Treatment of Soft Tissue Injury with Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Treatment of Soft Tissue Injury with Traditional Chinese Medicine – 1983 First Edition, Hardcover with Dust Jacket
This scarce 1983 first-edition hardcover is the book collectors and holistic-health practitioners look for when they want the original English-language guide to TCM sports-medicine techniques. Authored by renowned Chinese traumatologist Feng Tian-you and printed only once in this deluxe illustrated format, the 173-page volume delivers step-by-step protocols for sprains, strains, bruises and tendon damage using acupuncture, acupressure, cupping, herbal compresses and qi-gong exercise—therapies still employed in today’s top sports clinics. Because the publisher never re-issued the book, surviving copies with the original dust jacket have become high-demand reference items on natural-medicine shelves.
Inside, over a hundred detailed line drawings and period photographs walk readers through point locations, needle angles, tui-na hand techniques and the classic “Eight Methods” of bone-setting. The text is written for both lay readers and professionals: meridian charts face concise Western anatomical diagrams so a massage therapist, athletic trainer or simply a runner with a stubborn IT-band injury can translate ancient theory into immediate practice. A helpful reference chart matches common soft-tissue lesions to the most effective herbal poultices, many of which can be compounded from items found in a modern kitchen or local Asian market.
This particular copy is clean, tight and square; pages are bright and the binding solid. A previous owner has added a few highlight strokes on two pages and inscribed a short gift note on the front flyleaf, giving the book a pleasant provenance without obscuring text. The unclipped dust jacket shows only a small edge tear—remarkably fresh for a 40-year-old medical reference. For anyone building a working library of alternative health, collecting first-edition TCM classics, or seeking drug-free recovery options for athletic injuries, this personalized vintage copy offers both practical instruction and lasting collector value.
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