Chinese herbal medicine single herb health preservation

Author: Zhao Bingqing
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: This book focuses on the research of single-herb traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for health preservation, divided into 16 categories: Expelling Wind-Heat, Dispelling Wind-Dampness, Promoting Diuresis and Leaching Dampness, Aromaticizing Dampness, Purgation, Resolving Phlegm and Coughing, Warming the Interior, Regulating Qi, Clearing Heat, Astringing, Pacifying the Liver, Subduing Wind, Promoting Blood Circulation and Removing Stasis, Digesting Food, Tonifying, Stopping Bleeding, and Calming the Spirit. Additionally, it selects 143 commonly used Chinese herbs, combining traditional TCM theory with modern pharmacological knowledge to analyze the composition, properties, meridian tropism, efficacy, selection and storage, and health preservation taboos of each single herb. It also extracts over 700 ancient and modern single-herb health preservation formulas. The book is rich in content and well-documented. The selected Chinese medicinal materials are readily available at any time and place, while the health preservation formulas have been clinically verified for a long time, demonstrating significant health benefits with the advantages of being reliable, economical, simple, and convenient. It is an excellent and comprehensive guide for daily use in single-herb TCM health preservation. The practice of herbal health preservation has a shared lineage across ancient and modern times. By reading this book, readers can gain basic knowledge of single-herb TCM and its important role in health preservation. Apply what you learn to achieve well-being and happiness.