Comprehensive Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing

Author: Lü Xiangqing, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 1999-11-01
Features: The "Comprehensive Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing" includes 828 commonly and relatively commonly used traditional Chinese medicines in China. It indicates the books where the medicines were first included and the arrangement format, facilitating the reading and practical application of processing personnel. The book categorizes the medicines based on their most commonly used processing methods, including roasting, scorching, parboiling, calcining, steaming and boiling, (single-firing) method, reproduction and fermentation method, sweating and powdering, refining and purifying, decocting and refining, purifying, and cutting, divided into eleven categories. At the beginning of each category, it provides a concise description of the definition, function, auxiliaries, operational methods, and precautions of processing. Other processing methods are introduced in detail for each specific medicine, striving for comprehensive processing methods and thorough descriptions of the changes in efficacy and usage after processing, providing references for traditional Chinese medicine processing personnel and clinical physicians. This book has the following characteristics: first, it has a relatively complete collection of varieties; second, it covers a broad range of processing methods; third, its content is comprehensive; fourth, it integrates ancient and modern knowledge; fifth, it gathers the essence; and sixth, it is highly practical.