An Illustrated Handbook of Chinese Qigong Forms from the Ancient Texts by Li Jingwei

An Illustrated Handbook of Chinese Qigong Forms from the Ancient Texts by Li Jingwei

Drawn from ancient documents of Chinese and Tibetan medicine, and including explanatory commentaries and over 700 drawings from the original texts, this book presents authentic ancient Qigong forms in an easy-to-follow format. Focusing on health practices, the selected forms also include Qigong for more esoteric purposes.

Li Jingwei graduated from Xi'an Medical University and attended the first traditional Chinese medicine training course aimed at practitioners of Western medicine. Currently, he is a research scholar at the Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, a doctoral advisor, and director of the China Medical History and Literature Institute. Li Jingwei has over twenty publications to his name, including Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine and An Outline of the History of Ancient Chinese Medicine, and is a recipient of China's State Council's Outstanding Achievement Prize, for his contributions to the study of the history and the documents of traditional Chinese medicine. Zhu Jianping, a graduate of the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is assistant research scholar at the Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences and deputy director of the China Medical History and Literature Institute. His research primarily focuses on Chinese medical history and traditional Chinese medical literature and he has written extensively in these fields.

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ISBN 13	9781848191976
ISBN 10	1848191979
Title	An Illustrated Handbook of Chinese Qigong Forms from the Ancient Texts
Author	Li Jingwei
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Year published	2013-12-21
Number of pages	336
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.