Chinese Medicine and Healing

This collection of essays from 58 leading international scholars offers insights on the history and practice of Chinese medicine. This book explores the processes and evolution behind what would come to be considered medical healing through various herbal therapies and techniques that would eventually be labeled as best practices. Chinese Medicine and Healing traces shifts in the popular use of acupuncture and pulse diagnosis. The book highlights competition among various schools of thought, largely among Daoists, Buddhists, physicians and officials. The final chapters of the book examine how traditional Chinese medicine has been integrated with modern healing practices from Germany to Australia.