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Giovanni Maciocia on Lucid Mind

Giovanni Maciocia

The pathology of ADD revolves around the Heart, Liver and Spleen and their respective emotional-mental-spiritual faculties, i.e. the Mind (Shen), the Ethereal Soul (Hun) and the Intellect (Yi). In general, we can say that both ADD and ADHD are characterized by a pathology of the both the Intellect (Yi) and Ethereal Soul (Hun). However, in … Read More

Acupuncture Clinical Tip – Red Tip of the Tongue

Tongue Diagnosis

A red tip of the tongue is very common. The tip of the tongue corresponds to the Heart and the Shen and a redness of the tip always indicates emotional stress affecting the Heart: The redder the tip, the more intense the stress. Why is the tip affected? The Heart is affected by all emotions … Read More

"Giovanni Maciocia is a respected guide in this transition period of East Asian medicine to the western arena. His accomplishments as a teacher and writer have made him a major force in this successful movement from one world to another. Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Practice of Chinese Medicine and Tongue Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine are all outstanding contributions of scholarship and clinical acumen, and this present volume Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Chinese Medicine significantly adds to his accomplishments. Indeed, one begins to see the outlines of a Maciocia transmission or tradition existing within our very own generation."

From Dr. Ted Kaptchuk’s foreword to Giovanni’s book Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Chinese Medicine.