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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. Spine slightly faded so sold as very good instead of like new. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The body of knowledge required to practise acupuncture is huge. One needs to master the basic theories of Chinese medicine the theory of the zangfu the principles of diagnosis the patterns of the zangfu the pathways of the channels the location of 365 points and the points combinations for each pattern. In addition one needs to be familiar with the most common patterns appearing in various diseases such as ‘headaches’ ‘abdominal pain’ etc. This is an enormous volume of information that may lead the student and new practitioner to feel lost. Besides the difficulty in mastering all this information there is an added practical difficulty in that such information is contained in several huge textbooks that are impractical to carry around in the clinic. There has long been a need for a concise handbook of Chinese medicine that would help the student and recently qualified practitioner to memorise the huge amount of information neede to practise. Such a handbook is particularly neede in the practice as a source of quick reference with easy-to-find information. Susanna Dowie has compiled such a handbook in a masterly way. The pocketbook gives a comprehensive Western and Chinese differential diagnosis referenced by presenting condition and by acupuncture diagnosis. (SP)