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The Web That Has No Weaver : Understanding Chinese Medicine |  | Author: Ted Kaptchuk
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book
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Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 20324
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 464
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 0809228408
Dewey Decimal Number: 610.951
UPC: 639785411741
EAN: 9780809228409
ASIN: 0809228408
Publication Date: April 11, 2000
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Completely and thoroughly revised, The Web That Has No Weaver is the classic, comprehensive guide on the theory and practice of Chinese medicine. This accessible and invaluable resource has earned its place as the foremost authority in the synthesizing of Western and Eastern healing practices.
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 Love this book! October 17, 2009
Stephen Godjas (Virginia USA)
Very thorough book on chinese medicine and I am still going over it.
Highly recomended!
Chinese Medicine September 14, 2009
Katie Everett (SLT, CA USA)
I bought this book when I was looking into going to acupuncture school. It is a very intense, in depth book. However, it has a ton of information. No necessarily something you would curl up by the fire with, but its very interesting.
Extraordinary. April 26, 2009
D. Wiley (Virginia, USA)
The Web That Has No Weaver : Understanding Chinese Medicine
Provides an extraordinary and insightful understanding of Chinese Medicine.
Excellent beginning for Oriental Medicine March 2, 2009
Quadradox (Helena, Montana United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I realize enthusiasm among reviewers for this text varies greatly. In the absence of identifying specific flaws, what we write may say more about us at the moment of our reading, than it says the about the text. However, I am personally skeptical about any review written by someone who did not bother to complete the book!!!
I had the first edition and admit I did not finish it. That was nearly 2 decades ago. I am not sure whether it was too far a stretch from my western graduate school and medical school education...or that I was just too busy to devote sufficient time and attention combined with an open mind.
I now have the 2000 edition. I intentionally approached this time with an open and curious mind -- looking for the bridges between eastern and western concepts of health and illness. Instead of rushing through to condense it into logical, highlighted memory bites, I simply let it wash over me. And during this time I attempted to let my western concepts of how the body works float in a suspended state to be retrieved and integrated at a later time.
I found that it provides a detailed but very readable "sky-view" of oriental medicine. It is not intended to provide specific treatment or diagnostic recommendations for an individual patient. Rather it builds the concepts upon which these later efforts can be refined. When you can see the bird's eye view of the terrain from above, its easier to see how cities, trees and rivers relate to each other and then draw your own map.
Reading from this perspective I truly enjoyed the book, its artistry and the holistic, natural metaphors connecting the microcosm of the body with the greater world and universe in which we exist. Refreshing!!!
I found it to be a wonderful invitation into the world of eastern medicine, whetting a respectful longing to learn more. I'm probably glad I lost the first edition and started over with the newer one.
philosopy or reality February 28, 2009
Yossi Kotler
it's the philosopy that makes the reality
for student it's agood way to understend the TCM
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