TY - BOOK ID - 8502982 TI - Energy medicine East and West : a natural history of Qi AU - Mayor, David F. AU - Micozzi, Marc S. PY - 2011 SN - 0702049239 0702035718 9780702035715 PB - Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, DB - UniCat KW - Mind and body therapies. KW - Qi gong. KW - Qi gong KW - Mind and body therapies KW - Investigative Techniques KW - Medicine, Chinese Traditional KW - Mental Processes KW - Philosophy KW - Complementary Therapies KW - Psychological Phenomena and Processes KW - Humanities KW - Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment KW - Therapeutics KW - Medicine, East Asian Traditional KW - Psychiatry and Psychology KW - Medicine, Traditional KW - Culture KW - Anthropology, Cultural KW - Anthropology KW - Social Sciences KW - Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena KW - Qi KW - Methods KW - Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical KW - Mind-Body Therapies KW - Public Health KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Public Health - General KW - Body-centered psychotherapy KW - Body-centered therapies (Psychotherapy) KW - Body therapies (Psychotherapy) KW - Psychotherapy KW - Chi gung KW - Chʻi kung KW - Qigong KW - Tʻai chi chih KW - Tʻai chi ruler KW - Tai ji ruler KW - Tai ji zhi KW - Exercise KW - Medicine, Chinese UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8502982 AB - Energy Medicine East and West: A Natural History of Qi provides a unique, comprehensive overview of Qi or bioenergy for students and practitioners of energy medicines, Chinese and Oriental Medicine, and all disciplines of Complementary and Integrative Medicine. Mayor and Micozzi start with a comparative historical account of the ancient concepts of Qi and vital energy before covering theories of Qi, a discussion of the organized therapeutic modalities based upon Qi and its applications to specific health and medical conditions. Contributions are included from international experts in t ER -