Grasping the Donkey’s Tail: Unraveling Mysteries from the Classics of Oriental Medicine

154 Pages·2017·5.02 MB·English

by  Peter Eckman

“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
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Gary Wagman
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eISBN 978 0 85701 270 8
Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
Roots of Modern Practice
Charles Buck
ISBN 978 1 84819 159 4
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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
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Copyright © Peter Eckman 2017
Foreword copyright © Charles Buck 2017
Front cover image by Neal White.
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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