Thomas Richard Joiner

Traditional Chinese martial arts training placed as much emphasis on nurturing the spirit as it did on honing fighting ability. This extended to the study of the healing arts and the use of herbs not only for injury management but also to increase sensitivity, improve energy levels, and, most significantly, raise consciousness. Many of the greatest figures in martial arts history were as renowned as healers as they were as warriors. This history has left behind an extensive healing tradition that includes an immense repository of herbal formulas.

The Warrior As Healer provides more than one hundred of these recipes and formulas that have been used for centuries to stop bleeding, speed the healing of fractured bones, and increase vitality, as well as to improve focus and calm the mind. In addition to custom formulas, it includes a guide to using many patent medicines available in Chinese apothecaries. Anyone ready to take his or her martial arts practice to a more profound level will find The Warrior As Healer an essential companion.

Thomas Richard Joiner, a Yondan fourth-degree black belt and a certified instructor in Chinese goju martial arts and tien tao chi kung, is trained in traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture and has been a practicing Chinese herbalist for fifteen years. He is also the founder of Treasures from the Sea of Chi, a mail-order company specializing in Chinese herbs. He lives in Oakland, California.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Author's note
Preface
Introduction
A brief discussion of the historical relationship between the healing and the martial arts
Chapter 1 Method of herb preparation
Decoction
Medicinal wine
Pills and capsules
Chapter 2 Injury-management formulas
Herbs that stop bleeding
Herbs that heal broken and fractured bones
Herbs that heal strained and torn ligaments
Herbal oils, iniments, and salves
Herbal massage oils
Herbs that restore consciousness after knockout
Chapter 3 Training formulas
Tonics for strengthening the body and increasing stamina
Medicinal wines that strengthen the body and increase stamina
Seasonal wines-spring and winter wines
Chinese herbal liniments used for hand conditioning
Ginseng
Chapter 4 Herbs for the Taoist practice of sexual conservation
Chapter 5 Herbs used in meditation for quieting the senses
Chapter 6 In closing
Appendix 1 Raw herbal formulas index
Appendix 2 Patent formulas index
Appendix 3 Chinese herbs cross-referenced to scientific and English names
Appendix 4 Sources for herbal and patent formulas
Appendix 5 Reference sources for herbal formulas (bibliography)… (mais)