Inger’s Blog

Come to the Book Fair at the Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine (SIOM) on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, between 11am and 5pm in the break room. Representatives of People’s Medical Publishing House (PMPH), China’s largest medical publisher, will be exhibiting books, charts, and DVDs for sale at discounted prices. We welcome faculty, students, and the general public.

Titles to be exhibited include books on

• Clinical Practice of CM series on specific conditions, including Infertility, COPD, Stroke, and more
• Acupuncture theory and practice textbooks, exam preparation materials, and clinical research
• Chinese Massage Therapy
• DVDs on specialized topics
• Books for the general public on Diabetes, Arthritis, Migraine, Asthma, Endometriosis, and more
• Tibetan Medicine
• Dictionaries and Reference books
• The Illustrated Atlas of Commonly Used Chinese
  Materia Medica (deluxe 3 volume set)
• Wall Charts of Acupuncture Points (body, scalp, ear)

All at 20% discounted prices or more!

The PMPH web page will list detailed information about their products.

The address to SIOM is listed on their web page.

—Inger

For practitioners of Chinese medicine I recommend Jason Robertson’s Applied Channel Theory in Chinese Medicine: Wang Ju-Yi’s Lectures on Channel Therapeutics.

The beginning of the book focuses on theory: specifically, the relationship between the individual organs (and their functions) and the channels. The format is easy to read, with beautiful illustrations that succinctly depict the often complex and detailed Chinese medicine theories. Each chapter includes a follow-up question posed by Jason to his teacher, Dr. Wang Ju-Yi. It reminds me of the question-and-answer format of the Huang Di nei jing (The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic), in which Huang Di poses the question and Qi Bo answers.

The second portion of the book discusses channel theory. I especially appreciate this section because it stresses ways to apply the theory directly to your clinical practice. I use applied channel theory in addition to asking questions, checking the pulse, looking at the tongue, and palpating the abdomen. Applied channel theory is yet another diagnostic tool for me to use to come up with an appropriate treatment plan for my patients.

Here’s a sample pdf from the book.

—Inger