Essential Anatomy

<p><em>The essential text on the human body as defined by Eastern and Western medicine. Comprehensive easy to understand and lavishly illustrated in full color. Specially designed for students healing professionals and martial artists.</em>----- This unique book will familiarize healing practitioners and martial artists with basic concepts of the human body as defined by both Western and Eastern medical traditions allowing those engaged in healing and martial arts to develop a more complete holistic and scientifically forward-looking understanding of the body. Overviews of philosophical and conceptual underpinnings are followed by detailed drawings and diagrams of the body's internal systems as seen by both traditions. Written in a clear and concise style this beautiful and informative book presents information previously unavailable in any single text making it an essential work for students healing professionals and martial artists. This lavishly illustrated book includes: </p><ul><li>Over 147 color drawings and 54 duotone photographs </li><li>An easy-to-understand overview of Western anatomical concepts </li><li>A detailed overview of Eastern medical principles including information previously available only in specialized costly medical texts </li><li>A comprehensive listing of Oriental pressure points and meridians in English Chinese Japanese and Korean cross-referenced to nerves blood vessels and other anatomical landmarks </li><li>Twenty essential self-massage and revival techniques </li><li>Detailed principles of pressure point fighting as used in traditional Asian martial arts </li><li>An essential text for students healing professionals and martial artists </li></ul><p>View sample pages read book reviews or get more information at marctedeschi.com </p><p>-----<strong><em>Frequently used with: </em>ESSENTIAL ACUPOINTS POSTER</strong> An exceptionally high-quality 7-color poster illustrating the 400-plus acupoints and 14 meridians that are the basis of Eastern medicine and martial arts. Also highlights Qi-flow Yin-Yang 5 Phases and martial targets. Designed by Marc Tedeschi as a companion to the book Essential Anatomy for Healing and Martial Arts this unique and beautiful poster exhibits a level of accuracy detail and functionality unobtainable elsewhere. ISBN 0834805103-----</p><p><br></p>