Total Health the Chinese Way: An Essential Guide to Easing Pain, Reducing Stress, Treating Illness, and Restoring the Body through Traditional Chinese Medicine

by Esther Ting, Marianne Jas

Overview

A fourth-generation Chinese doctor, Esther Ting has treated more than 140,000 patients on two continents. Total Health the Chinese Way is based on Ting's core belief that we can achieve lasting health without surgery or drugs the moment we start listening to our bodies. She and Marianne Jas, a former patient, describe the concept of the body's five primary power centers and their roles in strengthening our physical and emotional defenses.

Total Health the Chinese Way presents the timeless fundamentals of Chinese medicine, including acupuncture and herbs, their uses, and their extraordinary benefits. It identifies cost-effective remedies—from simple recipes to physical and mental exercises—to ease pain, maximize energy, and strengthen the body. Ting and Jas make the wisdom of this 4,000-year-old tradition accessible and useful as never before.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781600940460
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	11/03/2009
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	454,733
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Esther Ting, PhD, has practiced Chinese medicine for over forty years; her healing center is Los Angeles's preeminent acupuncture clinic.

Writer and consultant Marianne Jas has worked in partnership with Ting for several years.

They both live in Southern California.

Table of Contents

Prologue ix

Introduction: A Doctor's Journey to Total Healing xv

1 Understand How Your Body Works: Identifying Your Body's Power Centers 1

2 Strengthen Your Defenses: The Real Reasons We Get Sick 29

3 Move and Breathe: Building Your Internal Qi 57

4 Nourish and Fuel: The Healing Power of Food 85

5 Relax and Center: Tools for Restoring the Spirit 115

6 Adopt a Positive Lifestyle: How Your Habits Shape Your Health 151

7 Maximize your Energy: Tuning in to Sun and Seasons 195

8 Clear out the Blockages, Healing Techniques and Treatments 225

9 Following Nature's Phases: The Cycles of life 263

Appendix 1 How to Find a Chinese Practitioner 311

Appendix 2 Acupressure Points 313

Glossary 37

Further Reading 321

Useful Addresses and Web Sites 325

Acknowledgments 329

Index 331