Download or read book The Lost Heir Wings of Fire 2 written by Tui T. Sutherland and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The WINGS OF FIRE saga continues with a thrilling underwater adventure -- and a mystery that will change everything! The lost heir to the SeaWing throne is going home at last.She can't believe it's finally happening. Tsunami and her fellow dragonets of destiny are journeying under the water to the great SeaWing Kingdom. Stolen as an egg from the royal hatchery, Tsunami is eager to meet her future subjects and reunite with her mother, Queen Coral.But Tsunami's triumphant return doesn't go quite the way she'd imagined. Queen Coral welcomes her with open wings, but a mysterious assassin has been killing off the queen's heirs for years, and Tsunami may be the next target. The dragonets came to the SeaWings for protection, but this ocean hides secrets, betrayal--and perhaps even death.

Download or read book The Dragonet Prophecy Wings of Fire 1 written by Tui T. Sutherland and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling new series soars above the competition and redefines middle-grade fantasy fiction for a new generation!The seven dragon tribes have been at war for generations, locked in an endless battle over an ancient, lost treasure. A secret movement called the Talons of Peace is determined to bring an end to the fighting, with the help of a prophecy -- a foretelling that calls for great sacrifice.Five dragonets are collected to fulfill the prophecy, raised in a hidden cave and enlisted, against their will, to end the terrible war.But not every dragonet wants a destiny. And when the select five escape their underground captors to look for their original homes, what has been unleashed on the dragon world may be far more than the revolutionary planners intended . . .

Download or read book The Menagerie written by Tui T. Sutherland and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of the Wings of Fire series, Tui T. Sutherland, and her sister, Kari Sutherland, comes the Menagerie series, perfect for fans of Brandon Mull’s Fablehaven series and The Spiderwick Chronicles. In the small town of Xanadu, Wyoming lies the Menagerie, a top secret facility filled with unicorns, dragons, phoenixes, and other fairy tale creatures. At least, it was a secret—until six griffin cubs escaped. If Logan and Zoe don’t get the cubs back fast, the entire Menagerie will be shut down. The race is on and the resulting adventure is only the beginning of a thrilling series that will leave readers wanting a magical menagerie of their very own.

Download or read book Tui Na written by Hongzhu Jin and published by PMPH-USA. This book was released on 2011-05-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eight chapters in this book on tui na provide ample discussion and instruction in the methods of Chinese therapeutic massage. Covered first are the basic concepts of Chinese medicine diagnosis, pattern differentiation and treatment, followed by the essential tui na manipulations for treatment. Also outlined here are specific exercises that a tui na therapist should practice in order to possess the level of physical fitness required for the clinical practice of tui na. Self-massage techniques for patients also provided here. The chapter on pediatric tui na therapy is an especially valuable addition for clinicians. The book is fully illustrated with both pictures and text, and the attached DVD disc is a practical learning tool for the tui na student or therapist. We are sorry that the DVD content are not included.

Download or read book Oh There You are Tui written by Dinah Hawken and published by Victoria University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within this collection, images of the natural world and the fusion of ecological and spiritual concerns are vivid and moving.

Download or read book Tui na written by Sarah Pritchard and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tui na: The Chinese Massage Manual is a comprehensive and well established handbook for students and practitioners of Tui na in the West. The author describes the roots and development of Tui na, how it works therapeutically with the context of Chinse medicine, and how to become an effective Tui na practitioner. The book contains detailed and clearly illustrated descriptions of Tui na techniques, how to practice them, their clinical applications and therapeutic effects. Foundation area routines are provided to support the development and fluidity of manual skills and to give an initial structure for building treatments. The book has a unique approach to creating and planning Tui na treatments. Avoiding the prescriptive approach usually employed, the author discusses the principles of practice and enables the student practitioner to make choices and formulate treatments by bringing together their knowledge and skills. Frameworks are provided, and techniques, methods and approaches suggested for presenting patterns of disharmony within the treatment of common ailments. The book features - Over 120 photographs clearly illustrating the techniques - THe application of the ancillary therapies of cupping, gua sha and moxibustion - The application of external herbal media - `Tips for Practice' easy reference to support the learning of techniques - Case histories illustrating the treatment of common clinical ailments - Treatment foundation area routines - Yin and yang styles of practice - Demonstration of how to combine Tui na and acupuncture in practice - a related series of videos (available online) showing how to apply all the major techniques

Download or read book LI DEXIU SANZIJING SCHOOL OF PEDIATRIC TUI NA THERAPY written by LI XIANXIAO and published by American Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Li Dexiu Sanzijing School of Pediatric Tui-na Therapy is the translation of the Chinese work which was published in 2016 by People’s Medical Publishing House. Master Li Dexiu established the Sanzijing School of Pediatric Tui-na therapy, and a large number of children have benefited from his magic Tui-na therapy. This work discusses the characteristics of Master Li’s therapy and the basic techniques and acupoints used during the treatment for common children’s diseases. It offers typical clinical cases in which Master Li’s Tui-na therapy was applied. This book also devotes two chapters to the annotations to and interpretations of the original Chinese texts of Li’s Tui-na Sanzijing. The last few chapters introduce some special prescriptions for children’s diseases used by Master Li, summarize the acupoints for treating typical pediatric diseases, and provide the Tui-na techniques which can substitute herbal treatment. The last chapter introduces the application of clearing and complementing techniques, which are the core techniques of Master Li’s therapy.

Download or read book The Tui Na Manual written by Maria Mercati and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full-color, illustrated guide to Chinese tui na massage techniques for whole-body health • Demonstrates each of the 15 unique Tui Na techniques with rich full-color photos and step-by-step instructions • Explains how to use qi-points to treat conditions in close proximity to the points as well as enact healing in tender or injured regions through the use of distant points • Details how to use Tui Na in all ages to release stress, re-energize the body, invigorate the mind, and relieve pain, sciatica, headache, sports injuries, and other common ailments Tui Na, which means “grasp and push,” is a Chinese system of therapy that uses massage and bodywork manipulation to relieve pain, release tension, and treat common ailments. Often practiced in conjunction with acupuncture and Chinese herbalism, Tui Na is also used as a treatment to address specific patterns of disharmony and stimulate the overall flow of qi, or vital energy, throughout the body. The leading authority on Tui Na in the West, with years of study in China, Indonesia, and Thailand, Maria Mercati combines the individual techniques of Tui Na into an easy-to-use method for whole-body health. Providing rich full-color photos with step-by-step instructions, she demonstrates each of the 15 unique Tui Na techniques, showing clearly where to place your hands as well as offering clear diagrams of the meridian energy channels and more than 100 powerful qi-points, where qi energy can be directly affected to restore balance and harmony. She explains how to use the qi-points to treat conditions in close proximity as well as enact healing in tender or injured regions through the use of distant yet connected qi-points. The author details how to use Tui Na treatments to relieve neck, shoulder, and back pain, sciatica, headache, and many other common ailments, treat sports injuries, and improve athletic performance. She also shows how it can release stress, re-energize the body, and invigorate the mind, as well as provide healing massage for adolescents, the elderly, and babies. Offering a healing method that requires no special equipment and is simple enough to do at home or in a chair at work, this fully illustrated guide provides a hands-on program to help yourself and others find whole-body health.

Download or read book Introduction to Tui Na written by Lanqing Liu and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional Chinese tui na, one of the earliest medical treatment methods with a long history tracing back to ancient times, is an important component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This book is compiled with the aim of popularizing tui na modality along with allowing readers to understand and master the fundamental theories, basic techniques, commonly used acupoints and parts, and diagnosis and treatment methods of diseases in a relatively short period of time. The book is a summary of clinical experiences of tui na with practical contents and detailed illustrations, which can be easily appreciated and serve both purposes of the popularization of tui na and advancement in this field.The book introduces 25 common maneuvers including manipulations in children, more than 70 common diseases with diagnostic, treatment, and preventive methods, and some 240 images illustrating acupoints, maneuvers, examination, and treatment methods in order to facilitate study and learning. The formal arrangement totals 14 weeks, with two days of extra content, adding up to one hundred days. Lastly, the book has appended four indices: Common Tui Na Acupoints and Areas, Common Tui Na Maneuvers, Common Examinations, and Common Applicable Diseases and Symptoms.After completion of the book, readers will be able to understand the main essence in the discipline of tui na and dispel the stereotypical view that tui na can only treat pains and movement disorders. The correct concept should be established so that it can be applied to a variety of diseases in internal medicine, external department, gynecology, and pediatrics in clinical practice. In addition, the readers will have built a solid foundation for a further and more in-depth grasp of the discipline.

Download or read book The Practice of Tui Na written by Robert Aspell and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2019-07-18 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tui Na is one of the 'Four Pillars' of Chinese medicine (alongside Acupuncture, herbal medicine and Qi Gong) and is a form of bodywork that includes acupressure, massage techniques, assisted stretching, and joint mobilisations or adjustments that are all based on the key medical principles and diagnostics of the Classics of Chinese medicine. This book is an accessible clinical handbook of Tui Na principles and practice. Tui Na can be used as much more than a musculoskeletal therapy, but in order to use it to its full potential as a medical intervention, it is essential to understand its uses on the Sinew channel system as opposed to the other channel systems commonly used within acupuncture. Tui Na requires an understanding of the principles and pathways of the Sinew channels as a standalone system of the body, as well as its relationship to the other channel and organ systems, and this book provides an accessible introduction to these channels before moving onto Tui Na practice. There are Sections on Diagnosis and Assessment, Techniques and Treatments with hand and joint manipulation techniques covered in detail, along with instruction on developing a Tui Na prescription and protocols for the treatment of common conditions. This book can be used by beginners studying on a hands-on practical course in Tui Na, in addition to qualified Chinese medicine and Tui Na practitioners.

Download or read book World Century Compendium To Tcm Volume 7 Introduction To Tui Na written by Lan-qing Liu and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013-10-04 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional Chinese tui na, one of the earliest medical treatment methods with a long history tracing back to ancient times, is an important component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This book is compiled with the aim of popularizing tui na modality along with allowing readers to understand and master the fundamental theories, basic techniques, commonly used acupoints and parts, and diagnosis and treatment methods of diseases in a relatively short period of time. The book is a summary of clinical experiences of tui na with practical contents and detailed illustrations, which can be easily appreciated and serve both purposes of the popularization of tui na and advancement in this field.The book introduces 25 common maneuvers including manipulations in children, more than 70 common diseases with diagnostic, treatment, and preventive methods, and some 240 images illustrating acupoints, maneuvers, examination, and treatment methods in order to facilitate study and learning. The formal arrangement totals 14 weeks, with two days of extra content, adding up to one hundred days. Lastly, the book has appended four indices: Common Tui Na Acupoints and Areas, Common Tui Na Maneuvers, Common Examinations, and Common Applicable Diseases and Symptoms.After completion of the book, readers will be able to understand the main essence in the discipline of tui na and dispel the stereotypical view that tui na can only treat pains and movement disorders. The correct concept should be established so that it can be applied to a variety of diseases in internal medicine, external medicine, gynecology, and pediatrics in clinical practice. In addition, the readers will have built a solid foundation for a further and more in-depth grasp of the discipline.

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Download or read book The healing effect of Tui Na written by Karthik Poovanam and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The body is truly a very complex thing. Not only do we need to battle mental and emotional illnesses, there are also physical anomalies and aching muscles that we need to deal with and no medicine anyone can consume that will make the pain go away. The Chinese however, have come up with ingenious methods to help relieve the physical ailments of the aching body through their ancient practices that can be seen nowadays in martial arts and has its roots in olden day's Taoist practices. This art form exists today as a very special form of alternative medicine/healing. This art of massage is extremely popular all over the world. Western societies have also embraced this practice with open arms and you will find Chinese massage parlours all over the place – and it is not just China town! This ready form of physical healing is sought after by many – from the elderly and their aching backs to young athletes and body builders who need their muscles loosen up after a long day of working out at the gym or in competitive sports. It is also inexpensive in many places of the world and definitely in demand whether poor or affluent. Welcome to the art of Tui Na.

Download or read book In the Land of the Tui written by Mrs. Robert Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dragonslayer Wings of Fire Legends written by Tui T. Sutherland and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series soars back in time to give readers a glimpse of Pyrrhia through new eyes. In the shadow of wings . . . humans fight for survival. Ivy doesn't trust the Dragonslayer. He may be her father and the beloved ruler of Valor, but she knows he's hiding more than the treasure from the sand dragon he killed two decades ago. Leaf doesn't trust dragons. They're the reason his favorite sister, Wren, is dead, and now he'll do whatever it takes to slay even one. Wren doesn't trust anyone. She swore off humans after her village tried to sacrifice her to the dragons. She only has one friend, a small, wonderful mountain dragon named Sky, and they don't need anyone else. In a world of dragons, the humans who scramble around underfoot are easy to overlook. But Ivy, Leaf, and Wren will each cross paths with dragons in ways that could shape the destiny of both species. Is a new future possible for all of them . . . one in which humans can look to the skies with hope instead of fear?

Download or read book Understanding Cemetery Symbols written by Tui Snider and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Understanding Cemetery Symbols" by Tui Snider helps history buffs, genealogists, ghost hunters and other curiosity seekers decode the forgotten meanings of the symbols our ancestors placed on their headstones. By understanding the meaning behind the architecture, acronyms, & symbols found in America's burial grounds, readers will gain a deeper appreciation for these "messages from the dead."

Download or read book A Mandarin Romanized Dictionary of Chinese written by Donald MacGillivray and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: