A Tooth from the Tiger's Mouth: How to Treat Your Injuries with Powerful Healing Secrets of the Great Chinese Warrior...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 384 pages
• Published by: Fireside October 5, 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0743245512
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0743245517
• Book Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 14.4 ounces

Product Review
Gregory Petaro, M.D.A must for any athlete, whether a weekend warrior or serious competitor. I have used these strategies successfully in my practice.

Kevin V. Ergil, M.A., M.S., L.ac., Director, Graduate Program in Oriental Medicine, Touro CollegeThis book should have enormous value to anyone engaged in an active lifestyle or involved in the management of minor trauma, especially as it relates to sports medicine.

Product Description
A renowned expert in Chinese sports medicine and martial arts reveals ancient Eastern secrets for healing common injuries, including sprains, bruises, deep cuts, and much more.

For centuries, Chinese martial arts masters have kept their highly prized remedies as carefully guarded secrets, calling such precious and powerful knowledge "a tooth from the tiger's mouth." Now, for the first time, these deeply effective methods are revealed to Westerners who want alternative ways to treat the acute and chronic injuries experienced by any active person.

While many books outline the popular teachings of traditional Chinese medicine, only this one offers step-by-step instructions for treating injuries. Expert practitioner and martial artist Tom Bisio explains the complete range of healing strategies and provides a Chinese first-aid kit to help the reader fully recover from every mishap: cuts, sprains, breaks, dislocations, bruises, muscle tears, tendonitis, and much more.

He teaches readers how to:

• Examine and diagnose injuries
  
  
• Prepare and apply herbal formulas
  
  
• Assemble a portable kit for emergencies
  
  
• Fully recuperate with strengthening exercises and healing dietary advice

Comprehensive and easy to follow, with drawings to illustrate both the treatment strategies and the strengthening exercises, this unique guidebook will give readers complete access to the powerful healing secrets of the great Chinese warriors.

Reader Reviews
First a disclaimer: I've been a student of Tom's for over ten years, both as martial artist and a practitioner of Chinese medicine. (In fact, I became an acupuncturist partly as a result of having had my martial arts injuries sucessfully treated with Chinese medicine.) So, I am most definitely a biassed reviewer! I'll focus on a small portion of the book, one which is of primary interest to martial artists: the use of herbal training formulas (Die Da formulas) to heal and prevent injuries: A Tooth From the Tiger's Mouth includes in-depth discussion of the following external formulas: A basic Die Da Jiu (trauma liniment) for acute injuries A formula for Tendon Lotion for chronic injuries bothered by damp and cold U-I Oil - a patent remedy Chinese Massage Oil - a patent remedy Black Ghost Oil - a patent remedy San Huang San - a herbal poultice for acute injuries Sinew-Bone Poultice - a herbal poultice for healing middle or late stage injuries Wu Yang Pain Relieving Plaster - a patent remedy Yunnan Paiyao Plaster - a patent remedy 701 Plaster - a patent remedy Hua Tuo Anticontusion Rheumatism Plaster - a patent remedy Gou Pi Plaster - a patent remedy Tendon Relaxing Soak - an herbal soak Warming Soak - an herbal soak The following internal formulas are also discussed in detail: Trauma pills - an herbal pill made with ground herbs and honey Resinall K - a patent remedy made from an alchohol extract; similar to Qi Li San Rib Fracture Formula Bone Knitting Formula Tonic formulas such as Ge Jie Da Bu Wan, etc. Individual herbs for healing sinew and bone injuries Nutritional and dietary supplements Certainly there are many Die Da formulas available and several excellent books about Die Da formulae are available to the martial artist. However, Tom's book excells insofar as he provides very concise and accurate information about WHY and WHEN to use different Die Da formulas (based on Chinese medicine theory). Having taken many of Tom's "Kung Fu Traumatology" courses over the past ten years, I can definitively state that A Tooth From the Tiger's Mouth provides the very best, fundamental, and practical information available to the athlete and martial artist about treating sports and martial arts injuries with Chinese medicine. I remember hearing Tom talk about these formulas for the first time, making or buying them, and then trying them out on myself or on friends and training partners as we got injured during our training. The bottom line is - they work. However, Tom's book is much more than a discussion of Die Da formulas. There are detailed chapters that describe the principles of Chinese sports medicine, injury prevention with respect to excercise, diet and health preservation, the various therapies of Chinese sports medicine, (including the management of cuts and lacerations, cupping and bleeding, acupressure, massage, and moxibustion), and the treatment of common sports injuries (over thirty are described). Moreover, the book is well-written, logical, and easy to follow. This is a gem of a book and would be welcome addition to any martial artist's book shelf. The fact that all of the therapies described in the book can be sucessfully applied to the treatment of sports-related injuries, makes it that more especially valuable.