Dictionary of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, A Practical Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine

177 Pages·1993·53.76 MB·English

by  Nguyen Duc Hiep.

“The Dictionary of
/ ACUPUNCTURE
& MOXIBUSTION

A Practical Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine

INTRODUCTION

| Acupunstare ns gunn pony and nypo-taneein Europe aay a
the ast thiry esr, altho it has beoe now in che West since “he
severtesnthcetur. In North mene, acupuncture became nop ony
Alter the eopening af rations between Arseica and China in 1972

However, thsdeelopment of acupuretusein the West ssl low and
limited for two main reson

1. The language bares. Chinese is wot an easy language to translate,
ven ifthe orignal is prfetly uverstoad and it sometines very
Tie expan Chine medic] voncets dive ete satselack
af acequate equivalents in Wester angucees

2. Greot concepiual ferences berwen Chineseand Westra mec.
Chinese mecicine has hen in evistence for over two milena, wel
beforethe bithof mocern medicine, ans founded ea philoscr
Tacist think ng and Yin You tseory which re totaly foreign :9 the

Inrecor ears a mambo of Citesc medic! hooks and journal have
been tansatedinte Wester sngusges, rosy Fen ard English 2
an incieasing ner 0” books, dealing pas.ulaty with acupuncture
writen by Wesirn authors, have boon published. Readers who ate not
Sania with Chines mecisine, zy be zon“used not ony by the new
‘medical concepts butelsa she trange eminoley Moreover, Chinese
terms are semetimes translated and inerpeted diterenty according to
‘he authors

have tiesto select anumber of terms commonly usedin scupanetire
aswell ak some Chinese medal terms wich are more or ls rested £9
acupuncire and moxibustion onthe Ihsbook racial ide sotat

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ACUPUNCTURE & MOXIBUSTION

‘readers my quickly obi 2 easonabe bu ons aout of information
about acupuncture as) meulbustion IF they then fequie further
Information, they should refer te cther books dens wh the subj
finder

The Chines charatersaze gives in addition to romani and raid
orm since 1" Chinese words sa often be roma 2a ad alte in
many differs ways and he pronunciation ef many Chinese exactly
Js idensca, while the meanings ate quite differen, The Viemarese
sronanation sak include

[hope tha is book wll be use“ul 0 acupunctiris and laymen for
a batter understanding of Traditional Chinese Modine in semeral ad
Bcupuncture znd mosibesion in particle