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Reading the Body: Ohashi's Book of Oriental Diagnosis
by: Wataru Ohashi, Tom Monte

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.075
EAN: 9780140193626
ISBN: 0140193626
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 218
Publication Date: November 01, 1991
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Sales Rank: 236406
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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A fascinating guide to self-awareness and living well through the Oriental technique of shiatsu. Filled with diagrams, drawings, and sample diagnoses, this is not only a practical guidebook, but also a fascinating meditation on how to live.

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- Teaching tool
I am teaching Homeopathic medicine and find this book a wonderful assest in teacing my students how to read the body for ailments before they appear as symptoms. Nicely presented book.

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- Very helpful book
I found this book to be an excellent source of information. I especially appreciate how the author compares and contrasts western medicine with oriental medicine. That alone gave me a wonderful perspective to start with. If you are interested in alternative health and not fond of medical/pharmaceutical answers, this book is a super resource. The included body/organ diagrams are very helpful.

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- Great book and resource for students and everyone else
Great book and resource for students and everyone else

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- not based on science or medical fact
This book is based more on traditional asian beliefs and leaves science and medical research behind. Though I do believe in energy meridians and that there is a mind body conection, I find it hard to belive some of what I read (i.e. if you have large nostrils then you have strong lungs, if you have small nostrils, you have weak lungs, if you have a large nostril on the right and a small one on the left, you have a strong right lung and a weak left lung.... what about DNA? genetics? Can't it mean your mom or dad had a big honker??) The author states that many generations ago people have happier faces because they were more spiritualy balanced. ( I've seen pictures of my great grand parents and they looked like they weren't too happy, they had a hard way of life) He writes that now people are getting longer canine teeth and pointed ears because we eat too much meat and use cell phones too much ( there are pictures ... Read More

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