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Shiatsu

Title
Shiatsu / Corinna Somma.
Author
Somma, Corinna.
Publication
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, [2007], ©2007.

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xix, 487 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
"Practitioners and lay readers alike will appreciate the accessibility of this text that makes Asian medical theory intelligible, plausible, and credible to Western minds. Balancing theory with practice, this text addresses everything from proper body mechanics to special populations. It contains hundreds of captioned photographs demonstrating sample Shiatsu sessions, a photographic glossary of over 90 acupressure points, and an introduction to complementary modalities such as moxabustion (herbal heat therapy), magnets, Gua Sha (friction therapy), and Qi Gong (movement and breathing exercises) that can be incorporated into a Shiatsu practice. Complete with line drawings, tables, practice exercises, mnemonic devices, real life examples, review questions, tests, and answers, this text provides indispensable pedagogical and professional support and is an enduring reference work."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Acupressure
  • Medicine, Chinese
  • Acupressure > methods
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional > methods
  • Meridians
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. History of Shiatsu -- Ch. 2. Qi and Meridians -- Ch. 3. Yin Yang -- Ch. 4. The five elements -- Ch. 5. The Zang Fu organ system -- Ch. 6. The eight principle patterns and Kyo Jitsu -- Ch. 7. Acupoints -- Ch. 8. Complementary modalities -- Ch. 9. Practice preliminaries -- Ch. 10. Prone upper body protocol -- Ch. 11. Prone lower body protocol -- Ch. 12. Supine lower body protocol -- Ch. 13. Supine upper body protocol -- Ch. 14. Ampuku -- Ch. 15. Sidelying protocol -- Ch. 16. Seated protocol -- Ch. 17. Moxabustion and Gua Sha protocol -- Ch. 18. Qi Gong exercises.
ISBN
0131184199
LCCN
2005036532
OCLC
  • ocm62736881
  • SCSB-5247856
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Columbia University Libraries