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Article: Innovation in Chinese Medicine.(Book review)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Chinese Medicine
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
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INNOVATION IN CHINESE MEDICINE Edited by Elisabeth Hsu Cambridge University Press, hardback, 426 pages, 55 [pounds sterling]
For the average practitioner of Chinese medicine, this book is likely to be an extraordinary eye opener. After reading it from cover to cover, with its wealth of detail on particular stages of the development of Chinese medicine, I can see clearly now that what is taught in most acupuncture schools in the West is only a small part of the whole. When taught Chinese medicine, we are usually given the impression that it has a very stable tradition, yet this book explores some of the extraordinary debates and controversies that have been ...