Author: Philippe SionneauPublisher: Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.
ISBN: 9780936185811
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Dui Yao
Author: Philippe SionneauPublisher: Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.
ISBN: 9780936185811
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Pao Zhi
Author: Philippe SionneauPublisher: Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.
ISBN: 9780936185620
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Tea in Japan
Author: Paul VarleyPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824817176
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
"Represents a major advance over previous publications.... Students will find this volume especially useful as an introduction to the primary sources, terminology, and dominant themes in the history of chanoyu." --Journal of Japanese Studies "Tea in Japan illuminates in depth and detail chanoyu's cultural connections and evolution from the early Kamakura period... It is the quality of seeing the familiar and not so familiar elements of tea emerge as a dynamic saga of human invention and cultural intervention that makes this book exhilarating and the details that the authors provide that make these essays fascinating." --Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese
The Magnitude of Ming
Author: Christopher LupkePublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Few ideas in Chinese discourse are as ubiquitous as ming, variously understood as "command," "allotted lifespan," "fate," or "life." This volume assembles twelve essays by some of the most eminent scholars currently working in Chinese studies to consider ming's broad web of meanings
Case Studies on Pattern Identification from the Personal Experience of Jiao Shu-De
Author: Shude JiaoPublisher: Paradigm Publications
ISBN: 9780912111889
Category : Diagnosis, Differential
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
"Dr. Jiao is a senior practitioner and educator in China with unparalleled clinical experience in the field of Chinese medicine. These case studies from the author's medical career cover nearly every specialty field in Chinese medicine and provide tremendous insight into medicinal therapy, formulas, and case-based treatment approaches"--provided by the publisher.
Dui Yao - The Art of Formula Construction
Author: Daniel WeberPublisher:
ISBN: 9780646506869
Category : Drugs
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Treating Pain with Traditional Chinese Medicine
Author: Dagmar RileyPublisher: Paradigm Publications
ISBN: 9780912111711
Category : Medicine, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This outstanding book examines the causes of pain according to TCM. It is a book that goes beyond the basic theories of Chinese medicine by applying them to the specific theme of pain. Extremely useful not only for students seeking to understand correct pathomechanism and symptom diagnosis according to Chinese medicine, but as well for practitioners who on a daily basis seek to relieve their patients of common painful discomforts and aliments, this text is certain to be well received by clinicians at many levels of experience.
Pa Kua
Author: Robert W. SmithPublisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 9781556434396
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Pa Kua is a vigorous martial arts discipline that hones reflexes and cultivates the understanding of one’s body. One of the three orthodox “internal” styles of Chinese martial arts, Pa Kua makes use of the eight trigrams found in the I Ching. This text offers a history of Pa Kua, profiles of its great practitioners, and exercises that illustrate the practice. 50 black-and-white photos are included.
Ming Furniture in the Light of Chinese Architecture
Author: Sarah HandlerPublisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This is the first book to place Ming furniture design within the context of Chinese architectural intent. Illustrating spectacular examples of Ming furniture from private and museum collections around the world; construction and function come together in a harmonious and indivisible whole.
Chinese Tea
Author: Tong LiuPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521186803
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
An illustrated introduction to the ancient culture of tea in China and its popularisation around the world.