Traditional Chinese Medicine (For TCM Majors) (For TCM Majors)

Author: Gao Xuemin
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: This textbook is the planned teaching material for higher TCM colleges in the new century, the national-level planned teaching material for the 11th Five-Year Plan of general higher education, the designated reference book for the national TCM and integrated Chinese and Western medicine practitioner and assistant practitioner qualification examinations, and the designated reference book for the national clinical TCM, integrated Chinese and Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy, and TCM nursing professional technical qualification examinations. The book is divided into two parts: General Principles and Specific Medicinal Materials. The General Principles section primarily introduces the origin, development, collection, processing, and properties of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The Specific Medicinal Materials section provides detailed descriptions of the characteristics of various types of medicinal materials. The book systematically introduces the fundamental theories of TCM pharmacy, elucidates the mechanisms of TCM in treating diseases, and covers the main content of TCM property theory, such as the concepts, origins, represented actions of medicinal materials, their significance in guiding clinical use, and how to apply property theory to comprehensively analyze, understand, and master the efficacy of TCM. Additionally, it explains dosage and usage.