A great book to read about Chinese Acupressure and herbal healing.........

Steven Cardoza's Chinese Holistic Medicine in Your Daily Life: Combine Acupressure, Herbal Remedies & Qigong for Integrated Natural Healing is a detailed, thorough and comprehensive book on Integrated Healing based on TCM principles.

I was absolutely glad when my request was approved in Net Galley and I got my hands on this book few months back. Let me tell you - this isn't a light read, but rather an intensive read for those interested in TCM or studying TCM or practicing TCM. There are illustrations throughout the book, but you will have to read, re-read and probably come back and forth, as you read to really understand and comprehend.

This book covers a range of topics, multiple TCM methodologies and gives the reader an insight into how one can combine the different Natural and Holistic Methods for best results. I loved the illustrations for key Acupuncture Points and certain TCM concepts, the detailed explanation on Diagnosis, Symptoms, Disharmony Patterns and also, ideas on integrating adjunctive treatment methodologies.

If you are looking for a book that covers multiple aspects of TCM, treatment protocols, diagnosis and give you a comprehensive insight into TCM, you have it with this book. I absolutely thank the publishers and Net Galley for giving me an opportunity to read this wonderful book.

An astounding and very integrative manual to natural healing!
Steven Cardoza compiles extensive knowledge of the fundamentals of each branch of Chinese medicine and indicates how to properly integrate them to achieve synergistic benefits. This is phenomenal, since there are many manuals dedicated to each branch independently, but in this book all are reviewed from a cohesive whole approach. And this is definitely the great thing about this book!
In the first part, he very intelligently provides us with the foundations for making the shift from western to eastern cultural paradigm, with the aim of facilitating more productive learning. The holistic approach to preserving health considers emotional balance, mental and spiritual status, environmental factors, the lifestyle, and on the other hand the physiological interconnections of organs and their imbalances, the patterns of disharmony that can cause illness.
The second part develops the practice of everything learned to apply it in a holistic self-care for better health. There are indications for each branch, such as lifestyle and diet, acupressure for self-care, herbal tonics, high-level Qigong practices for each organ that the author learned from Master Hong Liu. This last point seems to me is golden.
Towards the end of this part, there is a useful compendium of some diseases ordered alphabetically and the treatment to recover health faster by combining the branches in a unified way.
My gratitude to the Publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to review the book