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Paperback, New edition
Published: 1st January 2002
Hardback, New edition
Published: 11th December 2024
Qigong for Treating Common Ailments: The Essential Guide to Self Healing
By (Author) Xu Xiangcai
YMAA Publication Center
YMAA Publication Center
11th December 2024
New edition
United States
General
Non Fiction
Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies
Traditional medicine and herbal remedies
613.71489
Runner-up for Foreword Book of the Year 2000 (United States)
Hardback
146
Width 152mm, Height 228mm, Spine 25mm
Wouldn't it be nice to stop common ailments before they happen We can prevent many of them once we have the proper knowledge. This book, Qigong for Treating Common Ailments, provides a system for maintaining overall health while addressing specific problems with exact treatments. All natural, safe, and easy to learn, these exercises provide a life-long path to wellness.
Xu Xiangcai was born in 1943 in a small village on the banks of the Yellow River near the city of Jinan, the capital of Shandong province of China. In 1963, he passed the state entrance examination to enter Shandong Teachers' University to learn English. Five years later, he graduated and began his career as an English teacher. By the mid-80s, he had published essays, worked as an editor and had comprehensively studied traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). In 1986, he created and designed The English-Chinese Encyclopedia of Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine, inviting 200 specialists from 28 institutes all over China to work on this 21 volume series. While working on this encyclopedia, he also compiled and translated The Complete External Therapies of Chinese Drugs. Xu Xiangcai has the distinction of publishing the most books on traditional Chinese medicine in English as well as directing the first two All-China Symposiums of TCM in English.