Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon and Modern Clinical Practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Author: Zhao Jinxi
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This book systematically organizes the academic thoughts of the Neijing on human physiology, pathology, and the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, prescriptions, and acupuncture applications of various diseases. It emphasizes the introduction of the dialectical thinking methods of the Neijing in the clinical application and guiding role in modern Chinese medicine disciplines. It is divided into sections on the formation and research methods of the Neijing theoretical system, the theory of zang-xiang (organs and phenomena), the meridian theory, the theory of body constitution, the theory of yun-qi (five elements and time cycles), the theory of etiology and pathogenesis, the theory of diagnostic methods, the theory of treatment principles, the thirteen prescriptions of the Neijing, and modern clinical applications of Chinese medicine. It systematically summarizes the Neijing's understanding of colds, cough, asthma, wheezing, fluid retention, jaundice, blood disorders, palpitations, chest pain, (sudden onset of heart disease), true heart pain, insomnia, excessive sleepiness, mania, epilepsy, stomach pain, dysphagia, vomiting, hiccups, diarrhea, dysentery, abdominal pain, constipation, costal pain, jaundice, accumulation, edema, headache, dizziness, stroke, hemiplegia, sudden collapse, convulsions, kidney wind, edema, stranguria, retention of urine, complete obstruction, nocturnal emission, impotence, diabetes, internal injury fever, consumptive debility, lower back pain, arthralgia, flaccid paralysis, and surgical sores, as well as gynecological conditions related to menstruation, leukorrhea, pregnancy, and childbirth, and eye, ear, nose, throat, and oral diseases, and their implications for modern Chinese medicine clinical practice. The book highlights the spirit of "using the past for the present" and "applying knowledge for practice," focusing on practicality and introducing the latest research findings in Neijing-based clinical studies. This book is available for reference for clinical practitioners of Chinese medicine and integrated Chinese and Western medicine, as well as researchers and scholars of the Neijing. This book is available for reference for clinical practitioners of Chinese medicine and integrated Chinese and Western medicine, as well as researchers and scholars of the Neijing.