The Psyche in Chinese Medicine: Treatment of Emotional and Mental Disharmonies with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs

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Elsevier Health Sciences, 30 de jul. de 2009 - 688 páginas
THE PSYCHE IN CHINESE MEDICINE comprehensively discusses the treatment of mental-emotional disorders with both acupuncture and herbal medicine. Suitable for practitioners and students of Chinese medicine it discusses first the aetiology, pathology and diagnosis of mental disorders. It explores the nature of the Mind (Shen), Ethereal Soul (Hun), Corporeal Soul (Po), Intellect (Yi) and Will-Power (Zhi) and then presents the diagnosis and treatment of the most common psychological disorders with both acupuncture and Chinese herbs in detail. Specific chapters focus on the treatment of common conditions including depression, anxiety, insomnia, panic attacks, bipolar disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Each condition is illustrated with case histories from the author’s 35 years-long practice.
  • Comprehensive discussion of the nature of the Shen, Hun, Po, Yi and Zhi in Chinese medicine
  • The first detailed description of the nature and functions of the Hun (Ethereal Soul) and how that relates to conditions such as depression, bipolar disorders and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • An entire chapter dedicated to the functions of acupuncture points in the treatment of mental-emotional disorders
  • Case studies that offer realistic insights and understanding to the range of diagnostic and treatment choices the practitioner can make
  • Attractive 2-colour page layout gives easy access and navigation around the text
 

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CHAPTER 1 THE PSYCHE IN CHINESE MEDICINE
1
CHAPTER 2 THE NATURE OF THE MIND SHEN IN CHINESE MEDICINE
15
CHAPTER 3 THE ETHEREAL SOUL HUN
25
CHAPTER 4 THE CORPOREAL SOUL PO
47
CHAPTER 5 THE INTELLECT YI
63
CHAPTER 6 THE WILLPOWER ZHI
67
CHAPTER 7 THE GUI
71
CHAPTER 8 THE 12 INTERNAL ORGANS AND THE PSYCHE
87
CHAPTER 18 INSOMNIA EXCESSIVE DREAMING SOMNOLENCE POOR MEMORY
447
CHAPTER 19 BIPOLAR DISORDER MANICDEPRESSION DULLNESS and MANIA DIAN KUANG
497
CHAPTER 20 NIGHT TERRORS
535
CHAPTER 21 ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER ADD AND ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER ADHD
543
THE ROLE OF CHINESE MEDICINE IN DISORDERS OF THE PSYCHE
565
APPENDIX 1 HERBAL PRESCRIPTIONS
571
APPENDIX 2 SUGGESTED SUBSTITUTIONS OF CHINESE HERBS
597
APPENDIX 3 THE CLASSICS OF CHINESE MEDICINE
599

CHAPTER 9 THE EMOTIONS
115
CHAPTER 10 ETIOLOGY OF MENTALEMOTIONAL PROBLEMS
161
CHAPTER 11 DIAGNOSIS OF MENTALEMOTIONAL PROBLEMS
171
CHAPTER 12 PATTERNS IN MENTALEMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR TREATMENT WITH HERBAL MEDICINE AND ACUPUNCTURE
183
CHAPTER 13 ACUPUNCTURE IN THE TREATMENT OF MENTALEMOTIONAL PROBLEMS
243
CHAPTER 14 EMOTIONS AND CONCEPT OF SELF IN WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
283
CHAPTER 15 THE INFLUENCE OF CONFUCIANISM ON THE CHINESE VIEW OF THE MIND AND SPIRIT
313
CHAPTER 16 DEPRESSION
341
CHAPTER 17 ANXIETY
417
APPENDIX 4 TERMINOLOGY OF TREATMENT PRINCIPLES
605
ENGLISHPINYIN GLOSSARYOF CHINESE TERMS
607
PINYINENGLISH GLOSSARYOF CHINESE TERMS
615
CHRONOLOGY OF CHINESEDYNASTIES
623
COMPARATIVE TIMELINEOF WESTERN ANDCHINESE PHILOSOPHERSAND DOCTORS
625
BIBLIOGRAPHY
627
INDEX
633
Color plate
653
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Sobre o autor (2009)

Giovanni Maciocia is one of the most highly-regarded and respected authors and lecturers in the West. He is Visiting Associate Professor at the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and has many years of experience in teaching and practice. Giovanni trained initially in the UK and then in China, learned Chinese to be able to study from original Chinese texts, and was one of the first practitioners and authors to introduce Chinese medicine in a clear and accessible way to a Western student audience. Giovanni Maciocia has written other best-selling books under the Elsevier Churchill Livingstone imprint - The Practice of Chinese Medicine: The Treatment of Diseases with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs, 2e (ISBN 978-0443074905), Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide, 1e (ISBN 9780443064487), The Channels of Acupuncture: Clinical Use of the Secondary Channels and Eight Extraordinary Vessels, 1e (ISBN 9780443074912), The Psyche in Chinese Medicine: Treatment of Emotional and Mental Disharmonies with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs, 1e (ISBN 9780702029882), and Obstetrics and Gynecology in Chinese Medicine, 2e (ISBN 9780443104220).

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TítuloThe Psyche in Chinese Medicine: Treatment of Emotional and Mental Disharmonies with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs
AutorGiovanni Maciocia
EditoraElsevier Health Sciences, 2009
ISBN0702047775, 9780702047770
Num. págs.688 páginas
  
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