Chinese Folk Medicine and Acupuncture
By Unknown Author.
Description
CHINESE FOLK MEDICINE AND ACUPUNCTURE CONTAINS THE DISCOVERIES OF MEDICAL MEN AND LAYMEN, HANDED DOWN THROUGH THOUSANDS OF YEARS BY BOOKS AND WORD OF MOUTH. IT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED THAT IN MANY ASPECTS OF MEDICINE THE CHINESE PRE-DATED EUROPEANS BY CENTURIES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CIRCULATION OF BLOOD WAS DESRIBED IN CHINA 4,000 YEARS BEFORE EUROPEANS BECAME AWARE OF IT; THE EFECT OF EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE ON PHYSICAL HEALTH WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE WRITER OF THE OLDEST CHINESE MEDICAL WORK; IN THE SECOND CENTURY ANESTHESIA WAS USED IN SURGERY. THIS COMPENDIUM OF CHINESE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN PR...
ISBN(s)
0856173290, 9780856173295
