 | The Web That Has No Weaver : Understanding Chinese Medicine by Ted Kaptchuk
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $10.98 A good book to learn basics, read this before you check out the school of your choice. This book lays out basic theory and some foundations of Oriental Medicine
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 | A Manual of Acupuncture by Peter Deadman
Buy used from: $101.24 If a student, buy it, need it, learn it. Rumor has it this is what NCCAOM standardized for point energetics and locations.
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 | Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas and Strategies by Dan Bensky
Buy used from: $49.00 Most standard herbal formulas book, nccaom questions are a possibility. For clinical practices, take it with a grain of salt I've been told some things are lost in translation and some ideas of specific herbs in certain formulas are slightly modified.
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 | Between Heaven and Earth: A Guide to Chinese Medicine by Harriet Beinfield
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $2.86 Also a good beginner book to read. Anyone interested in the basic theory or what exactly acupuncture is will find this book useful.
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 | The Secret of Chinese Pulse Diagnosis by Bob Flaws
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $19.93 Take with a grain of salt, if you really need it for class get it, but otherwise in my personal experience you can't learn how to take pulses from a book.
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 | Shang Han Lun: On Cold Damage, Translation & Commentaries by Zhongjing Zhang
Buy used from: $80.10 Buy it, get it, need it, yes you guessed it another nccaom favorite.
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 | Atlas of Chinese Tongue Diagnosis, Vol. 1 by Barbara Kirschbaum
Buy new: $85.00 / Used from: $87.73 Great pictures, don't agree with all diagnosis' given.
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