Basic Theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine

194 Pages·2010·4.29 MB·English

by  Zhu Bing

Basic Theories of Traditional
Chinese Medicine
Companion volumes
Diagnostics of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Edited by Zhu Bing and Wang Hongcai
ISBN 978 1 84819 036 8
International Acupuncture Textbooks
Meridians and Acupoints
Edited by Zhu Bing and Wang Hongcai
ISBN 978 1 84819 037 5
International Acupuncture Textbooks
Acupuncture Therapeutics
Edited by Zhu Bing and Wang Hongcai
ISBN 978 1 84819 039 9
International Acupuncture Textbooks
Case Studies from the Medical Records of Leading Chinese Acupuncture Experts
Edited by Zhu Bing and Wang Hongcai
ISBN 978 1 84819 046 7
International Acupuncture Textbooks
International
Acupuncture
Textbooks
Basic Theories of Traditional
Chinese Medicine
Chief Editors: Zhu Bing
and Wang Hongcai
Advisor: Cheng Xinnong
London and Philadelphia
China Beijing International Acupuncture Training Center
Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Advisor: Cheng Xinnong
Chief Editors: Zhu Bing, Wang Hongcai
Deputy Editors: Hu Xuehua, Huang Hui, Yu Min, Wang Huizhu
Members of the Editorial Board: Huang Hui, Hong Tao, Hu Xuehua, Liu Xuan, Liu Yuting,
Wang Fang, Wang Hongcai, Wang Huizhu, Wang Yue, Wu Mozheng, Yu Min, Zhu Bing,
Zhang Nan, Zhang Yi
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CHinA BEijing inTErnATionAl
ACupunCTurE TrAining CEnTEr
China Beijing International Acupuncture Training Center (CBIATC) was set up in
1975 at the request of the World Health Organization (WHO) and with the approval
of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. Since its foundation, it
has been supported and administered by WHO, the Chinese government, the State
Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SATCM) and the China Academy
of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS). Now it has developed into a world-famous,
authoritative training organization.
Since 1975, aiming to popularize acupuncture to the world, CBIATC has been
working actively to accomplish the task, ‘to perfect ways of acupuncture training
and provide more opportunities for foreign doctors’, assigned by WHO. More than
30 years’ experience has created an excellent teaching team led by the academician,
Professor Cheng Xinnong, and a group of professors. The multiple courses here are
offered in different languages, including English, German, Spanish and Japanese.
According to statistics, so far CBIATC has provided training in acupuncture, Tuina
Massage, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qigong, and so on for over 10,000 medical
doctors and students from 106 countries and regions.
The teaching programmes of CBIATC include three-month and various short
courses, are carefully and rationally worked out based on the individual needs of
participants. Characterized by the organic combination of theory with practice,
there are more than ten cooperating hospitals for the students to practice in. With
professional teaching and advanced services, CBIATC will lead you to the profound
and wonderful world of acupuncture.
Official website: www.cbiatc.com
Training support: www.tcmoo.com

prEfACE
More than 2000 years ago, a Chinese doctor named Bianque saved the life of a crown
prince simply with an acupuncture needle. The story became one of the earliest
acupuncture medical cases and went down in history. It is perhaps since then that
people have been fascinated by the mystery of acupuncture and kept on studying it.
In 1975, at the request of the World Health Organization, an acupuncture school
was founded in Beijing, China, namely the China Beijing International Acupuncture
Training Center. As one of the sponsor institutions, the Center compiled a textbook
of Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion for foreign learners, published in 1980
and reprinted repeatedly afterwards, which has been of profound, far-reaching
influence. It has been adopted as a ‘model book’ for acupuncture education and
examination in many countries, and has played a significant role in the global
dissemination of acupuncture.
Today, with the purpose of extending this ‘authentic and professional’
knowledge, we have compiled a series of books entitled International Acupuncture
Textbooks to introduce incisively the basic theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine
(TCM) and acupuncture–moxibustion techniques, by building on and developing the
characteristics of the original textbook of Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion;
and presenting authoritatively the systematic teaching materials with concise
explanation based on a core syllabus for TCM professional education in China.
In addition, just as the same plant might have its unique properties when
growing in different geographical environments, this set of books may reflect,
in its particular style, our experience accumulated over 30 years of international
acupuncture training.
Zhu Bing and Wang Hongcai