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Heart Shock: Diagnosis and Treatment of Trauma with Shen-Hammer and Classical Chinese Medicine 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Ross Rosen (Author), Dr. Leon Hammer (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition
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This book describes in detail the effects and ongoing impacts of trauma on the body and mind and provides the 'missing piece' in the treatment of these stubborn conditions that every practitioner confronts. Heart Shock refers to the systemic impact that emotional and/or physical trauma has on one's physiology and psychology, interfering with one's ability to heal, and also directly attributable to a host of progressive pathology. Synthesizing the teachings of Jeffrey Yuen and the Shen-Hammer lineage and focusing heavily on psychology, Ross Rosen addresses how to identify, diagnose, and treat Heart Shock from multiple perspectives, providing a multi-faceted approach to treatment, including all the acupuncture channel systems, herbal medicine and the use of essential oils. The approach presented can also be expanded to treat any condition or disease process.
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  1. ISBN-13
    978-0857013309
  2. Edition
    1st
  3. Publisher
    Singing Dragon
  4. Publication date
    June 29, 2018
  5. Language
    English
  6. File size
    4.1 MB
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The heart/kidney axis is a physiological metaphor for integrity in the core of the self as the confluence of heaven and earth. The inner tradition of medicine recognizes the primacy of this relationship as contextualizing all treatment. In Heart Shock, Ross Rosen has produced a beautiful synthesis of the Shen/Hammer tradition and Jeffrey Yuen lineage as they address this perspective. This will be an indispensable reference text for students in both traditions. For others it will be a beacon toward a much greater depth of practice. Ross' accomplishment provides inspiration for those of us who strive to be scholar/physicians. Heart Shock offers further evidence that the evolution of medicine is in good hands. -- Lonny Jarrett, M.Ac., author of Nourishing Destiny and The Clinical Practice of Chinese Medicine

Based on the fundamental concept of resonance (gan ying), many Asian medical
traditions can be seen to be organized around the idea that the Heart is the
"Emperor" of each individual's life. Heart Shock explains how this perspective can
enlighten our understanding of almost all health challenges, perhaps even more so
in contemporary times than in some less stressful eras when social roles were less
fluid. Even within Chinese medicine there are differences between lineages of
various teachers. Ross Rosen has done an admirable job of synthesizing
the Shen/Hammer and Jeffrey Yuen styles of diagnosis and treatment. Heart Shock is both an introduction to, and a fully fleshed out primer on these approaches. Having been a synthesizer of disparate Asian medical systems myself, I must congratulate Ross Rosen on his unique accomplishment, bringing to light information that has never before been integrated into a coherent resource for students and practitioners alike.

-- Peter Eckman, M.D., Ph.D., M.Ac.(UK), author of In the Footsteps of the Yellow Emperor, The Compleat Acupuncturist, and Grasping the Donkey's Tail

Heart Shock is a comprehensive exploration of the intricacies pertaining to 'trauma' and its impact on our hearts. Ross Rosen has taken on the arduous task of providing a definitive and rich exposition for the clinician and individuals interested in unraveling more about themselves through the lens of the Shen-Hammer lineage and Classical Chinese Medicine, in addition to his own insights and revelations. The text is filled with time-tested strategies and resourceful modalities to one of life's most perplexing questions - how to treat our 'hearts.' -- Jeffrey C. Yuen, Director of Classical Studies, Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts

For some time Ross Rosen has been one of our most important, successful, and innovative pulse instructors. He also has established one of the most successful practices of Chinese medicine of which I am aware so that all that follows in this volume is grounded not only in a profound study of the classics and current scholarship but also in hands-on practice and a background in the martial arts and traditional Chinese esoteric ritual

This volume will establish Ross Rosen as a significant Chinese scholar-practitioner of our time and beyond. Heart Shock is one of the most thorough dissertations I have read on any subject in my long career in science. I feel qualified to speak to this subject in particular having been exposed for years to the clinical and conceptual observations on Heart Shock by Dr. John H.F. Shen with whom I apprenticed for many years and recorded them and my own in several published articles.

Ross Rosen has placed this chosen subject, Heart Shock, within that context in his first part of this volume. He has then further and brilliantly expounded Heart Shock, synthesizing it precisely within the context of the human organism's sophisticated defensive system from the Qi to the Blood and Yuan levels as conceived progressively from the Nei Jing to the present as taught by Jeffrey Yuen.

-- Dr Leon Hammer

This is a very valuable book. 'Heart Shock or Trauma' was first coined by Dr. John HF. Shen who belongs to our Menghe-Ding Lineage. Dr. Leon Hammer (whom I have been fortunate to know and read his publications) was Dr. Shen's apprentice, and with the advantage of being both a psychiatrist and a Chinese doctor has raised the scope of knowledge to new heights. Ross Rosen's manuscript builds on this information. After reading it I can't help admiring Ross Rosen - without his diligence and wisdom this book could not have been completed. The book shows a full range of levels beyond the ordinary. It offers the reader both an ability to understand the concepts surrounding 'Heart Shock' and also provides detailed explanations of the many healing strategies and treatments. It is worth reading for practitioners or students of Oriental Medicine. I will be recommending this book to TCM doctors in China. -- Dr. Ding Yie, Chief Physician & Professor, Long Hua Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM

Two important currents of Chinese medicine are living in the west at this point in history. They are the schools of Shen-Hammer and Jeffrey Yuen. I say this because of the widespread influence that both traditions of thought enjoy, but also because they are the primary tools that inform the work of Ross Rosen. Heart Shock attends to the medicine in ways that are both illuminating and practical. It holds power to reclaim the heart for the medicine and the patients who find themselves in the care of practitioners who use this work. Articulate and well-written, it contains treatments and strategies that are exemplars of these two living traditions of Chinese medicine. -- William Morris, PhD, co-author of Li Shi-zhen Pulse Studies: An Illustrated Guide

About the Author

Ross Rosen is a licensed practitioner and Master of Chinese medicine. He is a direct lineage holder and senior certified instructor of Shen-Hammer Pulse Diagnosis, a board member of Dragon Rises, Inc., and a long-term student of Dr. Leon Hammer and Jeffrey Yuen.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B078WGYLC8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Singing Dragon; 1st edition (June 29, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 29, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.1 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 474 pages
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Ross Rosen is a licensed practitioner and Master of Chinese medicine. He is a direct lineage holder and senior certified instructor of Shen-Hammer Pulse Diagnosis, a board member of Dragon Rises, Inc., and a long-term student of Dr. Leon Hammer and Jeffrey Yuen. He runs the Center for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine in Plainfield, NJ (www.acupunctureandherbalmedicine.com). Ross is also a long time student and practitioner of Daoism and is ordained as a Quanzhen Longmen (23rd generation from Jianfu Gong in Qingcheng mountain, as well as a 25th generation from Qingyun Daoguan) and Maoshan Daoist Priest.

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  • Alyssa Barba
    5.0 out of 5 stars I'm so grateful I came across this book, it is truly a gem.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2019
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    I'm so grateful I came across this book, it is truly a gem. I'm a 4th year Chinese medical student, and a true Chinese medicine book nerd. I also have a background in psychology, neuroscience, and depression research. Heart Shock is by far the most comprehensive text I have encountered on the subject of understanding, diagnosing, and treating psycho-emotional conditions and trauma, with Chinese medicine. The author synthesizes and expands upon diagnostic and treatment strategies from the Shen-Hammer lineage and Classical Chinese medicine as taught by Jeffrey Yuen. This book includes detailed information about pulse diagnosis, and outlines how one could use each one of the 5 channel systems (sinews, primarys, luos, divergents & eight extraordinary vessels) to treat various psycho-emotional presentations. The book also breaks down different herbal strategies that correspond to different channel system approaches, and includes a wonderfully detailed section on the use of essential oils for emotional conditions. My favorite part of the book is the case study section. The author's brilliance and expertise especially reveals itself in the way that he breaks down the cases so systematically. For each case, the author provides a comprehensive chart with pulse findings, and then includes an additional chart explaining how each pulse finding contributed to a particular aspect of the patient's diagnosis. He then organizes these different aspects of the patient's diagnosis into a list of ordered priorities for treatment, and the subsequent treatment strategies & treatment. This way of laying out the information provides the reader with a deep, holistic view of the patient. This book is a must have for any practitioner of Chinese medicine who works with psycho-emotional conditions and trauma (and is also great for those who want to understand more about how to use the 5 channel systems, as these concepts can be applied to the treatment of any condition). I am so happy I purchased this book, and am grateful that the author wrote it, as I truly believe that the treatment strategies outlined so elegantly here will support the healing of so many hearts <3
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  • Meg
    5.0 out of 5 stars An exceedingly clear and practical refrenece for diagnosing and treating trauma
    Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2019
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    This is a beautiful and rare book continuing the Shen-Hammer lineage. I find the wealth of information on the pulse and other the parameters of diagnosis for addressing trauma incredibly clear and easy to apply in practice.
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  • josh paynter
    5.0 out of 5 stars Exemplary of the current evolution in Chinese Medicine in the West.
    Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2019
    As a longstanding practitioner of Chinese medicine I have both witnessed and experienced textually, the development of Western language scholarship in the field. The trajectory of scholarship and available text has come a long way since the 1980's. We have moved from essentially mere pamphlets, to larger survey texts on fundamentals, to translations of classics, to the study and analysis of these classics.
    This book stands out from this trend in that it is one of the first books to thoroughly weave together multiple classical streams and modern mastery, and bind these together with insight and study born of decades of clinical practice.
    Ross has succeeded in setting a standard for our field by showing the possibilities of clinical experience welded to modern lineages and research into the classics.
    The importance of his approach can't be understated.
    In addition to all of this, is the plain and obvious utility of this book itself. It provides a new lens through which to view the possibilities of Chinese medicine for the treatment of trauma. This text is not a rehashing and dressing up of western clinical psychology, nor is it a wrote retelling of existing Chinese medicine approaches. It is a completely novel, though rooted, system of using not only pulse diagnosis but also all of the tools of Chinese medicine interventions for the uprooting and treatment of trauma and the impacts of this on the human mind/body.
    I cannot recommend this enough.
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  • AmazonFan
    5.0 out of 5 stars An in-depth look at using the 5-Meridian system for treating physical and emotional trauma
    Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2019
    This is a truly impressive work - covering the sinew, luo, primary, divergent and EV for treating trauma, with an extra section on gu and gui. Rosen covers everything from acupuncture to herbs to essential oils at each of these different levels. As a TCM-trained practitioner I found the beginning quite dense as CCM often requires a new understanding of concepts. I only wish, as a visual learner, there were more diagrams and illustrations. This is the kind of book that will likely (and delightfully) take me a few years to really get through!

    I highly recommend this book to anyone newish and beyond to CCM, especially in conjunction with Ann Cecil-Sterman's books for diagrams. I would say the EO section is excellent for reference, but perhaps not the best starting place for complete beginners to the practice.

    Thank you, Ross Rosen, for such a comprehensive and beautiful life's work realized!
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  • J
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wish I had this in school!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2019
    This book successfully took Dr Hammer's material and made it more successful and usable. The author successfully explains a concept that many other teachers talk around but never really get to the center of. Trauma and its sequela are so ubiquitous in modern society yet there are not many ways to address it. There are many teachers trying to share something to treat and diagnose it yet most fall short. This book provides a wonderful way to identify, diagnose, and treat the various channel layers. I highly recommend it to anyone studying acupuncture or has an interested in a very sophisticated approach to pulse diagnosis.
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  • Susan Hale Jaracz, M.Ac., L.Ac.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very supportive for realistic clinical approach
    Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2018
    This book has helped me in a great deal. Although, it is in the context of treating trauma, outside of treating trauma it has excellent perspective and explanations of divergent and 8 extra channel systems. Particularly the divergent channels are not widely covered in clinical usage and this book layers in well with other authors for a more complete perspective.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for Chinese Medicine practitioners
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2019
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    I had to wait quite a bit of time for this book but it was indicated beforehand. As expected and within given delivery time.
    Thank you very much.
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