Soothing The Troubled Mind: Acupuncture And Moxibustion In The Treatment Of Schizophrenia

Paradigm Publications brings the medicine and healing of the Oriental tradition to English-speaking readers. Our work is based on the premise that the West will successfully absorb Oriental traditional healing arts only by honoring the respect for language, tradition, and nature on which they were founded. Seeking to accurately transmit an Asian expertise that is rooted in bedside skills and highly trained sensory observations, our books for clinical professionals are produced by cooperative teams of Asian and Western clinical experts, scholars, and linguists. By adhering to voluntary, multi-author, multi-publisher standards, these works become part of a valuable library that is not limited by the interests of any one author or publisher. Based on similar principles, our books for discriminating readers offer the simple utility people need to apply these arts to their lives.This translation of the Zhen Jiu Fang Zhi Jing Shen Fen Lie Zheng (1987) by Lou Bai Ceng and Lou Xing Huang focuses on the best way to apply TCM treatments. A fascinating section discusses using acupuncture in conjunction with a fractional dosage of an expensive drug or one with severe side effects. Though controversies may be stirred by a close reading, its basic message -- that Chinese medicine has much to offer psychiatric medicine -- comes across with convincing clarity.