Five Element Constitutional Acupuncture

Rating:
Summary: True to the letter and Spirit
Review: An excelent book. The authors are amongst the most senior and experienced in the field. The book is true to the Spirit of Five Element Acupuncture. And as one who started training with JRWorsley some 25 years ago for seven years and was in close contact with his school for some 16 years I can vouch that the content is not only true to the spirit of his teaching, but is also true to the content as formulated in the teaching manuals that were developed during this time with his direct involvement. The slight amendment of "Causative Factor" to "Constitutional Factor" is one that many practitioners have made independently. The rationale for this is explained. The authors have also made a valuable contribution to the integration of this type of acupuncture with the more standardized TCM style, but without changing the basic concepts of 5-Element approach.

Rating:
Summary: Accurate Representation
Review: The Hicks, Hicks and Mole book is well written and represents with a good degree of accuracy the Five Element material taught to students of J. R. Worsley who studied at his College of Traditional Acupuncture in Royal Leamington Spa, England. This style of acupuncture was taught to students with consistent content for over 20 years. The authors have expanded the material in terms of background information from the Chinese Classics and have included at the end of the book some material which integrates the Five Element System with TCM principles; but the Five Element material remains true to Dr. Worsley's teachings at least up until he left the College in 1994. The book is well worth reading by all practitioners interested in the body, mind and spirit care of their patients, not least by those of us who now miss contact with Dr. Worsley's gifted influence.

Ian Barbara Florian, M.Ac., M.Ac.(UK), L.Ac. (NC), Dipl.Ac. (NCCAOM), M.B.Ac.C. (former Clinical Supervisor and Director of First and Second Year Studies, College of Traditional Acupuncture, UK)