The Practice of Chinese Medicine: The Treatment of Diseases with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs by Giovanni Maciocia is huge, even though it's only about 34 diseases. It's filled with case studies that easily transform into CA state board test questions. In this book, a foremost Western expert on Chinese Medicine demonstrates how acupuncture and Chinese herbs are used in everyday clinical practice. He integrates extensive research with abundant direct clinical experience. This book is very well laid out and attractive but don't be deceived it's not the be all of diagnosis despite it's mammoth number of pages. Definately a wonderful introduction to TCM's internal medicine but not everything you need to know. His appendix pages on western differentiation are very welcomed, but are quite basic. Many people in TCM are not so interested in Western meds. but they are very important so thumbs up on the inclusion. This is NOT your source for clinical biomedical info. It may be easy to understand, but may not be up to date or accurate.
Giovanni, of course, is the master. He is a wonderful author and is responsible for educating thousands of Western acupuncturists. In case you are wondering, he is also a very sweet and funny person. He always admits he doesn't know everything and that is rare in authors of Chinese Medicine books.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 924 pages
- Publisher: Churchill Livingstone (January 31, 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0443043051
- ISBN-13: 978-0443043055
- Book Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.6 x 2 inches
- Price: $210.00