The Web That Has No Weaver Understanding

See the connection between Western and Eastern medicine, and take charge of your healthThe Web That Has No Weaveris the classic, comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of Chinese medicine. This accessible and invaluable resource has earned its place as the foremost authority in synthesizing Wester and Eastern healing practices. This revised edition is the product of years of further reflection on ancient Chinese sources and active involvement in cutting-edge scientific research.

Ted J. Kaptchuk, O.M.D., is associate director of the Center for Alternative Medicine Research and Education at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Acknowledgments

xi

Foreword

xiii

Margaret Caudill

Foreword

xvii

Andrew Weil

Author's Note

xix

The Pinyin Phonetic Alphabet

xxi

Introduction to New Edition

xxiii

Medicine East and West: Two Ways of Seeing, Two Ways of Thinking

1

(40)

and the landscape patterns of nature and humans

The Fundamental Textures: Qi, Blood, Essence, Spirit, and Fluids

41

(34)

or the basic ingredients of human life

The Organs of the Body: The Harmonious Landscape

75

(30)

and on anatomy and its absence

The Meridians: The Warp and Woof

105

(38)

and on acupuncture and herbology

Origins of Disharmony: Stormy Weather

143

(28)

or when a cause is not a cause

The Four Examinations: Signs and Symptoms

171

(44)

and Aristotle and Lao Tzu revisited

The Eight Principal Patterns: The Faces of Yin and Yang

215

(24)

the patterns' basic texture and composition

The Patterns of the Human Landscape

239

(44)

the details of the clinical scene

Chinese Medicine as an Art

283

(12)

or on the Penetrating Divine Illumination

The Web That Has No Weaver---and Mount Sinai

295

(188)

or on the location of truth

Appendixes

A. The Stages of Disease: A Series of Clinical Scenes

307

(8)

B. Yang Organs in Disharmony

315

(8)

C. Pulses Revisited

323

(28)

D. The Curious Organs

351

(4)

E. The Scientific Encounter with East Asian Medicine: Efficacy and Adverse Effects

355

(82)

F. The Five Phases (Wu Xing)

437

(16)

G. Historical Bibliography: Links in the Chain of Transmission

453

(12)

H. Selected Bibliography

465

(18)

Index

483

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The Web That Has No Weaver Understanding Chinese Medicine

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