The Spark in the Machine: How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (677 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1848191960 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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I started reading this book and thought "wow!" I couldn't put it down! Daniel Keown is both a Western medical doctor and an acupuncturist. --Angela Hicks, Joint Principal of the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine, Reading, UK, and author of The Principles of Chinese MedicineIt is surprising how little research has been done over the years to examine the relationship of acupuncture to Western medicine. Now at last we have Dr Keown's thoughtful and stimulating book to help fill this gap. His book is an invaluable contribution to helping practitioners of both disciplines understand how far they speak a common medical language, though they may express themselves in somewhat different terms. Dr. This is an important book and essential reading for anyone interested in bridging the gap in understanding between Chinese medicine and convention
In 2008, he completed a degree in Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture from Kingston University, and he has studied alongside the renowned Dr Wang Ju-Yi at the Institute of Channel Diagnosis in Beijing. He lives and practises in Tunbridge Wells, UK. . Dr Daniel Keown has worked as a registered doctor since graduating with a medical degree from Manchester University in 1998
The book shows how the theories of western and Chinese medicine support each other, and how the integrated theory enlarges our understanding of how bodies work on every level. Full of good stories and surprising details, Dan Keown's book is essential reading for anyone who has ever wanted to know how the body really works.. He explains the generative force of embryology, how the hearts of two people in love (or in scientific terms `quantum entanglement') truly beat as one, how a cheating heart is also an ill heart (which is why men are twice as likely to die of a sudden heart attack with their mistress than with their wife), how neural crest cells determine our lifespan, and why Proust's madeleines evoked the memories they did. Why can salamanders grow new legs, and young children grow new finger tips, but adult humans can't regenerate? What is the electricity that flows through the human body? Is it the same thing that the Chinese call Qi? If
A must read for any oriental medicine practitioner, arguably for any western practitioner as well. Quick background- I spent five years training in a PhD program in Complex Systems and Brain Sciences before leaving to pursue my career in oriental medicine. I've been a practicing acupuncturist for five years now. I thus have a pretty solid background in both western science and Chinese medicine and would be in an arguably reasonable position to evaluate the merits or lack thereof of this work.With. pretty darn mindblowing and a deep delight to read. Dan Keown started his professional life as a Western MD, became fascinated with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) because it worked so much better, and became an acupuncturist. This book, which is written with such a joyful sense of discovery & excitement & some goofy British humor, reveals the profound connections between TCM & embryology. It's pretty darn mindblowing! and a deep delight to read.. "LOVE this book" according to Shiroko Sokitch, MD. LOVE this book! So well written, so intelligent. I love that he was able to take the two - Western and Chinese medicine and show how they are connected. I have been practicing both Chinese and Western medicine for over 2LOVE this book LOVE this book! So well written, so intelligent. I love that he was able to take the two - Western and Chinese medicine and show how they are connected. I have been practicing both Chinese and Western medicine for over 23 years and I find that his work is exactly how I experience the body. Thank you for writing this book.. years and I find that his work is exactly how I experience the body. Thank you for writing this book.