Acupuncture: The Ancient Chinese Art of Healing and How It Works Scientifically

By Felix Mann

Book Overview

Dr. Felix Mann, President of the Medical Acupuncture Society, is one of the outstanding Western practitioners of the ancient Chinese art, which he has been using for some years in London. In this complete revision of his 1962 book -- over half of which is entirely new material -- he describes in detail for the first time how acupuncture works from a scientific point of view, explaining the neurophysiological mechanism involved as well as the basic principles and laws according to the theories of traditional Chinese medicine. Written for both the layman and the medical profession, the book illustrates its points with case histories drawn from Dr. Mann's own patients in England.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394717279
• ISBN13: 9780394717272
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Learn how acuupuncture really got started in the western world

Acupuncture took off slowly in the West. This book validates TCM for those with a "scientific" mind. It is intereasting to see how it started and what the thinking towards holistic medicine was. A good primer. Not a sit down thumb through it type book...heavy and meaty.

Valuable, plain and simple

This is a most valuable addition to any accupuncturist's collection of literature. It offers some of the earliest clinical trials on Accupuncture, carried out by Felix Mann. The book shows his research and findings, discusses the meridians and how they relate to his dermatomes, and generally discusses the TCM theory (which includes the 5 element interactions explained in great detail.) At times, some of the diagrams seem crowded, but the information in this book dwarfs that fact by far. Some of the topics in the book include: -Medical experiments carried out on animals, research statistics -Medical cases as they relate to accupuncture -5 Element theory -Accupoint categories and their meeting points -Pulse diagnosis