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“Peter Eckman has contributed a number of important ideas and publications to the field of East Asian medicine. Traditional East Asian medicine is founded on principles written down some 2,000 years ago. These canons were seen as somewhat divinely inspired, but in contrast to Western tradition this did not make the authors (known or unknown) or texts inviolable; generations of scholar-practitioners have continued to build on these foundations, and Peter Eckman’s eclectic explorations, and most importantly their clinical applications, have contributed greatly to this ongoing process of synthesis, serving to further what Joseph Needham called a confluence of East Asian and modern Western science.” —Andrew Prescott, Former Clinic Director at Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine “What has struck me for a long time about Peter Eckman is his insatiable curiosity for his work, in particular Chinese medicine, which reflects in his research and knowledge. In addition, his wide perspective allows him to connect acupuncture with the traditional Chinese sources (Yijing, Taoism) and to unravel them within clinical practice. Thank you for this fundamental work.” —Jean-Marc Kespi, Président d’honneur de l’Association Française d’Acupuncture Grasping the Donkey’s Tail Source: Nicole Ciscato by the same author The Compleat Acupuncturist A Guide to Constitutional and Conditional Pulse Diagnosis Peter Eckman Foreword by William Morris ISBN 978 1 84819 198 3 eISBN 978 0 85701 152 7 of related interest The Essential Teachings of Sasang Medicine An Annotated Translation of Lee Je-ma’s Dongeui Susei Bowon Gary Wagman ISBN 978 1 84819 317 8 eISBN 978 0 85701 270 8 Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Roots of Modern Practice Charles Buck ISBN 978 1 84819 159 4 eISBN 978 0 85701 133 6 Grasping the Donkey’s Tail UNRAVELING MYSTERIES from the CLASSICS of ORIENTAL MEDICINE Peter Eckman Foreword by Charles Buck LONDON AND PHILADELPHIA First published in 2017 by Singing Dragon an imprint of Jessica Kingsley Publishers 73 Collier Street London N1 9BE, UK and 400 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA www.singingdragon.com Copyright © Peter Eckman 2017 Foreword copyright © Charles Buck 2017 Front cover image by Neal White. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying, storing in any medium by electronic means or transmitting) without the written permission of the copyright owner except in accordance with the provisions of the law or under terms of a licence issued in the UK by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd. www.cla.co.uk or in overseas territories by the relevant reproduction rights organisation, for details see www.ifrro.org. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher. Warning: The doing of an unauthorised act in relation to a copyright work may result in both a civil claim for damages and criminal prosecution. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Title: Grasping the donkey’s tail : unraveling mysteries from the classics of oriental medicine / Peter Eckman ; foreword by Charles Buck. Description: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references. Identifiers: LCCN 2016051842 (print) | LCCN 2016052662 (ebook) | ISBN 9781848193512 (alk. paper) | ISBN 9780857013101 (ebook) Subjects: | MESH: Laozi. Dao de jing. | Bianque, active approximately 255 B.C. Nan jing. | Yi jing. | Huainan zi. | Huangdi nei jing. | Medicine, Chinese Traditional--methods | Manuscripts, Medical | Incunabula as Topic Classification: LCC R601 (print) | LCC R601 (ebook) | NLM WZ 294 | DDC 610.951--dc23 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 1 84819 351 2 eISBN 978 0 85701 310 1 Dedicated to Bian Que (Circa 5th century bCe) Said to be the first Chinese physician to rely primarily on pulse and physical examination for the diagnosis of disease

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A scholarly yet practical account for modern clinicians of some of the key difficult questions arising from obscure passages in the classics of Chinese medicine. This book offers an interpretation of crucial sections from the classical Chinese texts which have continued to puzzle Western clinicians,
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