosis works seamlessly with the first to facilitate the connection between the theory of tongue diagnosis and the reality of practice in the clinic. As in the first volume, the case histories and related photographs are organized around the various disharmonies of the organs. Here, however, the tongue signs are evaluated in the broader context of the other symptoms and clinical findings - including the vitality and constitution of the patient - to reveal the actual process of diagnosis and formulation of a treatment strategy in each case. This provides a true picture of how tongue diagnosis is integrated into the whole of diagnosis and treatment. Altogether, one-hundred and ten individual case histories are considered. By analyzing several different case histories related to a particular organ system, the diagnostic procedures and treatment strategies become clearer and more realistic to the student and practitioner. The analysis of these case histories is based on nearly twenty-five years of clinical practice, and reflects the author’s approach to learning: "I believe in the importance of a discussion that clearly narrates the steps used to formulate treatment strategies, and that allows practitioners to share their findings. I have found that this process increases and improves the awareness of the participants by helping them synthesize all the signs and symptoms while incorporating the ‘nature’ of the patient in the formulation."
342pp, 11.25x8.75, illus. ... Hardback
Manfred Porkert
Offers the most comprehensive presentation of chinese diagnostic methodologies, drawing extensively on the latest Chinese textbooks. The chapter on pulse diagnosis, in regard to completeness, systematic detail and didactic transparence, is unparalleled. RARE, out of print. SHOP SOILED.
302pp, 8.75x6 ... Paperback
Observing the skin and conjunctive tissue of the different parts, areas, regions of the face gives precious information about the health of a person. The front side of this A4 plastified chart shows the zones of the face and the different organs of the body to which they correspond. On the back, a number of facial characteristics are given along with what they signify to the skilled diagnostician.
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Li Shi-zhen
Compiled in the late Ming Dynasty, Li Shi-zhen's Lakeside Master's Study of the Pulse is still used and regarded as one of the best primers on this important diagnostic modality. Although this translation has not retained the meter and verse of the original, it is a faithful rendering of Li's actual words. This book is one of the most concise and authoritative texts on the pulse within the Chinese literature.
130pp, 9x6 ... Paperback
Henning Hai Lee Yang
This fascinating guide to face reading combines expert tuition on the ten basic Mian Xiang face patterns and their significance, explaining how to interpret particular facial characteristics, denoting ways that childhood experiences, major life events and the future can be read from the face. It also discusses personal and business applications of Mian Xiang.
256pp ... Paperback
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Giovanni Maciocia
Examination of the tongue, like the pulse, is one of the principal methods of traditional Chinese diagnosis. This book systematically describes each of the primary characteristics of the tongue. Important aspects of tongue diagnosis not previously presented in English are fully discussed here. Also includes case histories and colour plates of the most common and important types of tongues encountered in the West.
164pp, 10x7, illus. ... Hardback
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Michio Kushi
This clearly written book will help you to see the state of your, and others, health by examining facial features, lines of the face, posture and the way you walk.
96pp, 9x6, illus. ... Paperback
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