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Author : Yeow Chin Wee,Hsuan Keng
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Botany, Medical
ISBN : UCSC:32106011491096
Entries describe each plant and provide information on its origin, medicinal use, parts used, and its common, Chinese, and scientific names.
Author : Daniel P. Reid
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1995-08-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781570620935
Traditional Chinese medicine is perhaps the oldest system of health care in the world—and one of the safest and most effective. This first easy-to-use pocket guide provides everything readers need to know to explore Chinese herbal medicine for themselves. The book includes: • A brief overview of the basic terms and concepts of traditional Chinese medicine. • Simple instructions on how to prepare herbal formulas at home. • An illustrated guide to 108 of the most widely used Chinese herbs, with descriptions, therapeutic effects, preparation methods, and dosages. • A guide to dozens of readily available prepared herbal formulas for common ailments. • An index of symptoms and ailments. • Listings of mail-order houses for herbs, herbal formulas, and other supplies. • Suggestions for further reading.
Author : Shizhen Li,Porter Smith,George Arthur Stuart
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 048642801X
Two Western doctors assembled this updated edition of a massive sixteenth-century document, annotating their translation with their own observations. A treasury of tried-and-true wisdom from centuries of practical experience, it has served as a basis for modern-day organic medicine and has enormous value for practitioners of alternative healing methods.
Author : Jing-Nuan Wu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 715 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005-04-28
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780195140170
Offers contemporary medicinal, pharmaceutical, natural product chemists as well as practitioners of homeopathic and alternative medicines authentic, information on the 320 herbs used in medicinal formulations in traditional Chinese medical practice. It also provides an overview of traditional Chinese medicine.
Author : TJ Hinrichs,Linda L. Barnes
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674047372
In covering the subject of Chinese medicine, this book addresses topics such as oracle bones, the treatment of women, fertility and childbirth, nutrition, acupuncture, and Qi as well as examining Chinese medicine as practiced globally in places such as Africa, Australia, Vietnam, Korea, and the United States.
Author : John D. Keys
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-06
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781462901296
Chinese Herbs is an illustrated encyclopedia of over 250 herbs for medical problems ranging from anemia to TB. Chinese traditional medicine (TCM) has been gaining popularity as a respectable field in of herbal medicine. This comprehensive guide offers information specifically designed for Western readers. Each entry includes the herb's Latin name, its English name, the name in Chinese characters, a botanical description, a pharmaceutical description, a phytochemical analysis, pharmacodynamic investigations, the Chinese therapeutic use of the drug, dosage given by Chinese herbals, and other relevant information.
Author : Steven Foster,Yue Chongxi
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1992-04
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0892813490
Herbal Emissaries is the first collaboration between a Chinese scientist and an American herbalist, blending traditional wisdom from both cultures with scientific verification of the effectiveness of forty-four medicinal plants. The authors supply specific techniques for cultivating these Chinese herbs and flowers in Western gardens and explain their medicinal use.
Author : N. Wiseman
Publisher : French & European Publications Incorporated
Page : 805 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0320005119
Author : Joseph P. Hou,Youyu Jin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781136415753
A modern reference guide on the benefits of incorporating traditional Chinese medicine into modern-day therapies! The Healing Power of Chinese Herbs and Medicinal Recipes is an easy-to-follow introduction to the history of traditional Chinese phytomedicine. This useful guide clearly explains the basics of this unique medical system and describes in detail the therapeutic properties and use of medicinal herbs and herbal recipes. The book includes a bibliography, glossary, contact information for herbal dealers and Oriental medicine schools, and an indexed list of 300 commonly used Chinese medicinal herbs and 245 herbal recipes. In The Healing Power of Chinese Herbs and Medicinal Recipes, you will find the fundamentals, evolution, and development of the herbal formulas of the 4,000-year-old Oriental Materia Medica, also known as ben cao. The book contains 11 sections documenting the therapeutic applications, dosages, precautions, and modern research findings of 138 of the most popular medicinal herbs. In addition, this resource provides 101 of the most frequently prescribed master recipes by famous ancient physicians, including their origin, ingredients, actions, indications, and modern clinical uses. The Healing Power of Chinese Herbs and Medicinal Recipes offers an in-depth education on: tonic herbs herbs that adjust the yin and yang of the body herbs that invigorate circulation of vital energy, qi, and blood herbal tranquilizers herbal diaphoretics herbal expectorants, antitussives, and antiasthmatics herbal pain killers herbs which regulate digestion and elimination herbal diuretics herbal antipyretics, antimicrobials, and detoxicants antitumor herbs The Healing Power of Chinese Herbs and Medicinal Recipes provides up-to-date information on the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as how to use Chinese medicinal herbs in conjunction with Western conventions. This comprehensive reference will benefit healthcare practitioners who want to include Oriental medicine in their practice, and anyone who is interested in Chinese herbs or patients for whom conventional medicine has offered no relief.
Author : Nigel Wiseman,Ye Feng
Publisher : Paradigm Publications
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Medicine, Chinese
ISBN : 0912111542
Provides definition of terms as well as a description of symptoms and their clinical significance. Gives acupuncture and medicinal treatments for virtually every disease and pattern.
Author : Dagmar Ehling,Steve Swart
Publisher : Lotus Press
Page : 765 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780910261265
The Chinese Herbalist's Handbook is a new tool for prescribing and modifying herbal formulas. This book makes the practice of herbs easily accessible to Chinese medical practitioners and students. For practitioners who rely upon patent hervbal formulas, but would like to custom-tailor formulas to each patient's unique needs, this book demystifies the process, with instructions and exhaustive cross-referencing and indexing.
Author : Zhongzhen Zhao
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Herbs
ISBN : 9628820923
Author : Carl-Hermann Hempen,Toni Fischer (MD.)
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 1019 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780443100949
Phytotherapy or herbal medicine is the most important therapy within Chinese medicine and is being used increasingly in the West. A Materia Medica for Chinese Medicine: plants, minerals and animal products describes 400 of the most important plants, minerals and animal substances used as treatments by Chinese medical practitioners. The items included have been selected according to their degree of clinical relevance. Each remedy is clearly described and illustrated on two facing pages, making this an easily accessible reference for both students and practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine. The clearly laid out text presents the following details for each herb or substance included: a detailed description of the characteristic features indictions for safe use medicinal and toxic effects possible combinations with other substances full-colour illustrations, generally two for each substance, showing the detailed characterisitcs of the item described A Materia Medica for Chinese Medicine has been written by two medically trained doctors who have worked as TCM therapists specializing in the use of Chinese herbs for more than 30 years. Based on their many years of teaching and practice, the book has been carefully compiled and designed to provide a concise and accurate practice-based reference for both students and practitioners.
Author : James A. Duke,Edward S. Ayensu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : UOM:39015011751800
Plants are arranged alphabetically by scientific names. "Intended for use by biologists, chemists, and the interested layman as a guide to the Chinese medicinal plant resources and their uses." Entries give popular names, uses, chemistry, and notes. Contains drawings.
Author : Albert Y. Leung
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : UOM:39015010137589