"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