Huang Di Nei Jing Ling Shu, 2nd Edition
The Ancient Classic on Needle Therapy
$110.77
- Hardcover
798 pages
- Release Date
19 July 2016
Summary
The Ling Shu, also known as the Ling Shu Jing, is part of a unique and seminal trilogy of ancient Chinese medicine, together with the Su Wen and Nan Jing. It constitutes the foundation of a two-thousand-year healing tradition that remains active to this day. Its therapeutic approach is based on a purely secular science of nature, with natural laws serving as guidelines for human behavior and medical treatment. No other text offers such broad insights into t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520292253 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0520292251 |
| Author: | Paul U. Unschuld |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 798 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 19 July 2016 |
| Weight: | 1.23kg |
| Dimensions: | 56mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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“Seasoned familiarity with the text from decades of study, and the rich battery of critical tools supplied in these publications mark a profound turning point.”
“Seasoned familiarity with the text from decades of study, and the rich battery of critical tools supplied in these publications mark a profound turning point.” East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Paul U. Unschuld
Paul U. Unschuld is Professor and Director of the Horst-Goertz Endowment Institute for the Theory, History, and Ethics of Chinese Life Sciences at Charite-Medical University, Berlin. His previous books include Medicine in China: A History of Ideas and What is Medicine? Western and Eastern Approaches to Health Care.
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