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Elisa
Rossi
Shen
Psyco-Emotional
Aspects of Chinese medicine
Foreword by Volker Scheid Sinological contribution by
Laura Caretto - 2007, Churchill Livingstone Elsevier
Presentation:
Chinese Medicine with its intrinsic continuity between the emotional,
mental and physical level, is a therapeutic instrument very effective
in dealing with cases where the alterations of the shen are both obvious
and subtle.
This book focuses on the psychical aspects of patients' conditions and
it is purposely constructed to facilitate practitioners' formulation
of diagnosis and treatment.
"Therefore, Shen-Psychical aspects in Chinese medicine is more
than an acupuncture book or a clinical text on how to treat psychical
diseases. The authors, by connecting personal clinical experience and
thorough study of classical texts, have created a model that shows how
to develop Chinese medicine in the West. This is a very important achievement".
(Volker Scheid).
Key
feautures include:
o Research, text interpretation and clinical application of the material
described in the classical sources concerning the emotions and the movement
of qi: shen, hun, po, yi, zhi.
o Description of the etiological and pathological mechanisms, specific
symptoms, classical syndromes in the history of medical thought and
in the daily practice.
o Clinical patterns according to TCM differential diagnosis: aetiology,
pathology, clinical manifestations, potential developments, treatment
possibilities, discussion of points and their combination.
o Use of the different stimulation methods: classical (moxibustion,
cupping, plum-blossom needle) and contemporary (auricular and scalp
therapies, electro-stimulation, "wrist-ankle" method).
o In-depth description of 29 clinical case studies, with discussion
on points, on-going treatment and problematic situations.
o Reflections on patient-practitioner relationship, on the resources
and difficulties characteristic of acupuncture, and on its inherent
problems and qualities.
o Specific contemporary applications, with the contribution of Chinese
and Western authors: specific diagnosis of tongue and pulse; stress-related
conditions; serious psychiatric pathology; psycho-somatic manifestations;
hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder in children; protocol application
in a psychiatric department unit; ear-acupuncture detoxification method.
Elisa
Rossi, B.A. in Philosophy, MD, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapist.
She started studying acupuncture in China in 1983.
Laura Caretto, B.A. in Oriental Languages in Venice and in Chinese Medicine
at the Beijing TCM University.
They both are founder members and teachers of the Acupuncture school
"MediCina" in Milan.
