Rooted In Spirit

Rooted in Spirit explains the influence of the emotions on health according to ancient Chinese thought, examining the interrelationship of emotion and spirit and showing how our health and well-being depend upon the harmonious dwelling of the "spirits" (shen) in the heart. At the deepest level the practice of Chinese medicine involves the proper communication between practitioner and shen. Rooted in Spirit is a translation of Chapter Eight of the Lingshu portion of the Huangdi Neijing or The Yellow Emperors Classic of Internal Medicine, the Chinese text on which all the Chinese healing arts are founded. Despite the great importance of this text in providing the spiritual and metaphysical context of Oriental medicine, it has been excluded from translations of the medical classics which reflect a materialistic bias. Chapter Eight is presented here together with a commentary by contemporary French sinologists, Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee and Claude Larre, S.J.

Product details

• Authors: Claude Larre, Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee, S. J. Rochat De La Vallee
• Publisher: Baker & Taylor Internet
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.1995
• EAN: 9780882681207
• ISBN: 978-0-88268-120-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 14 mm
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General