Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Books

This book is just a bunch of conditions in alphabetical order. It's not even worth $5. I have the ebook of this EXACT same book. Thank god I only paid $5 for it. I got this book thinking it would have some really cool natural stuff and because there is a testimonial by George Goodheart (founder of Applied Kinesiology) I'm studying for my AK Diplomate and figured that there would be some good nuggets in there. I was MISTAKEN. Whoever wrote the postitive reviews was working for the publisher.

Here are some of the worthless things in there (I'm not making it up)

Altitudes - High -increases blood count and helps asthma
Low - helps heart problems

Alcohol - classified as a toxin

Solar Plexus - is a sodium organ

Spinach Substitute - chickweed

Lots of 1/2 sentence blurbs EXACTLY like I wrote above. It's just a book of lists. I can't imagine this being remotely useful in my practice. Better to get a book of home remedies or a nice naturopathic book. At least you would have nice pictures, nice descriptions and easy to read formatting. Even if there were adequate info that wasn't common sense in here, you can't get to anything because it's hard to look stuff up.

This guy didn't even take the time to write paragraphs, this is just one big list.

With reference to review from Tacoma,WA,United States of America. It appears this person was expecting something the author never promised it would be.The Title suggests "Good Ideas" to better health, not a technical book with a "bunch of conditions in alphabetic order". Obviously he thought enough of one of the testimonial authors(George Goodheart) to outlay much valued dollars on "some good nuggets".Maybe the Founder of Kinesiology wasn't just endorsing a colleagues "Clinical Pearls" but considered their subject matter inclusive of the "Holistic Approach" to "Applied Kinesiology".Sometimes "We miss seeing the wood for the trees". In conclusion, "It's possible that when some people have opinions of others' efforts in life eg:- as an author, they're not necessarily coming from a position of personal experience" My thanks to your efforts "Dr. McDowall",on such a fine publication.I have found it most informative.

Dr. Mcdowall's book is an excellent addition to our families health. With the knowledge that I have obtained form clinical pearls for better health, my family is on the way to a more enjoyable life. From cures for nightmares to walking on tippee toes, this book has the lot. Also an excellent reference guide to herbal remedies, ideal for sales assistants in health food stores! I would certainly recommend this book to any one who wants inexspensive and effective ways to improve their health!!

This unusual review is designed as an introduction, for people unfamiliar with Donald McDowall.

In the `60s his dad and I were fellow students at the USA Palmer College of Chiropractic. Donald is a second-generation chiropractor.

When we next met, Donald was lecturing about Applied Kinesiology. I attended numerous lectures and found him to be a font of knowledge, obviously exceptionally well read with a remarkable recall.

Some years later I visited his private practice. He had facilities dedicated to an extensive library and research. Journals and books are a central part of his life.

Chiropractors thrive on information that is alive, that is the stuff of debate and validation or rejection. I have had the pleasure of his company at various seminars at which his colleagues challenged his mental database. He obviously enjoyed the discussions and was very open rather than closed and defensive.

I hope that readers will see Clinical Pearls not as a repository of inert information but rather as a source of thought provoking concepts that may be used when considering some clinical decision-making.

Like life itself, what you make of Clinical Pearls for Better Health is largely up to you.

I didn't know that there were so many health issues that could go wrong. I wasn't aware of what each of the vitamins did. Now I am prepared for the many little problems that may occur, and have a better understanding of my body.

Just like you need a street directory in the car, you need this book available to you to map out a simple course for better health.

Some of the treatments are so simple that I don't know why doctors don't prescribe them. Maybe doctors would be better to prescribe this book. It would save time (and money) and be a good basis for future health and self treatment.

A hearty well done to Donald McDowall.

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This book blends, technically yet accesibly, Oriental and Western Medicine. Clear and to the point, it comprises abundant case studies to illustrate the diseases and treatments presented. It is a must for anyone incorporating Oriental Medicine/Western Medicine in their practice.

This book is huge, even though it's only about 34 diseases. It's filled with case studies that easily transform into CA state board test questions.

My study partner went through and pulled every one of these case studies out to memorize them. I found myself doing the same, since I disagreed with Giovanni's diagnosis about 25% of the time... I had to memorize his diagnosis anyway. In one case, he got no result, and consulted with a Chinese doctor, who diagnosed the patient the way I had when I firsted saw the signs and symptoms!

What's really infuriating is when he uses a rationale to diagnose something one way in one place, but then doesn't consistently apply that in other cases.

So, we are required to know Giovanni's opinions and diagnosis style even if they may be wrong. It would have been nice to see - in a reference book - a separation between mistaken treatments and ideal/accurate treatments.

Also, there are short sections on western diagnosis in some diseases... but be careful, because biomedicine frequently revises its understandings. This is NOT your source for clinical biomedical info. It may be easy to understand, but may not be up to date or accurate.

There is an interesting section on distal points and their target areas.

As with Giovanni's book, the Foundations of Chinese Medicine, it's not always clear if his ideas come from classical CM or from his own mind. I'd caution the reader to balance their understanding with the works of Wiseman, Deadman, and Sionneau.

I initially dove into this book, very well laid out and attractive but don't be deceived it's not the be all of diagnosis despite it's mammoth number of pages. As far as I've been trained, he's about 70% of the full story ... definately a wonderful introduction to TCM's internal medicine but not everything you need to know. His appendix pages on western differentiation are very welcomed, but are quite basic. Many people in TCM are not so interested in Western meds. but they are very important so thumbs up on the inclusion.

It's not a bad book, but it's not so great as the Chinese texts I have in my library who give you the same info at a fraction of the cost, less room on your shelf and a lot less speculation.

Thanks to Maciocia we have a solid intro to TCM, for that I think we are all indebted ... but his factory of TCM books are a bit much considering you can get the real info from the source in Chinese Textbooks with both Chinese and English in them.

Yours,
Hastings

I bought the CD hoping I could have the information on several computers. I have had the book for 10 years.

You cannot use this CD on several computers. You have to download the software and use the CD to get information. I'm very disappointed about that. If I had know that, I would have just ordered a second copy of the book to keep at the office, instead of this CD.

This CD is not very functional. You can't just scroll down with your mouse, you have to click on the toolbar or hit the page down button.

Giovanni, of course, is the master. He is a wonderful author and is responsible for educating thousands of Western acupuncturists. I graduated 7 years ago and still use all his books.

In case you are wondering, he is also a very sweet and funny person. I went to his seminar and was very happy to find out that such a genius can be so humble and funny. He always admits he doesn't know everything and that is rare in authors of Chinese Medicine books. ;)

Buy the book, not the CD!

This book should be required reading for any acupuncture student. Ms. Connelly's thesis provides important and difficult-to-find information on Five Element Acupuncture. Her book is well-written and easy to understand. The case study and vignettes offer a unique glimpse into this type of treatment. As a student of acupuncture and chinese medicine, I found it to be a highly valuable resource.

There's surprisingly little info. "out there" about five element acupuncture, first taught by J.R. Worsley, originally of the U.K. This book provides some of the only written info. you'll find, and because of that, is fairly helpful. If more were written, this book might seem kind of basic/generic, but there's an absolute paucity of available info., so it's actually very helpful, by default. The author studied with J.R. Worsley in England, and breaks down what the five elements are like re: health and treatment through this unusual, rare form of acupuncture.

I gave Dianne Connelly's book on the Five Elements to my mother, an artist, because it clearly describes the art of Chinese medicine. It lifts the veil from the mysteries of a healing tradition that expresses a deep respect for nature and wellness. The British school of acupuncture often looks deeper than quick-fix Chinese medicine by reaching for the source of imbalance.. It is well worth looking in to. I recommend it to readers of ASIAN HEALTH SECRETS and anyone interested in PERSONAL RENEWAL.

This book should be required reading for any acupuncture student. Ms. Connelly's thesis provides important and difficult-to-find information on Five Element Acupuncture. Her book is well-written and easy to understand. The case study and vignettes offer a unique glimpse into this type of treatment. As a student of acupuncture and chinese medicine, I found it to be a highly valuable resource.

This is not a bad book for someone wrote it quarter of a century ago. While it does cover laws of 5 elements for a medical profession the most annoying feature is the appearance of large fonts and outdated Chinese Pinyin. The large fonts are cluttered together making it very hard on the eyes. I checked 5 other similar books and this is the only with such printing style. The Wade-Giles Chinese is also outdated as new students do not get it. Perhaps one should contemplate releasing a new edition with both PinYin and Wade-Giles terms and making the pictures in the back more readable (too small). Also it should include some sources of online sources as 25% of readings in any medical science should contain more recent information. Paid $16 from the publisher and it is a good book for the money.

Speedy delivery. I was satisfied. Book was in good condition, no marks, bended pages or anything.

The scans for this reprint were low resolution, and the pages weren't even straightened. I was pretty disappointed. I'm not going to comment on the book content at all. Just the binding and finishing.

One of the first books printed that goes into detail on the wonderful art of massage - used so extensively in the east but only brought to light again in the west in the mid to late 1800's. A valuable book for anyone in the healing arts wanting to know a little history behind a phenomena that is finally becoming an accepted and beneficial alternative form of healing.

I was interested in generally learning more about the art of massage. This is a wonderful book for the curious or the practitioner. It is a great introduction to massage, speaking of the history as well as practical application. Excellent!

I found the scripts too wordy, the flow poor and the grammer incorrect. Disappointed with this purchase.

As a new hypnotherapist, I have found this book to be great tool to help me write scripts. I reviewed several books, and after careful consideration, and lots of recommendations, purchased this one. I have not been disappointed. I only wish that it were available as an online text so that it would be easier to cut, paste, edit and customize the scripts with much less effort.

Having been a hypnotist for over 15 year, I still enjoy examining other people's work. John Cerbone does an excellent job with his scripts here. It is difficult to use other people's words when you are working with a client, but John's scripts have a nice even feel and give you a great jumping off point. His scripts are well constructed and could be used to teach good hypnotic structure. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It would be bargain at twice the price.

This is a great book, that cleary communicates the authors positive love for hypnosis and heling clients do well. The froward was written by Ormond McGill, and this book has to contain at least 125 complete hypnosis sessions for everything from multiple smoking cessation scripts to healing heartbreak, pain management and just abou anything you can think of. I frequently print-out some scripts and bring them into sessions with me, and find that Mr. Cerbone is a script writer that can be trusted. If you are serious about hypnotherapy, get this book, I *really* do use it and so will you.

I found this book very useful and I believe every practitioner of TCM should have it.

Very very good. I've wanted this book for some time. Glad to have it. It arrived promptly and in very good condition. Thanks. Wendy Fogg.

While this book covers information that is of interest to TCM practitioners and lay people alike, it does so in a disorganized manner. One would think that a book on pulse diagnosis might start with describing the attributes of a pulse. Defining the terms used to describe the pulse would be a good place to start. Perhaps then one could go into how to take a pulse and what to look for. Unfortunately this book violates all standard pedagogical principles. Terms are used before they are defined. Circular definitions are used and information is presented in a redundant manner. While the information is interesting, the book should have been written in a much clearer fashion.

I Realy enjoyed this book. It makes pulse diagnosis acceessible to anybody even without a lot of experience. Very clear and sharp distinctions are made between the different pulses. The writer shares his experience which realy helps.

There is little to recommend this book now that there are more English language books available on chi gong.

The author's discussion on the conceptual aspects of chi gung are particularly confusing, meandering and poorly reasoned.

There is some limited discussion of different types of chi gung and some limited discussion of how to practice chi gung. The practice material is insufficiently detailed or clear to be of much use. There are far more useful books available today about learning chi gung.

Apart from a few interesting stories about specific chi gung masters there is very little value to be found in this book.

I first read this delightful, easy to understand and useful little book some 6 years ago (1992). Every time I read it, I learn something new. The chapters are well written, simple to understand and provide anyone ignorant of qigong with a great deal of information.

I enjoyed the material so much that I contacted the author, Master Paul Dong, and have trained with him since 1993. His methods are useful, valid, and of great merit. I highly recommend the book, and if possible to contact Master Dong directly for one-on-one training.

I also highly recommend his book "Empty Force" with Thomas Raffill. The basics of the method are presented in the book in good detail. Some have made comments that the method of Empty Force is not real.

These people have never taken the time to train in the method with anyone qualified in it, so their opinion is very hollow and without substance or fact. Those people should just be ignored. Others say that because the method is effective about 60% of the time, that it is not useful. To those self appointed pundits I say:

On their best day their best punch will fail at least 40% of the time.

Does that make their method of martial arts a fabrication? No, it makes them what all things are: imperfect. I have been involved in Martial arts since 1 9 7 0, and am always looking for tools to serve me in a conflict, if the Lin Kong Jing/Powerful Empty Force did not work, i would not practice it, and would not have spent the past s i x years of my life training in it, and teaching it in seminars around the world. If it were anything less than real, I would not keep getting asked back to teach. decide for yourself however, train and learn!!!

Sincerely,

Richard Mooney Senior Student of Master Paul Dong

I read the book 3years ago and practiced for a few weeks.My motive was to get rid of tendinitis in both elbows.I could not bend my arms to touch my face.In 2 weeks practice it was gone. I have now devoted myself to the practice. Thank you so much Master Paul Dong. It is my wish to learn from you in person.

This book is a joy to use. It condenses a lot of information into a succinct and easy-to-use format. You can read only 8 pages, yet glean a wealth of information because the book is not overly verbose. Compared to most of the ugly, hideously formatted textbooks, this one is designed beautifully and is a delight to read. Symptoms are listed consistently between TCM patterns (for example, Aversion to [blank] is always listed first, not mixed up in a long symptom list)

In addition to studying TCM, I'm also a designer and thus appreciate well formatted, visually appealing information, of which there is a sorry dearth of in textbooks.

Being a student of Dr. Shi at Dongguk University, she kept things simple, however taught you not only what you needed to know to pass the boards, but also the "real" treatments for "real" patients.

This book breaks down the "disease" into SIMPLE TCM Dx, however will not only give you point recommendations, but also give you MODDED formulas.

Pills are great and all, but nothing beats a modded formula fresh from the herbal shop!

I use this book for quick reviews and frequently with my patients. I'm not ashamed, since school teaches a very BASIC foundation. Similiar to med school! Thats why most fresh medical students are usually grabbing the MERCK manual when in doubt!

I buy many books from China and my personal collection puts many schools to shame. This is a great book for the student, or the new doctor.

If you don't simply love it, sue me or come to my clinic and I'll be more than happy to share a pot of tea with you.

some useful information, but it is extremely unorganized. both the index and contents are archaic in layout, which is annoying to say the least.

i was quite excited to get this book and see what it was all about. to be honest i dont see it as being that great of a resource for a few different reasons. the theory is essentially TCM theory and point locations/indications with a few little tidbits of ayurveda thrown in on top of it. keep in mind too that tcm theory, although containing SOME of the knowledge of chinese medicine for the past few thousand years has really only been around for half a century. a great deal of this book could just as easily have been a tcm point location/indication text and one would never know the difference. im not sure where the author's training came from , but its much too close to be coincidence. this book may be useful for a trained acupuncturist to try and incorporate some ayurvedic principles in to their work, but really i think there are much better places to look first for this, david frawley's marma book comes to mind. for an ayurvedic practitioner, i obviously dont think this book would allow one to be ready to start needling patients, and hopefully that isnt the intention of the author. there where a few interesting parts of this book, the historical aspects and traditional needle design in particular was entertaining. and the getting an answer to the puzzling question that has been running through my mind of where ether and air fit in to the chinese 5 elements, and wood and metal vis versa was also cool.

I got this book for my dad and he really loves it. He has been practising Su-Jok accupuncture for the past 10 years.
There are a lot of things included in this book that he did not know about. He claims that the knowledge in this book will be useful in his practice.

Fianlly a book integrating the most complete system of health care and human undrstanding (Ayurveda) with the art and science of Acupuncture. TCM in the west is now not much different then allopathic western medical science - only treating disease, disregarding the whole of man..especially the subtle/causal bodies. Ayurvedic acupuncture provides a method of diagnosis and treatment from a fully holistic perspective...understanding that true healing only occurs at the level of consciousness. It is through the shifts in awareness and invoking of the divine inner flame that we can truly "heal" and once again return to the source of God/Love within. Ayurveda is the mother of healing..from which all medicine arose...and all will return.

This book is a compilation of case studies. It is a technical read for a patient of acupucture going through IVF. There is a ton of valuable information in this book, it's just very hard to get through it if you aren't trained to decifer all the lingo. For a doc, I'm sure it's an easy read!

this book really enlightened me to a lot of things i did not know in regards to accupuncture and IVF