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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The history of Chinese medicine has been characterised by diversity and innovation. Its principles were laid down in antiquity and its style of practice has varied according to where and when it has been used. Recent scholarship has given us some glimpse of just how var- ied and innovative the practice of acupuncture has been (see Unschuld. 1985: Hsu 2001: and Scheid. 2002). It is inevitable that Western practitioners steeped in the philosophical and intellectual traditions of the West. will continue to evolve new ways of practising acupuncture that honour traditional Chinese concepts and introduce ideas and practices from Western traditions. There are currently a number of styles of acupunc ture being practised in Western countries. Some have little or no basis in the classics of Chinese medicine. All were essentially formulated in the late twentieth cen- tury. Some were developed in countries with long tra ditions of traditional acupuncture: some arose in the West. Styles that draw on traditional concepts include TCM (China: the countries in brackets indicate the country of origin). Tong family style (Taiwan). Eight Constitutions (Korea). Meridian Therapy (Japan). Six Energetic levels (France) Stems and Branches (China). and Five Element Constitutional Acupuncture (UK). Even within these styles individual practitioners and teachers practise in quite different ways from each other. (MP)