Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China

"Volker Scheid reveals the dynamic context of Chinese medicine and its continuous process of encounter, interpretation, negotiation, and synthesis. This study's depth of detail and breathtaking interdisciplinary scope provide a multidimensional understanding of Chinese medicine and the forces that nourish, constrain, and transform it. Any serious scholar or practitioner will want to read and reread this groundbreaking volume."--Ted J. Kaptchuk, author of "The Web That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine"

List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsTimeline on Chinese HistoryGeographical Map of ChinaIntroduction>Part I: Chinese Medicine and the Problem of Plurality1. Orientations2. Plurality and Synthesis: Toward a Multisited Ethnography of Chinese MedicinePart II: Contemporary Chinese Medicine: Six Perspectives3. Hegemonic Pluralism: Chinese Medicine in a Socialist State4. Dilemmas and Tactical Agency: Patients and the Transformation of Chinese Medicine5. Shaping Chinese Medicine: Integration, Innovation, Synthesis6. Students, Disciples, and the Art of Social Networking: Becoming a Physician of Chinese Medicine7. Bianzheng lunzhi: The Emergent Pivot of Contemporary Chinese Medicine8. Creating Knowledge: The Origins of PluralityPart III: Anthropological Interventions9. The Future of Chinese MedicineAppendix. Four Attempts at Systematizing Pattern Differentiation and Treatment DeterminationNotesBibliography of Premodern Chinese Medical TextsBibliography of Modern Chinese and Western SourcesIndex