Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Herbal Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide

Author: Li Jiming
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: This book is divided into three parts and seventeen chapters. The first part introduces basic theoretical knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine, including pulse diagnosis, tongue differentiation, properties of herbs, and an introduction to decoctions. It includes 248 types of herbs classified as cold, heat, warm, and neutral, over 200 decoction formulas, and more than 120 illustrations of various tongue appearances. The second part introduces classical theoretical knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine, such as the Neijing, Jin Gui, Shang Han, and an introduction to warm disease. It includes the main theories and formulas of renowned TCM practitioners like Zhang Zhongjing, Chen Xiuyuan, Wu Jutong, Xue Shengbai, and Ye Tianshi. Only the formulas from Chen Xiuyuan's Jin Gui Fang Ge Gu and Changsha Fang Ge Gu number over 300. The third part introduces clinical application knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine in fields such as gynecology, obstetrics, smallpox, surgery, carbuncle, trauma, ophthalmology, and laryngology. It includes the main theories and formulas of TCM practitioners like Fu Qingzhu, Ji Zhai Jushi, Chen Ruoxu, and Cao Xinyi for treating diseases in various specialties. This book is rich in content, easy to understand, and serves as a reference for TCM practitioners, pharmacists, students of TCM institutions, and enthusiasts of traditional Chinese medicine.