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For more than four thousand years, Chinese scholars and medical practitioners have documented ways of maintaining health and treating illness, from theories of yin-yang and the zang-fu organs to the use of herbs and acupuncture. The Essential Book of Traditional Chinese Medicine marks the first time such concepts have been made accessible to Westerners in a comprehensive form.
Price: $50.00
Pages: 479
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Publication Date:
28 December 1995
ISBN: 9780231103596
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
MEDICAL / General, RELIGION / General, HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia
Now, for the first time, a complete account of traditional Chinese medicine....Volume One is devoted to theory [founded on] the Five Elements of water, fire, wood, metal, and earth, which categorized all natural phenomena including the interaction of body organs....Treatment is the subject of Volume Two, [which contains] a table covering all plants, animals, and minerals believed to have therapeutic activity.
Treatment: Principles and Basic Methods
Chinese Medicinal Herbs: Basic Concepts and Common Examples
An Introduction to Traditional Chinese Prescriptions
Treatment of Some Common Conditions
Treatment of Common Communicable Diseases
Treatment of Common Gynecologic Disorders
Treatment of Other Selected Conditions
Appendix A: Names of Herbs
Appendix B: Names of Prescriptions
Selected Bibliography
Index