Traditional Chinese Medicine (Upper and Lower)

Author: Gao Xuemin
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Features: This book is one of the Advanced Series of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy. It is edited by Professor Gao Xuemin, a professor, doctoral supervisor, council member of the China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, committee member of the National Pharmacopoeia, committee member of the National New Drug Evaluation, and health food evaluation committee member of the Ministry of Health, from Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The book is co-authored by TCM experts from universities such as Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hebei Medical University's College of TCM, Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the TCM Department of the Military Medical University. The book is divided into three parts: General Introduction, Specific Topics, and Appendices. The General Introduction systematically introduces the basic knowledge of TCM and the research and development of new TCM drugs. The Specific Topics includes 531 commonly used clinical TCM herbs, organized into 21 chapters based on different functions. Each chapter systematically introduces the concept, function, indications, classification, compatibility rules, usage precautions, and recent and modern research achievements of the corresponding category of herbs. Each herb, inheriting the essence of traditional over the generations, fully incorporates modern research findings. It systematically and comprehensively elaborates on the traditional pharmacological theory, pharmacology, toxicology, clinical applications from ancient times to the present, and modern research achievements of the 531 herbs. This book not only showcases the knowledge essence of ancient studies but also reflects the new developments in modern TCM, combining theory with practice, and integrating syndrome differentiation with disease differentiation, particularly highlighting the theoretical and methodological characteristics of syndrome differentiation. The content of the book is scientific, systematic, standardized, novel, and practical, with profound reasoning, reflecting the new level of this discipline at the end of the 20th century. This book is intended for TCM teaching, medical, and research personnel, especially for high-level TCM teaching and learning staff.