Chinese herbal pharmacy

Author: Banxia
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: In the eyes of ordinary people, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is used to treat chronic diseases, or to say, Western medicine treats the symptoms, while TCM treats the root. It is often thought that Western medicine helps people through emergencies, critical conditions, and other life-threatening situations, and then TCM comes in to wrap things up and provide aftercare. Therefore, in the end, TCM can only be used to treat incurable diseases. To others, TCM is just a crowing rooster. If it crows, the sky will brighten; if it doesn’t crow, the sky will still brighten. Is TCM really like this? Let The Herbal Shop answer this question. In reality, when TCM prescribes medicine, it is actually prescribing time. The true realm of TCM in treating diseases lies in utilizing the different properties of herbs to simulate different formulas, different times, and different spaces. Time can be simulated with herbs, and space can also be simulated.
Laozi or Confucius both emphasized that "the Dao cannot be separated for a moment; if it can be separated, it is not the Dao." So, what is the Dao of TCM? It is Yin and Yang, it is time-specific formulas! The Herbal Shop was a very popular column in the Southern Metropolis Daily, personifying each herb and bringing them to life with vivid imagery and delightful humor. This book takes the articles from that column as its main content, accompanied by exquisite images of various herbs and introductions to their medicinal values, blending fun, knowledge, and culture into one.