Manfred Porkert (1933–2015)

Just translated into English, this book is a thoroughly revised and extensively amended version of "Lehrbuch der chinesischen Diagnostik," first published in Heidelberg in 1976. Just as that book was the first practical treatment of the topic of Chinese diagnostics in any Western language, so the present version continues to offer the most comprehensive presentation of the subject drawing on textbooks in Chinese. The chapter on pulse diagnosis, in regard to completeness, systematic detail and didactic transparence, is unparalleled.… (més)

Just translated into English, this book is a thoroughly revised and extensively amended version of "Lehrbuch der chinesischen Diagnostik," first published in Heidelberg in 1976. Just as that book was the first practical treatment of the topic of Chinese diagnostics in any Western language, so the present version continues to offer the most comprehensive presentation of the subject drawing on textbooks in Chinese. The chapter on pulse diagnosis, in regard to completeness, systematic detail and didactic transparence, is unparalleled.… (més)

Just translated into English, this book is a thoroughly revised and extensively amended version of "Lehrbuch der chinesischen Diagnostik," first published in Heidelberg in 1976. Just as that book was the first practical treatment of the topic of Chinese diagnostics in any Western language, so the present version continues to offer the most comprehensive presentation of the subject drawing on textbooks in Chinese. The chapter on pulse diagnosis, in regard to completeness, systematic detail and didactic transparence, is unparalleled.… (més)