The first really comprehensive guide to Tuina from a Western publisher (Thieme), "Tuina Therapy: Treatment of Adults & Children" is the kind of book that you can jump into straight away and feel like you are learning everything about the subject.

It provides detailed instructions for using the art of Chinese tuina massage to treat disorders of the locomotor system, gynecological and gastrointestinal diseases, pediatric ailments, and more. While other books may only contain brief sections on tuina treatment and application, this guide describes each technique in detail using concise text complemented by step-by-step photographs.

The high-quality images clearly demonstrate the practitioner's movements, making them easy to replicate. The authors also thoroughly address the treatment of children - a topic left out of most other tuina textbooks.

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Over 250 photographs guiding readers through each step of the various techniques; A full chapter describing adult self-therapy for headaches, back pain, fatigue etc; An extensive appendix containing a list of key pressure points and tuina terminology. As well as covering all the different kinds of tuina techniques, the authors show just how important it is that practitioners be alert to a patient's energy (qi) levels so as to apply the right intensity and duration of massage pressure. This brings in the TCM theories underlying tuina, and it is here that the conceptual framework of the book becomes apparent, making it more than just a manual of bodywork.

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Tibetan medicine is a rarified field with few publications in English; it is also one of the most comprehensive of alternative therapies, addressing body, mind, and spirit. Written for intermediate-level practitioners, Essentials of Tibetan Traditional Medicine brings this important healing tradition to Western practitioners.

The book begins by summarizing the basics behind Tibetan medical theory and its methods of diagnosis. The second part of the book presents the core concepts of wind, bile, phlegm, dark phlegm, epidemic fever, heat, and cold, along with their corresponding nosologies, differential diagnoses, and treatments. The third section covers therapeutics, with an emphasis on medicinals—the mainstay of contemporary practice.

A chapter on therapeutic strategies discusses unclear diagnosis and other challenging clinical situations. Other chapters explore the crucial components of lifestyle and diet. Each herb and animal product used in Tibetan medicine is profiled on its own page, with its Tibetan, common, and botanical names; its key properties and clinical uses; its known pharmacological properties; and a simple illustration.

This useful handbook concludes with a description and indepth analysis of some 60 frequently used formulas.

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Simple techniques for living life to the full.

By Steve Wells and David Lake.

By teaching a simple system of tapping on the body’s meridian points, this book enables you to ‘tune’ and ‘tone’ your body’s energy system for the immediate benefit of relaxation and a reduction of the body’s stress responses generally. The techniques can also be used to help resolve a number of emotional issues, typically fear, anxiety and hurt. There are very few techniques that ordinary people can use alone to gain some control over dysfunctional feelings, but this is one of them, allowing anyone to get results without having to be psychologically minded or clever.

The book is full of deceptively simple yet highly effective tips and strategies that guide you into ways of being better balanced and more emotionally ‘fit’, regardless of any negative thinking you might be saddled with at present. It gives you the life-long gift of being able to help yourself far more than you ever imagined possible.

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Finando and Steven Finando

In this easy-to-use guide to the treatment of muscle pain, medical educators Steven and Donna Finando present evaluation and palpation techniques for reducing trigger points and alleviating pain. Detailed information on each muscle, including pain-pattern and trigger-point illustrations with specific palpation instructions, enable clinicians to locate specific areas quickly and accurately.

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Gilles Marin

Taoism and the use of the five elemental forces of nature for healing, says Gilles Marin, are esoteric, understandable only through daily experience with a knowledgeable mentor. Marin's 25 years of clinical practice teaching the ancient Taoist method of Chi Nei Tsang, which uses hands-on techniques and Taoist meditations to help clients heal, uniquely qualifies him for the task.

Five Elements, Six Conditions shows how simple and practical the ancient Taoist healing principles are and how effectively they deepen all methods of healing, including modern medical approaches. Step-by-step, he shows how to work with instead of against the body, whereby healing becomes not only possible but inevitable. His clear language, along with colour-coded maps and diagrams, enables readers to understand the alchemical principles formed and refined over hundreds of years. Each chapter includes specific exercises and meditations to help anyone integrate the essence of the teaching and develop at the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels.

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