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

Author: Lei Zaiquan
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: This book systematically introduces the basic theories of traditional Chinese medicine, including the origin of traditional Chinese medicine and the development of the discipline. It emphasizes the characteristics of academic development in different historical periods and the main pharmacopoeial works. The book also covers the origin and collection of traditional Chinese medicine, introducing the relationship between origin, collection, and efficacy, as well as general knowledge on developing high-quality medicinal material production and collecting traditional Chinese medicine at the right time to ensure efficacy. It explains the purposes and methods of processing traditional Chinese medicine, which is a key part of the book. It clarifies the concepts of the four natures (wuxi), five flavors (wuyi), ascending and descending, floating and sinking, meridian tropism, and toxicity of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as the basic principles of how traditional Chinese medicine treats diseases. The book also elaborates on the purpose, principles, and meanings of the "seven emotions" in the compatibility of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as drug contraindications. It focuses on introducing the concepts and main content of contraindications, pregnancy drug contraindications, and dietary contraindications during medication. Additionally, it covers the relationship between dosage and efficacy, the basis for determining dosage size, and the decoction and administration methods of traditional Chinese medicine.