Chinese Medicine

The Web That Has No Weaver

By: Ted Kaptchuk

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Paperback | 7 December 2000 | Edition Number 1

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528 Pages

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In the ancient tradition of Chinese medicine, illness is a disharmony of the whole body. The aim is to restore harmony through herbal medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion and the diagnostic skills of the physician. The governing principle is to balance Yin and Yang and to restore the interconnections between all aspects of the organism.

This remarkable book explains the theory and practice of Chinese medicine. More than that, it mixes the most up-to-date knowledge of the oriental approach to healing with cutting-edge scientific research.

About the Author

Ted Kaptchuk is an American author, researcher, and Professor of Medicine and Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, where he focuses on the placebo effect. Kaptchuk earned his Doctorate of Oriental Medicine after five years of study in China in 1975. After returning to the United States, he was clinical director of the Pain Unit at Boston's Lemuel Shattuck Hospital. In 1990, he accepted a position as the associate director of the Center for Alternative Medicine Research and Education at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. In 2011, he became Director of the Harvard-wide Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter, hosted at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Kaptchuk has been an expert panelist for the FDA, served on numerous NIH panels, and worked as a medical writer for the BBC. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications. Kaptchuk’s work was listed by the New Yorker Magazine as among “The Most Notable Medical Findings of 2015.

Industry Reviews

"The Web That Has No Weaver is an encyclopedia of how to tell from the Eastern perspective 'what is wrong.'" - Larry Dossey, author of Space, Time, and Medicine

"While the book's rich detail makes it of great use to practising healers, it is in its entirety very simply written, enjoyable reading for the layman... An instructive, profound and important work." - Professor Martin Schwartz, University of California, Berkeley

"Valuable as a compendium of tradition Chinese medical doctrine." - Joseph Needham, author of Science and Civilization in China

"The Web That Has No Weaver opens the great door of understanding to the profoundness of Chinese medicine." - People's Daily

"The Web That Has No Weaver with its manifold merits... is a successful introduction to Chinese medicine. We recommend it to our colleagues in China." - Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Chinese Medicine

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