Traditional Chinese medicine : heritage and adaptation / Paul U. Unschuld ; translated by Bridie J. Andrews.

Origins and characteristics of Chinese medicine
The lack of existential autonomy
The longing for existential autonomy
Quotations from the medical classics
The banality of violence
The Mawangdui texts
Anatomy, physiology, and pathology in the new medicine
Deficiencies in the credibility of the new medicine
The alternative model : the view from illness
Radical healing : life as a form of disease
Between antiquity and the modern age
Two medical authors of the Ming and Qing dynasties : Wan Quan and Xu Dachun
The confrontation with the western way of life
The persuasiveness of Chinese medicine
The opinions of intellectuals and politicians
The selection
The surprise
The creative reception of Chinese medicine in the west
The objectification of the discussion : opportunity and challenge.