Professor Zhang Huaxi's 21 Lessons on Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Preservation

Author: Zhang Guoxi
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is a relatively practical guide for middle-aged and elderly friends on how to apply tonifying traditional Chinese medicines for health preservation and care. Based on traditional Chinese medicine and health preservation theories, combined with research findings from modern medicine, the book provides a detailed introduction to China's traditional tonifying herbs. The first two chapters of the book introduce the theory and characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine application, as well as how to choose tonifying herbs. This helps middle-aged and elderly friends gain some understanding of traditional Chinese medicine, enabling them to make informed choices when selecting tonifying herbs. They can reasonably select herbs based on their own physical constitution, avoiding misuse or incorrect use, which not only wastes money but also adds to health problems. Chapters three to seventeen of the book introduce commonly used tonifying herbs in the order of blood-boosting, blood-nourishing, Yang-tonifying, and Yin-tonifying. These herbs are primarily suitable for middle-aged and elderly individuals with predominant deficiency syndromes. The book covers information such as the botanical family and genus of the herbs, their origin, varieties, how to identify the quality of medicinal materials, the efficacy and indications of the herbs, their application and dosage methods, precautions, and how to store them.