Article: Currents of Tradition in Chinese Medicine: 1626-2006.(Book review)

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CURRENTS OF TRADITION IN CHINESE MEDICINE: 1626-2006 by volker Scheid, eastland Press, hardback, 564 pages, 26.95 [pounds sterling]

While sitting in the waiting room of a colleague in Munich, this time as a patient, I struck up conversation with two middle-aged Damen--sisters it turned out--who had flown in that morning from Berlin. They made this journey once a month, they said, to have their pulses taken and their tongues looked at, receive acupuncture treatment and take their prescriptions to a local pharmacy. The herbs would be ready to be picked up by the time they had finished eating their Weisswurst at the Franziskaner restaurant. After a ...

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