A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine Hardcover – June 1, 1998
Author: Visit Amazon's Nigel Wiseman Page | Language: English | ISBN: 0912111542 | Format: PDF, EPUB
A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine – June 1, 1998
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Review
...what a great resource for all of us in the Oriental medicine community.a much needed beginning to giving English-speaking practitioners and teachers a common reference base. -- Aron Skrypeck, New Mexico Center for Nursing Therapeutics
I cannot praise this dictionary too highly. It goes beyond defining Chinese Medicine terminology in the West and will surely shape its future as it has defined its past. It belongs on everybody's shelf: the student, the practitioner, the teacher, and the academic. -- Chris Zaslawski, Meeting Point
In developing the ability to read Chinese medical source texts, one's task is made tremendously easier by Wiseman and Ye's new Dictionary. This book is the product of a tremendous effort and is an important contribution to the transmission and understanding of Chinese medical knowledge to the West. -- The Journal of the National Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
I cannot praise this dictionary too highly. It goes beyond defining Chinese Medicine terminology in the West and will surely shape its future as it has defined its past. It belongs on everybody's shelf: the student, the practitioner, the teacher, and the academic. -- Chris Zaslawski, Meeting Point
In developing the ability to read Chinese medical source texts, one's task is made tremendously easier by Wiseman and Ye's new Dictionary. This book is the product of a tremendous effort and is an important contribution to the transmission and understanding of Chinese medical knowledge to the West. -- The Journal of the National Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Language Notes
Text: English, Chinese
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- Hardcover: 945 pages
- Publisher: Paradigm Pubns; 2nd edition (June 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0912111542
- ISBN-13: 978-0912111544
- Product Dimensions: 9 x 2.2 x 11.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #953,535 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
I received the book, 'The Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine' direct from Amazon. I have to say, there's nothing like it in English that I have encountered so far in my studies of Chinese medicine dating back to 1984. Of course, back then, Dan Bensky's book, 'Acupuncture, A Comprehensive Text' was still relatively hot off the press and his herbal series weren't out yet. The 'Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture' was the standard text at most acupuncture schools in the U.S. We've come a long way: clearly, Wiseman's terminological linguistics have made Chinese medical concepts and terms really accessible to the non-Chinese fluent student and practitioner. It's apparent that Wiseman is setting the standard for Chinese medical translations in English for our time. No one even comes close, though I do think that Blue Poppy Press puts out some outstanding books and there are other clinical publications that I have found very useful. All that said: an authoritative and linguistically consistent dictionary is absolutely necessary and I believe that Wiseman's is the one to get! I give this book 5+ stars. Of course, no book can ever have everything but that goes without saying.
June 20 2009 Additional Comments:
As an addendum to my review back in 2005, I was surprised to see a review that gave 'A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine' only ONE star along with some very negative comments. This book is a complete encyclopedia (It's not just a dictionary!) of carefully translated terminology, concepts and treatment protocols rendered into high level English for those of us who haven't tackled the Chinese language. Lucky for us somebody did it! To those who don't want to approach Chinese medicine with technical precision, don't buy it!
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