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Autore |
Franglen Nora |
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Titolo |
Keepers of the soul : the five guardian elements of acupuncture / / Nora Franglen |
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London : , : Singing Dragon, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (298 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Acupuncture |
Mind and body |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: London : School of Five Element Acupuncture, 2006. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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About the Author; Introduction; Opening the Circle; 1. The Pattern of Things; The quest for our own identity; The cadence of the universe; The guardian of the soul; The body as portrait of the soul; Nature's pull towards health; The elements at work; 2. Our True Shape; The guardian element; Why does imbalance occur?; What is balance?; Has imbalance a function?; Assessment of balance; Sensory diagnosis; Energies in process of change; 3. Opening the Circle; The elements as filters; The messengers of the elements; Patterns of flow; Within the Circle; 4. The Circle of the Elements |
5. The Wood ElementThe signatures of Wood; Wood's two officials; Margaret Thatcher; My Wood mother; 6. The Fire Element; The two sides of Fire; Billy Connolly and Tony Blair; A Fire patient; Fire under pressure; 7. The Earth Element; The pull of Earth; Princess Diana; The elements in embryo; 8. The Metal Element; Patrick, Proust and Presley; My Metal element shadow; 9. The Water Element; The shapes of Water; Alex and David Beckham; Our place in the circle; Closing the Circle; 10. A 21st-Century Context; A cry from the heart; The medicalized society; A vision for acupuncture |
11. Closing the Circle |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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With profiles of well-known figures, the book explains the spirit of each of the Five Elements of Chinese medicine, and what they look like in |
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