The Transmission of Chinese Medicine

by Elisabeth Hsu

Book Overview

This is a study of traditional medical education in the People's Republic of China. The author became a disciple of a scholarly private practitioner, a Qigong master; attended courses given by a senior acupuncturist and masseur; and studied with undergraduates at the Yunnan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where the standardized knowledge of official Chinese medicine is inculcated. She compares theories and practices of these different Chinese...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521645425
• ISBN13: 9780521645423
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"