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S'està carregant… The Web That Has No Weaver : Understanding Chinese Medicinede Ted J. Kaptchuk
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Kaptchuk writes a fascinating introduction to Chinese medicine. More than just a clinical analysis of acupuncture and herbal treatment, Kaptchuk describes the entirely different, more holistic, worldview of a Chinese physician. As a patient who has received some relief for chronic migraine through herbal and acupuncture treatment, this book was totally intriguing. An introduction to what is obviously an extremely complex system of thought developed through centuries of observation and practice. Makes the important point that Chinese and Western categories of illness are based on almost entirely different assumptions about how the body functions. Does note some similarities to the system of humors that prevailed in the West from Greek times to the Enlightenment. It is important to note that this is an introduction to a system of though, not a guide to self-diagnosis or self-medication. It would have been interesting if the author had noted whether there are lay guides to Chinese medicine in the way of precepts for maintaining health, simple treatments for common ailments or injuries, etc. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Chinese medicine is a healing art that has survived and continues to thrive in East Asia and is increasingly becoming a global resource. The Web That Has No Weaver is the classic English language introductory text that explains how medicine so rooted the archaic past can be relevant to modern health care. The book demystifies the worldview of Chinese medicine. Yin and yang, dampness and wind are easily comprehended. The Web lets the reader see, feel and discover aspects of illness that modern biomedicine overlooks or cannot even understand. The use of acupuncture and herbal medicine to regain harmony and balance is explained. The book is both accessible and scholarly and also incorporates the viewpoint of modern science. For students, scholars, health care providers and the general public, The Web has earned its place as the foremost authority synthesizing Western and Eastern approaches to healing. This revised second edition is the product of years of further reflection on ancient Chinese sources and active involvement in cutting-edge scientific research. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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but kaptchuk falls short in terms of his lazy attempts at "translation", his ideological dualism, and his misunderstanding of chinese intellectual history; taken together these errors border on factual misrepresentation and orientalism
his attempts to render chinese medical notions more "comprehensible" (tho imo its debatable whether such a translation is rly necessary) are uncreative and reductive. he fails to take the channel theory seriously for what it is, instead employing an inconsistent instrumentalism to get away w his positivist worldview intact and unchallenged
he insists on a separation bw religious belief and scientific knowledge, when such a separation has never held in chinese medicine or chinese culture broadly
and he constantly confuses confucian values for broadly/generally chinese values. confucianism has ofc been the hegemonic philosophy in china for 2 millenia, but this does not excuse such an error, especially when non-confucian taoists were instrumental pioneers in developing many of the core theoretical components of chinese medicine
im honestly not sure who this book is intended for ( )