Wan's Clinical Application of Chinese Medicine ─ Scientific Practice of Diagnosis, Treatment and Therapeutic Monitoring

Much of acupuncture practice in the West remains incomplete or less potent because it has been based upon particular interpretations often by only one individual, in translation. The broad, diverse, and ancient practices of Chinese medicine are often misconstrued and overshadowed by the more modern Traditional Chinese Medicine in Westernized texts. This book places more powerful tools in the hands of practitioners, and will expand their knowledge of the full potential of Chinese medical practices.

Grandmaster Wan was a well-known doctor of Chinese medicine who, in the traditional way of Chinese teaching, only took on a handful of students throughout his life, one of whom was Giorgio Repeti. The author's extensive notes, derived from his years of discipleship to Grandmaster Wan, form the basis of this book. The approach described was characterized by Grandmaster Wan as the 3E approach (easy, economical, and efficient), and is deceptively simple. It is, however, an approach that can only fully be comprehended through reflection and experience. This book covers the basic principles of diagnosis, with chapters on pulse and tongue diagnosis, and provides clear directives for treatment that relies on simple yet powerful underpinning principles, challenging the much more complex approach to acupuncture commonly taught in the West. Herbal medicines and herbal treatments for cold, warm, and hot diseases are also covered.

This clinically-based text will provide an essential vade mecum for practitioners of Chinese medicine, and a thoughtful introduction for students that will carry them through to their own practice.

Giorgio Repeti, LAc, has been heavily involved in alternative healthcare for over 16 years. He has established four holistic health centers in Sydney, Australia. One of these centers, Haberfield Naturopathic Center, won The Glebe newspaper award for "Best Outstanding Health Center" in 2002. More recently he founded the Repeti Wellness Center in New York City.
Marc S. Micozzi, MD, PhD, is the Founder and Director of the Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He is a former Executive Director of the College of Physicians and Director of the National Museum of Health and Medicine.