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Traditional Chinese Medicine in the United States
In Search of Spiritual Meaning and Ultimate Health
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2013
Summary
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) originated from the traditional medical system in the Chinese civilization, with influences from the Daoist and Chinese folk traditions in bodily cultivation and longevity techniques. In the past few decades, TCM has become one of the leading alternative medical systems in the United States. This book demonstrates the fluidity of a medical ideological system with a rich history of methodological development and internal theoretical conflicts, continuing to transform in our postmodern world where people and ideas transcend geographic, ethnic, and linguistic limitations. The unique historical trajectories and cultural dynamics of the American society are crticial nutrients for the localization of TCM, while the constant traffic of travelers and immigrants foster the globalizing tendency of TCM. The practitioners in this book represent an incredible range of clinical applications, personal styles, theoretical rationalizations, and business models. What really unifies all these practitioners is not their specific practices but the goal of these practices. The shared goal is to strive for health, not just health in terms of the lack of illness but the ultimate health of achieving perfect balance in every aspect of the being of a person—physically, mentally, spiritually, and energetically.
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Copyright year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-7366-4
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-7367-1
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
237
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Contents No access
Preface No access Pages 1 - 4
Introduction No access Pages 5 - 14
Chapter One: Geography, Demographics, and General Trends No access Pages 15 - 28
Chapter Two: Evolution of TCM in the Bay Area No access Pages 29 - 44
Chapter Three: Knowledge Transmission and Identity Formation of an “Alternative” Medicine No access Pages 45 - 74
Chapter Four: TCM Healers in the Chinese Community No access Pages 75 - 88
Chapter Five: TCM as Complementary Medicine No access Pages 89 - 102
Chapter Six: TCM as an Alternative Medicine No access Pages 103 - 116
Chapter Seven: Creating a Space for Psychic Healing No access Pages 117 - 132
Chapter Eight: Going to the Culturally Authentic No access Pages 133 - 146
Chapter Nine: Healing, Environment, and Lifestyle Changes No access Pages 147 - 162
Chapter Ten: The Happenings in an Acupuncture Clinic No access Pages 163 - 170
Chapter Eleven: The Embodied Spirituality of Qi No access Pages 171 - 188
Chapter Twelve: Ideal Body and Concept of Health No access Pages 189 - 202
Chapter Thirteen: Concluding Analysis No access Pages 203 - 216
