Modern TCM Clinical Applications

Author: Wang Zaimu
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book follows the principle of "focusing on the nation, catering to grassroots, based on clinical practice, and emphasizing practicality." It combines the authors' extensive clinical experience, selecting nearly 600 practical and representative traditional Chinese medicine herbs, minerals, and animal-derived substances from different geographical types and ethnic groups of today, totaling 23 categories. These are divided into 23 chapters based on traditional efficacy: including acrid and dispersing exterior pathogens, wind-dampness-dispelling herbs, phlegm-resolving and cough-relieving herbs, clearing interior heat herbs, warming interior and dispelling cold herbs, aromatic dampness-transforming and spleen-tonifying herbs, diuretic and dampness-extracting herbs, purgative and digestant herbs, anthelmintic herbs, qi-regulating herbs, hemostatic herbs, blood-activating and stasis-dispelling herbs, blood-activating and qi-regulating herbs, anesthetic and analgesic herbs, etc. Each chapter is further subdivided based on the common functions of the herbs in that category. Then, each herb is described in five key points: "original quality," "performance characteristics," "component pharmacology," "efficacy and application," and "usage precautions." At the end of each chapter, there is an "identification of herbs in the same category" to assist in clinical differentiation and application. This book maintains a rigorous structure, emphasizing both origin and development, with detailed and comprehensive information, as well as innovative classification. The "performance characteristics," "component pharmacology," and modern applications for treating Western medical diseases highlight the contemporary characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, making it highly practical. This book is suitable for reference by a broad range of medical professionals, including traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners, Western medicine practitioners, integrated Chinese and Western medicine practitioners, TCM college students and teachers, as well as TCM enthusiasts.