Posted on July 27, 2009 by Yael
The first me I heard Richard Goodman’s name was through a comment on a previous post about books here on CMNotes.
AncinetDoc mentioned Richard’s book, and I started sniffing around.
Pretty soon I started following Richard on a regular basis through his blog and through Twitter, mainly because he talks about interesting things, and also because he’s really a nice guy.
Richard, 34, started law school and switched to his true calling, studying Chinese medicine.
His journey is an interesting one, one that took him from the USA to Taiwan and got him writing books to help people read and understand the classical Chinese texts, such as Classical Chinese Medical Texts Vol. I
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Vol. II is in the making as I write this post.
Posted on April 12, 2009 by Yael
Sometimes it feels as though there’s a sea of books in Chinese Medicine.
So many interesting books, how can one choose what to buy?
I will try in this post to write the must have books I feel are essential for practitioners and/or students in Chinese Medicine. This list also contains some books that are still on my wish-list, due to lack of funds they are still on the list and not on my book shelf…
This is of course just what I think, there are many wonderful books out there that can help you grow in your career.
The I Ching- Richard Wilhelm
I just started reading it, but this book talks about a field in it’s own right.
Not to mention one of the most interesting books I have ever read.
Essentially, this is the book that talks about the change between Yin and Yang. And this is one of the more important ideas in Chinese philosophy. Understanding it will give us a better grasp on Chinese Medicine.
Posted on November 9, 2008 by Yael
It is a common fact that the information we have today in the west about the 8 extraordinary meridians is insufficient- at best.
Historically speaking, they are mentioned in the Su Wen and Ling Shu but separated from each other, or mentioned by pairs. It is in the Nan Jing that they were first mentioned as one group.
The loss of information has various reasons, and we are left with knowledge that is being passed from practitioner to his student.
The extraordinary meridians are the foundation for life from the beginning to end, as it is clearly stated in the first page of the introduction of the book by Elizabeth Rochat de la Valleeand Father Claude Larre.
They are the “blueprint” on which the human body is built on, and on the rest of the body are being added to- 12 meridians, organs and so on.
It is, therefore, very important to understand them, their functions and when to treat them.
And how are we supposed to know all that if we don’t read about it?
2 main books were written on the subject, one by Kiiko Matsumoto
and the second by Rochat and Larre. I will discuss the latter.
