"Energy Medicine East and West: A Natural History of Qi"
provides a unique, comprehensive overview of Qi or bioenergy for
students and practitioners of energy medicines, Chinese and
Oriental Medicine, and all disciplines of Complementary and
Integrative Medicine. Mayor and Micozzi start with a comparative
historical account of the ancient concepts of Qi and vital energy
before covering theories of Qi, a discussion of the organized
therapeutic modalities based upon Qi and its applications to
specific health and medical conditions. Contributions are included
from international experts in the field.
?The book moves from anatomical and bioenergetic complementarity
of Western vital energy and Eastern Qi, through convergence of
perspectives and models to demonstrations of how the traditional
therapies are being melded together in a new, original and creative
synthesis.
?David Mayor and Marc Micozzi are experienced medical
practitioners, authors and editors. David Mayor has been actively
involved in bioenergy research, practice and publishing for over 30
years, and is author/editor of Electroacupuncture: A practical
manual and resource (2007), as well as other acupuncture texts and
studies. Marc Micozzi is Professor in the Department of Physiology
and Biophysics at Georgetown University School of Medicine,
Washington, DC. As author/editor of Fundamentals of Complementary
& Alternative Medicine, 4E (2011), and 25 other books, he has
been writing, editing and teaching on bioenergy, Qi and related
topics for 20 years.
Endorsements
"This wonderful book has assembled some 25 authors expressing
well a view of qi which entirely does justice to its nature.
Meticulously referenced, it is a milestone to set beside Maciocias
Foundations of Chinese Medicine and Deadmans Manual of Acupuncture.
Here at last are the beginnings of a true science of qi...There is
truly nothing like it in contemporary literature. Alone, it lays
the foundation for the beginnings of a modern science of
qi."Richard Bertschinger, Acupuncturist and translator, Somerset,
UK.
"This book offers a timely and thorough examination of the
experience and nature of qi, including a series of fascinating
philosophical discussions with a direct application to our
patients. Required reading for acupuncture practitioners seeking to
justify and clarify their clinical reasoning."Val Hopwood PhD FCSP,
Physiotherapist, acupuncturist, researcher and educator; Course
director, MSc Acupuncture, Coventry University, UK.
"Over the last decade most books on Asian medicine paid tribute
to the aura of evidence-based medicine - experience counted little,
RCTs were convincing. This book, at last, returns to an old
tradition of debate, opening up quite a few new horizons. Reading
it, my striving for knowledge was married with enjoyment and
happiness. This book made me happy " Thomas Ots MD PhD, Medical
acupuncturist specialising in psychiatry, Graz, Austria;
Editor-in-Chief, Deutsche Zeitschrift f?r Akupunktur.
"To simply review the chapter headings is to know the truly
remarkable expanse of this book...a wonderful bridge between the
mysteries of the East and the sciences of the West...well
documented, well written, and enlarging both. Enlightening...nicely
depicts outstanding advances in energy psychotherapeutics, thus
ultimately helping to move forward the human condition."Maurie D
Pressman MD, Emeritus Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Temple
University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Emeritus Chairman
of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia PA;
past President, International Society for the Study of Subtle
Energies and Energy Medicine, Lafayette, CO, USA.
..".a major advance in the study of qi and related forms of
'energy medicine, ' both in and beyond the East Asian cultural
context...bringing together such a wide range of scholars and
practitioners, providing much the most serious and thorough
overview of the area yet available in English."Professor Geoffrey
Samuel, Director, Research Group on the Body, Health and Religion
(BAHAR), Cardiff University, UK.
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