The psyche in Chinese medicine
Subtitle: treatment of emotional and mental disharmonies with acupuncture and Chinese herbs
By: Giovanni Maciocia.
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Edinburgh; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 651
ISBN-13: 9780702029882
Subjects: Mental illness -- Alternative treatment; Medicine, Chinese; Medicine, Chinese Traditional -- methods; Acupuncture Therapy -- methods; Mental Disorders -- therapy; Mind-Body Relations (Metaphysics); Phytotherapy -- methods; Psychophysiologic Disorders
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The psyche in Chinese medicine; title: The nature of the mind (shen) in Chinese medicine; title: The ethereal soul (hun); title: The corporeal soul (po); title: The intellect (yi); title: The will-power (zhi); title: The gui; title: The 12 internal organs and the psyche; title: The emotions; title: Aetiology of mental-emotional problems; title: Diagnosis of mental-emotional problems; title: Patterns in mental-emotional problems and their treatment with herbal medicine and acupuncture; title: Acupuncture in the treatment of mental-emotional problems; title: Emotions and concept of self in western philosophy; title: The influence of Confucianism on the Chinese view of the mind and spirit; title: Depression; title: Anxiety; title: Insomnia; title: Bipolar disorder; title: Night terrors; title: Attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); title: Epilogue : the role of Chinese medicine in disorders of the psyche.