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Great Intent: Acupuncture Odes, Songs and Rhymes

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Richard Bertschinger studied for ten years with the Taoist sage and Master, Gia-fu Feng. A practising acupuncturist, teacher of the healing arts, and translator of ancient Chinese texts, he works and practises in Somerset, England.
Preface. Original Introduction to The Golden Needle. Introducing The Great Intent. The Odes, Songs and Rhymes. Ode to the Whole Body's Points and Channels. Ode to the One Hundred Symptoms. A Song on the Rule of the Hundred Points. A Song on how the Six Qi Create Disease. The Song 'Four All-encompassing Points'. The Song 'Nine Needles which Revive the Yang'. Ode to the Streamer out of the Dark. Ode to the Magnanimity of the Mat. Ode to the Golden Needle. A Song on how the Cycling Five of Heaven Control Disease. A Rhyming Guide to Essential Indications when Needling. Ode to the Jade Dragon. Old Teacher Mulberry's Rhyme 'Secrets of the Stars'. Ma Danyang's Song on the Twelve Points. Shining Bright as the Starry Sky and Able to Heal all the Many Diseases. Ode to the Importance of Penetrating the Dark Mystery. Ode to the Magic Brightness. Ode to Holding Back the River. Ode to Intricacies in the Circulating Flow. The Song 'Tricks to Keep up Your Sleeve'. The Secret Rhyme on Needling 'Barriers Within'. Tonifying and Reduction Swept Clear as Snow. The Song 'General Pointers When Needling'. The Song 'Opening the Door to Needling Law'. Symptom Index. Point Index.Glossary. Bibliography. English/Chinese Point Name Index. Index to Chinese Point Names. Brief Dynastic History. General Index to the Odes.
The heritage of the ancient Chinese masters has made its way down to us via the written and the oral traditions, the latter partly in the form of songs and odes. Richard Bertschinger had the inspiration of translating for the Western world Yang Jizhou's written collection of these odes. The Great Intent is an absolute must for any practitioner of Classical Acupuncture.
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