The New Chinese Medicine Handbook: An Innovative Guide to Integrating Eastern Wisdom with Western Practice for Modern Healing

by Misha Ruth Cohen

Overview

The New Chinese Medicine Handbook is an essential guide to achieving total health in body, mind, and spirit. Explore the powerful benefits of Chinese medicine--particularly acupuncture, massage,nutrition, meditation and herbs--along with other Eastern healing arts. This practical guide totraditional Chinese medicine can help you take control of your healing process and maintain or restore wholeness and harmony in all aspects of your life.

Dr. Misha Ruth Cohen, an internationally–recognized practitioner, lecturer, leader and mentor in the field of Chinese medicine, offers comprehensive healing plans for a wide range of ailmentsincluding digestive problems, stress, anxiety, depression, cancer support, liver health, gynecological problems, PMS, fertilitymenopause, and more.

This comprehensive guidebook combines Chinese dietary guidelines with Western medicine, plus various other Eastern and Western healing therapies including:

-Basics of Chinese medicine
-Acupuncture and moxibustion
-Qi Gong: Chinese exercise and meditation
-Dietary practices
-Chinese herbal therapy

The New Chinese Medicine Handbook keeps esoteric information to "need to know" basics and shows you how to use Chinese medicine for different conditions from pain to infertility to various illnesses like cancer and diabetes. Take the first steps to natural healing remedies and a longer, healthier life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781627887588
Publisher:	Fair Winds Press
Publication date:	10/15/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

Misha Ruth Cohen, a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and Licensed Acupuncturist, has practiced traditional Asian medicine for the past 40 years. She is the Clinical Director of Chicken Soup Chinese Medicine, Executive Director of the Misha Ruth Cohen Education Foundation, and Research Specialist of Integrative Medicine at the University of California, all in San Francisco. She is on the board of directors of the Society for Integrative Oncology and has authored seven books, for both professionals and for consumers, along with numerous professional journal and consumer magazine articles.

Misha is internationally renowned as a senior teacher, mentor, and leading expert in Chinese traditional medicine. She regularly trains Chinese medicine practitioners as well as medical doctors and practitioners in cancer support, gynecology, liver disease, and HIV. She frequently presents at international AIDS, hepatitis, and cancer symposiums, along with Chinese medicine and lay conferences.

She has collaborated with Western university and community-based research teams as a leading researcher in Chinese herbal medicine, acupressure, and acupuncture in the areas of HIV/AIDS, HPV, ovarian cancer, endometriosis, and breast cancer.

Misha Ruth Cohen, a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and Licensed Acupuncturist, has practiced traditional Asian medicine for the past 40 years. She is the Clinical Director of Chicken Soup Chinese Medicine, Executive Director of the Misha Ruth Cohen Education Foundation, and Research Specialist of Integrative Medicine at the University of California, all in San Francisco. She is on the board of directors of the Society for Integrative Oncology and has authored seven books, for both professionals and for consumers, along with numerous professional journal and consumer magazine articles.Misha is internationally renowned as a senior teacher, mentor, and leading expert in Chinese traditional medicine. She regularly trains Chinese medicine practitioners as well as medical doctors and practitioners in cancer support, gynecology, liver disease, and HIV. She frequently presents at international AIDS, hepatitis, and cancer symposiums, along with Chinese medicine and lay conferences.She has collaborated with Western university and community-based research teams as a leading researcher in Chinese herbal medicine, acupressure, and acupuncture in the areas of HIV/AIDS, HPV, ovarian cancer, endometriosis, and breast cancer.

Table of Contents

Preface 4

Part 1 A Context for Healing 10

Chapter 1 New Chinese Medicine 11

Chapter 2 Understanding the Mind/Body/Spirit 17

Chapter 3 Roots of Disharmony 48

Chapter 4 Disharmony Revealed 54

Part 2 The Healing Process 75

Chapter 5 When You Visit a Chinese Medicine Practitioner 76

Chapter 6 You Are What You Eat 91

Chapter 7 Rebuilding Essential Substances and Organ Systems 112

Chapter 8 Dancing with Dang Gui and Friends 138

Chapter 9 Metal and Fire 154

Chapter 10 Qi Gong 175

Chapter 11 The Healing Touch 190

Part 3 Where the Paths Meet 219

Chapter 12 Introduction to New Chinese Medicine's Comprehensive Programs of Healing 220

Chapter 13 Strengthening Organ Qi and Protective Qi 223

Chapter 14 Calming the Shen 240

Chapter 15 Harmonious Cycles 249

Chapter 16 Supporting the Center 288

Chapter 17 Fatty Liver 298

Chapter 18 Cancer Support 315

Glossary 330

Appendix: How to Find Practitioners, Supplements and Herbs, and More 332

General Resources and References 344

Notes 348

About the Author 356

Acknowledgments 358

Index 361

Editorial Reviews

"The New Chinese Medicine Handbook is an accessible guide to Chinese medicine. Misha Cohen provides a detailed roadmap to help you integrate the wisdom of this ancient medicine into your life and improve your health. I love this book!" - Jill Blakeway M.S. L.Ac. and Founder, The YinOva Center

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