The Tao of Detox: The Secrets of Yang-Sheng Dao

I am delighted, informed and heartened by this comprehensive practical guide to detoxification...especially by its linking of eastern and western knowledge and thought processes. I would rate this 4 and a half stars if I could. Missing, however, is documentation/citation of some mostly evident (to me) truths and pertinent studies that are mentioned. Also there are interestingly speculative (to me) statements presented as logical deduction or fact; these could be better supported.. I was left wanting directions to pursue for more substantive validation. I don't think there was a statement I wanted to disagree with or did want to challenge based on my own background knowledge but I'd have liked to have had something to pursue or to have a deeper conversation with the author.I would like for example to see whence comes the percentage data of oxygenation of earths air now and before and also how the conclusion is reached that we are oxygen deprived because we have less. How much do we need and how is that determined, I wonder. Another example: Occular-endocrine reactions in fluorescent lighted classrooms. Mentioning studies... I wonder what they are... to support the behavioral normalization of students. I'd like to also understand the occular endocrine process more deeply in this regard and while relieved and pleased that Mr Reid articulates my thoughts even further, I would like some harder fact and deeper explanation on this and other points. Personally, as a visual artist/art teacher of talented teens, I've seen greater responsiveness and other benefits from switching to daylight spectrum lighting inside and have read/heard of other experiences. I'm interested in finding a scientifically designed study or two to back Mr Reid's statement and am sorry to not find it here. Its absence does not further the impact I might have where I teach. I seek some research of conventional value in order to be able to persuade administrators to purchase and try this...thereby providing relief to students teeming with such behavioral issues as Dan Reid mentions.Overall, I am still most pleased. I don't so much mind leaving this book with questions [...where to purchase Ocean Frost? The site mentioned doesn't have it.. and Mica type??] that I wish it had more fully answered. This is because it's practicality, comprehensive nature an premise is resonantly sound and provides a balanced understanding of our challenges and how to face them. A great mixture of 'how to' and 'what is and why' from a remarkable broad and rooted perspective. Thank you to Dan Reid for writing it.

I was excited to buy this book because I am familiar with some of Reid's other books on Taoism and Traditional Chinese Medicine. I was hoping for some authentic Taoist and Traditional Chinese dietary and detox processes. Alas, what I got was an uncritical promotion of the worst fads, snake oil, and expensive products and devices imaginable. Taoist teachings emphisize the ability to discern reality from delusion, most of this stuff is pure magical thinking. It reads like Reid is just citing promotional literature for a lot of this stuff. Some of what he says is pure nonsense that circulates around the internet with no substantiation, such as Pasteur's deathbed recantation of the germ theory (never been documented) and the notion that colons are packed full of hard plaque (never been seen at an autoposy). In at least 2 of the products he discusses, the manufacturers have been subject to prosecution for false and misleading claims.The good - A couple of useful chapters dealing with detox by diet and detox by fasting. Some useful food ideas and several herbal mixtures, both American herbal and TCM, that might be useful. Some simple exercises. These sections warrent 2 stars.The so-so - The promotion of colon hydrotherapy. There is no evidence of hard plaque in anyone's colon, however the cleansing of the colon is typically part of any detox, so this may be a useful addition to herbs and foods. Despite Reid's uncritical acceptance of the manufacturer's claims, the product he discusses for home use is at least not very expensive and appears well-made. I, for one, wouldn't want to do 14 colonics in 7 days. This would seem awfully disturbing to normal gut flora. But at least it is probably not harmful nor too expensive for those who want it.The bad - Uncritical acceptance of science fiction theories and products and promotion of these (often very expensive) products with stuff straight from the company's literature. Things like: the Grander Living Water Sytem, proven in independant lab tests to do nothing and which is extremely expensive; "alkaline water" generators which are expensive and produce a product which is immediately acidified by the stomach; water "microclusters" when in fact the stomach and intestinal lining can absorb any conformation of water with ease, body pH (I thought this fad had died out several years back)... the list goes on and on and on. Only 1 page of discussion of the yin and yang of foods, pretty much reduced to yang = acid = bad, yin = alkaline = good. Minus 1 star.I don't usually like to chime in on the skeptic side of things and sound like some quackbuster. I'm willing to be open-minded and try a lot of new stuff. But I also worked as a microbiologist and in chemistry for a number of years and I know when things just don't work on a physical level. Much of this is just magical thinking and I hate to see people waste a lot of money on it.I'd suggest skipping this one and just look at some simpler, more basic books on diet and detox. You don't need a lot of expensive products to turn your kitchen into a chemistry lab and your bathroom into a colon treatment center to do a little internal cleansing.

This is like a bible for Detox. I'm still reading it.A friend in the medical field & healer suggested it to me. This book has everything anyone would ever want to know about detoxing the body in it (or so it seems). Thorough explanations and a TON of information break everything down so that I can understand exactly what I'm doing, how and why. I feel a sense of safety now and a great deal healthier as I follow along here. Also feeling a greater sense of clarity (of mind) not only the body! It's empowering! I wish you all well and recommend this book to all who might be interested in cleansing their own bodies. (For myself, I was diagnosed with cancer and the prognosis isn't good from the doctors so I HAD to figure out things myself. ) Now I'm much improved!

The information of the book it's amazing and also practical. I was reading a bunch of east book on longevity and health and all concluded the same: "the most you detox your body the best healthy your are going to be." The book in few chapters resume almost a lot of daoism health books .

If you are looking for an alternative to the current medical options available today, this is the book for you.The suppliers that he recommends is worth the price of book.Some of the information is as old as dirt and other information is cutting edge 21stcentury.Thank you Snow and Daniel Reid.

I bought this book from Waynes's books. I had to contact him for several reasons and every time he gave me the best service ever. He always was very nice and prompt to help me with every one of my requests. Absolutely, if in the future he had the book I'm looking for, I will buy it from him. A service as good as this one, is not that easy to find.Claudia Chávez-Serey

Still prefer the writing style of American version ( the one with kiwi picture) highly recommend if you want to cut out buying whole load health magazines, have all the author's book except 1 which I will get round to; the dude a star :)

Chapter 6 is the one you really want to read the most if you are into detoxing, but the rest is really informative as well.