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A Barefoot Doctor’s Manual: The American Translation of the Official Chinese Paramedical Manual

By Hu-Nan Chung I Yao Yen Chiu So; U.S. Dept. of Health , Education , and Welfare

Book information

Publisher
Running Press Book Publishers
Year
1978
ISBN
091429492X, 9780914294924
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
70 MB (73088460 bytes)
Edition
Paperback
Pages
942\388
Time added
2019-04-07 20:55:37

Description

'A Barefoot Doctor's Manual' is an excellent general health manual, divided into sections such as 'Understanding the Human Body, 'Hygiene' Therapeutic Techniques, 'Birth Control and Diagnosis' and 'Treatment of Common Diseases.' It is holistic in approach, stressing the relationship of environment and emotions to the disease while offering a variety of treatment modalities. The practitioner is given a choice of treating each disease with acupuncture. Chinese herbs, or Western medicine. For those unfamiliar with Chinese herbs, this manual contains over 400 pages on their preparation and uses with illustrations.

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