Traditional Chinese Medicine - (6th Edition)

Author: Li Jiabang
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book is a national higher medical education textbook compiled by the National Higher Medical Education Textbook Construction Research Association and the Ministry of Health, serving as a textbook for basic, clinical, preventive, and stomatology medical majors in colleges and universities across the country. The writing of this textbook emphasizes both the fundamental theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and its clinical comprehensive application. The book is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the fundamental theories of TCM, including the history of TCM development, its basic characteristics, philosophical thought, the normal body concept and disease concept of TCM, diagnostic techniques, treatment principles and methods, Chinese herbal medicine, prescriptions, and acupuncture. It covers the basic knowledge and theories of TCM. The second part primarily emphasizes the comprehensive clinical application of TCM, including internal medicine syndromes, gynecology syndromes, pediatrics syndromes, surgery syndromes, and tumors. Through the diagnosis and treatment of common syndromes, it reflects the holistic concept, dynamic concept, and syndrome differentiation and treatment characteristics of TCM, showcasing the clinical application value of TCM theory, method, prescription, and medicine, and highlighting the basic principle of integrating theory with practice. An index of prescriptions and references are appended at the end for reference.