The Clinical Practice of Chinese Medicine

Description

By Lonny Jarrett
ISBN: 9780966991611
Published: 2003 (Spirit Path Press)
Number of pages: 828

All treatment paradigms are fully elaborated to allow immediate integration into the clinic. Jarrett covers, in detail, the points on the 12 main channels cross-referencing every character in every main and alternate point name to Weiger’s etymological text and to Mathews’ Chinese-English Dictionary. He also fully elaborates the Worsley five-element tradition with a fresh perspective for the twenty first century. A chapter, ‘Clearing Blocks with Chinese Herbs’, contains a beautifully written piece by Thea Elijah on treating possession, exit/entry blocks, and clearing the sensory orifices with herbal medicine. Another 60-page chapter discusses the in-depth use of the five element points on each channel with an eye toward engendering the integral consciousness that lies at the heart of Chinese medicine. In all, the book is designed and built to the highest standard.

From the Foreword by Heiner Fruehauf (Professor of Chinese Medicine, National College of Naturopathic Medicine) ‘Lonny Jarrett has written another book in his unmistakable style. In The Clinical Practice of Chinese Medicine, he continues the message that Oriental medicine is not merely a technique, but an art that draws near when its core begins to resonate with the heart and spirit of the approaching student . . . but it is the writing between the lines that carries the main pronouncement of this work: at a certain stage in every practitioner’s development, similar to a calligraphy student who is eventually done imitating the brush strokes of his predecessors, there is the need to soar and arrive at the heart of one’s own medicine. ‘While providing a tremendous amount of clinical information that is immediately applicable in a practicable realm, The Clinical Practice of Chinese Medicine primarily transmits this message. In a sense, this work must be read as the autobiography of a master practitioner who shows us his roots, his growth process, and the amalgamation of Chinese medicine with everything he is, thinks, and knows – all in the spirit of inspiring us to do the same.

Reviews

‘Lonny Jarrett’s work opens up the spiritual dimension of the Chinese mode of healing. The book presents intriguing and potent methods of acupuncture in a clear and concise way, and provides an easily accessible resource for the dedicated practitioner. Based on in-depth experience and developed in great subtlety, it is a wonderful guide to the deeper mysteries of Chinese medicine, a veritable treasure trove of modern spiritual healing following the traditional Chinese vision’

– Livia Kohn, Professor of Religion, Boston University

‘Lonny Jarrett is a master in the traditional art of Chinese Medicine with a deep understanding of both its practice and history. By combining the traditional history and philosophy of Chinese Medicine with the developmental model of spiral dynamics he has created a work that is both an invaluable manual for the practitioner as well as a solid introduction to evolutionary ways of thinking that I believe are essential for humanity to grasp at this stage in our development and in fact for our very survival’

– Andrew Cohen, author of Living Enlightenment & founder of What Is Enlightenment? magazine