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Item No: BK09046
Title: Hara Diagnosis: Reflections on the Sea
Author: MATSUMOTO Kiiko & BIRCH Stephen
Publisher: Paradigm Publications, 1988 1st Edition
Language: 280 x 215mm, 484pp
ISBN: 9780912111131
This work presents the theory and practice of abdominal diagnosis with the greatest care ever applied to an important diagnostic technique. Beginning with a historical and cultural perspective on the use of palpation in general, and abdominal palpation in particular, the book details the information required to master and extend the techniques presented. Included are important descriptions of the role of emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of Chinese medicine.
Detailed etymologies, descriptions of historical context, and quotations from classical sources are used to provide a range of insights into hun, po, zhi, jing, and shen, and many other seminal concepts. This text offers an exceptionally well detailed exploration of interior meridian pathways and the role of classical Chinese energetic anatomy, including concepts such as source and origin of qu. There are detailed procedures for practical diagnosis and therapy, each accompanied by illustrations and case histories.
Treatment systems described are coordinated through the abdominal patterns and are staged from the general to the specific. These include hara shiatsu, sotai and breathing exercises and five-phase treatments. Clear instructions are provided for using Manaka's ion pumping cords, mupoint diagnosis, O-ring diagnosis and secondary diagnostic and treatment strategies such as palm diagnosis. Hara Diagnosis provides useful therapeutic and diagnostic information, clinical and theoretical insights and a general approach to the understanding of acupuncture which draws East and West ever closer.
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