The Yellow Monkey Emperor's Classic of Chinese Medicine
A horse complains of a chest as tight as a bear's embrace, a goat bleats about skin as dry as parchment, and a rat describes his urine as darker than soya sauce. Join these lively characters and their friends as they seek diagnosis from wise animal sages and the yellow monkey emperor.Covering 78...
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A horse complains of a chest as tight as a bear's embrace, a goat bleats about skin as dry as parchment, and a rat describes his urine as darker than soya sauce. Join these lively characters and their friends as they seek diagnosis from wise animal sages and the yellow monkey emperor.Covering 78 syndromes of Chinese medicine, these cartoons graphically illustrate the disturbances and illnesses that can affect the organs of the body, or Zang Fu. They are accompanied by a concise description of the syndrome as it is understood in Chinese medicine. Combining Damo Mitchell's deep knowledge and experience with Spencer Hill's witty cartoons, this is a fun way to learn, remember and be entertained by the syndromes and their symptoms.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781848192867 (184819286X)
ASIN: 184819286X
Publish date: 2016-08-18
Publisher: Singing Dragon
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
by Damo Mitchell, Spencer Hill This is like a complete course in Chinese medicine in graphic novel form. It's mostly in full color and explains the correspondences between ailments of internal organs and symptoms that might be in physical form or personality clues in a sort of parable form. The ...
Interesting to see the world view, probably more useful to a practitioner than a dilettante like me.