This page contains books and websites of interest both to students of Chinese medicine and to clients who would like more detailed knowledge.
Books include:
Hara Diagnosis: Reflections on the Sea by Kiiko Matsumoto and Stephen Birch
The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, A Comprehensive Text for Acupuncturists and Herbalists by Giovanni Maciocia
Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture compiled by the Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
The Secret of Chinese Pulse Diagnosis by Bob Flaws
Atlas of Chinese Tongue Diagnosis by Barbara Kirschbaum and Dominique Hertzer
All Sickness Is Home Sickness by Dianne M. Connelly
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Hara Diagnosis: Reflections on the Sea
by Kiiko Matsumoto and Stephen Birch
A beautiful book. If you do any Hara work, this book is a must read. A bit academic in places, and it may be more than you ever thought you wanted to know, but it provides a deep understanding of why Hara work is so important and so effective.
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The Secret of Chinese Pulse Diagnosis
by Bob Flaws
Bob Flaws claims that the secret to pulse diagnosis is to memorize the exact Chinese definitions of all the major pulse images. With a good teacher, pulse reading can then be mastered in a month, rather than being an elusive goal that takes a lifetime to learn.
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Atlas of Chinese Tongue Diagnosis
by Barbara Kirschbaum, Dominique Hertzer
The extensive collection of color photos makes this book an excellent learning tool. There are tongues in this book that you will probably never see in a lifetime of practice. But absorbing the images hones your skill in assessing relatively normal tongues.
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All Sickness Is Home Sickness
by Dianne M. Connelly
This is a personal, philosophical essay on the practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine by a student of J. M. Worsley. It's a bit unfocused and meandering, but contains some gems.
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TCM Student
Although it's geared mainly towards acupuncture students, this site is useful for anyone interested in Chinese medicine. There are tables that contain, for each meridian, the location of all the points and indications (uses) for each point.
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