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Our new book from The Eastern Philosophy founder Nina Cheng, with contributions from prominent clinicians and historians of Chinese medicine psychology from around the world, including lead contributor Brandt Stickley, LAc; Alexus McLeod, PhD; Dolly Yang, PhD; Daniel Spigelman; Shanshan Gao, PhD; and interviews with Josh Paynter, LAc and Z’ev Rosenberg, LAc (details below).
The modern world is a nightmare for our mental health. Does modern medicine have the answer? For many patients, the answer is, unfortunately, “no.” But there may be another way. For two thousand years, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been effectively treating anxiety, depression, insomnia, and other conditions using herbal medicine and other healing modalities. In this book, Cheng and a team of renowned practitioners and scholars of Chinese medicine share practical, accessible remedies and protocols you can use to improve your mental and emotional well-being.
Extensively supported by historical primary sources and modern clinical research, the book offers an introduction to traditional Chinese medicine and its unique approach to mental health. Each chapter covers a common mental health condition—anxiety, depression, insomnia, ADHD, brain fog, and trauma—exploring how Chinese medicine has historically approached these conditions, describing common patterns associated with unique symptoms, and prescribing specific remedies you can access in your everyday life. This includes:
For anyone who has struggled with their mental health or is looking to better understand traditional Chinese medicine’s approach to healing both the mind and body, this book offers a natural, time-tested way to a healthier mind, a calmer heart, and a more peaceful life.
Author: Nina Cheng is the founder of Chinese medicine company The Eastern Philosophy, Communications Officer of IASTAM (International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine), and graduate student in the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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Editorial Reviews
From Wayne B. Jonas, M.D., author of Healing Works and former director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s Office of Alternative Medicine: "Hidden deep in the antiquity of traditional Chinese medicine rest treasures for healing that are lost to our modern world. We need to find those treasures and this book does that for mental health with clarity and practicality. One of the most beautiful and useful books on Chinese medicine ever written."
From Michael Stanley-Baker, President of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine (IASTAM), Professor in History of Medicine and Chinese medicine practitioner: "Chinese Medicine for the Mind is an accessible, appealing book with inviting images, that will be of interest to the general public who want to learn about Chinese approaches to mental health. This area of Chinese medicine is generally overlooked because of different definitions of mind and emotions in Chinese and biological medicine. Cheng adroitly crosses conceptual gaps for modern Western readers through her arrangement of the chapters which treat different mental illnessesin a systematic way. Each chapter includes an historical overview of the condition in Chinese medicine, a clinical overview of causes and treatment approaches, a brief introduction to appropriate herbal formulas and how they treat the illness, and self- treatment methods such as acupressure and daoyin or qigong, and extending even to music and fengshui.
This is achieved all the more effectively by the inclusion of modern clinical trial research, showing the advantages of many of the treatments presented, as well as the disadvantages of widely accepted treatments in modern biological medicine. In presenting these multi-modal approaches to mental conditions, the book introduces readers to important dimensions of Chinese medicine, which are not limited to the treatment room or the pharmacy, but involve life style practices, diet and daily exercises. The book succeeds in departing from neuro-centric approaches to mental health, and introducing an outlook that involves the whole body and the whole person’s daily rhythms."
