The Web That Has No Weaver

Buchzusammenfassung

Ted J. Kaptchuk is professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Placebo Studies and Therapeutic Encounter Program (PiPS) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He has also written numerous articles and co-authored several books on topics related to alternative medicine, acupuncture and placebo response.

Unlike Western medicine, which tends to diagnose and treat individual diseases, Chinese medicine takes a different approach. It integrates a patient's symptoms and signs into an overall pattern of imbalance. This holistic method aims to restore balance and harmony to the patient's body, rather than focusing solely on treating specific ailments.

“Illness contains the seed of health.”

“Chinese medicine considers important certain aspects of the human body and personality that are not significant to Western medicine.”

“I have adopted the perspective that healing must embody an art with a compelling and even poetic message.”

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