{"product_id":"9798888505915","title":"Philosophy of Classical Chinese Medicine: The Dark Color of Light","description":"• Reveals how acupuncture, herbalism, feng shui, and divination are unified expressions of a single integrated cosmological vision\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Examines \u003ci\u003eyinyang\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ewuxing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eliujing\u003c\/i\u003e as functional maps of the human body and their relationship to heaven, earth, and time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Explores the schism between modern traditional Chinese medicine education and the classical tradition, offering a path back to the roots of profound healing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor centuries, classical Chinese culture operated not as a collection of therapeutic techniques but as the applied science of a unified cosmological philosophy. Today, institutional pressures and biomedical frameworks have largely severed that connection, leaving practitioners with powerful tools but an incomplete understanding of the tradition from which they emerged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoshua Laurenzi reveals that the ancient texts of Chinese medicine—\u003ci\u003eHuangdi Neijing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDao De Jing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYijing\u003c\/i\u003e—are not separate disciplines but expressions of a single coherent view of the cosmos. Drawing on medical anthropology and classical scholarship, Laurenzi demonstrates that the foundational systems of Chinese medicine—\u003ci\u003eyinyang\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ewuxing\u003c\/i\u003e\/five phases, and \u003ci\u003eliujing\u003c\/i\u003e\/six channels—are precise operational maps of a process-oriented reality. He explores the principles of \u003ci\u003eganying\u003c\/i\u003e (resonance and reciprocity), \u003ci\u003etong\u003c\/i\u003e (continuity), \u003ci\u003ewuwei\u003c\/i\u003e (empty action), and \u003ci\u003eming\u003c\/i\u003e (destiny), showing how each informs diagnosis and the practitioner’s understanding of health.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers practitioners and students a work that restores the philosophical integrity of classical Chinese medicine with modern practice and redefines health not as the absence of symptoms, but as the harmonious continuity between the individual and the unfolding cosmos.","brand":"Simon and Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":59932173730078,"sku":"9798888505915","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.simonandschuster.com\/products\/9798888505915","provider":"Simon and Schuster","version":"1.0","type":"link"}