Encounters With Qi: Exploring Chinese Medicine Book by David Eisenberg & Thomas Lee Wright (Preowned)

An American medical exchange student describes his impressions of Chinese medicine, discusses herbal remedies, psychic healing, and acupuncture, and suggests possible lessons for doctors in the West.

About the Author:

Eisenberg, a clinical research fellow at Harvard, has had several singular opportunities to observe Chinese medical practices, most notably as the first American medical exchange-student there. In this personal narrative, he introduces practitioners of acupuncture and herbalism, a blind itinerant masseur, psychic children, and master healers who perform incredible feats through the direction of Qi , the vital energy at the core of Chinese medical philosophy. Eisenberg has a keen eye for cultural differences and acknowledges the shortcomings of both ancient Chinese practices and Western allopathic medicine; he sees great potential in the merger of the two.

Length: 254 pages

Publication date: 1985