[.ca] Extraordinary Vessels (ISBN 0912111356)

Excellent review of extraordinary vessel theory and practice:
This is an well-researched, clearly presented work on the eight extraordinary vessels, which represent the deepest level of energetics in chinese medicine. The book's first section covers vessel trajectories and classical chinese treatments. There are a lot of valuable quotes from the classics here to help you understand the nature of each vessel, as well as symptom/point combinations. The second part of the book covers modern japanese extraordinary treatment strategies, especially those of Dr. Manaka, who was Kiiko Matsumoto's teacher. This is a great reference book for any practicioner or advanced student of acupuncture, I highly recommend it.

Don't Buy:
Totally unreadable for beginners of acupuncture. Even for a practitioner, one may get really confused. Translations of Chinese and Japanese words are lost in essence. Attemp to compile a book according to the Japanese style of publishing acupuncture books does not do good service to American readers.