The Book of Oriental Medicine: A Complete Self-Treatment Guide

by Clive Witham

Addressing the issues of how and why illness occurs, this informative guide provides fresh Eastern perspectives on wellbeing and health. With easy-to-understand explanations, clear illustrations, and straightforward treatment alternatives, previously unexplained signs and symptoms can be researched, understood and dealt with. Tried-and-true techniques developed over hundreds of years--diet, acupressure, massage, exercise, scraping, and tapping--are offered for common maladies from colds and high blood pressure to backache and depression. Even with limited medical knowledge you can learn to assess your own conditions and become proactive in lifestyle changes, thus taking charge of your own healing process.

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2012

About the author

Clive Witham LAc MSc OMBAcC is a British licensed acupuncturist and health educator in a small Spanish enclave in North Africa. He has been treating patients for 18 years, 10 of those in his medical clinic in Africa, where he treats people from diversely different cultures, languages and religions. He has authored three books on Oriental medicine which have been published in English, Spanish, French, Italian and Polish and also regularly edits a tourist guidebook in Japan.

Reviews

[Ron · Rating 3 out of 5]

Clive Witham provides a full-blown introduction to many of the practices of oriental medicine for the occidental reader. He breaks the book into discrete parts that provide background (including his involvement) on oriental medicine, issues with eating, a series of exercises, pressure/acupuncture points with helpful diagrams, and ends with self-help treatments for various aliments. My wife was familiar with the concepts already, but greatly appreciated the exercises and the pressure point diagrams. She has taken to doing the exercises and encouraging myself and my son to do so as well. In all, a very helpful book.