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Author: Zhou Chaofan (Editor-in-Chief), Lin Yuhua (Deputy Editor-in-Chief)
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) preparations are formulated based on prescriptions with proven clinical efficacy and broad applications, making them directly usable. TCM preparations have a history of over 2,000 years, many of which are widely favored by the public. Due to their generally mild properties, few adverse reactions, wide safety margins in clinical use, and ease of selection for patients, many TCM preparations are over-the-counter medications, allowing patients to purchase and use them directly from pharmacies. The diseases covered in this book are classified as much as possible using modern medical disease names to better facilitate readers' understanding and mastery. After introducing a disease, there is a TCM pattern differentiation, such as categorizing colds into wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds. This combines Western medicine's disease differentiation with TCM's pattern differentiation, facilitating targeted medication and preserving the characteristics and essence of TCM's syndrome differentiation and treatment. For infectious diseases, critical illnesses, and conditions where non-medical personnel may find it difficult to self-select TCM preparations for treatment, they are generally not included. Patients should seek timely medical treatment from hospitals. For some common diseases where suitable TCM preparations are currently lacking, they are also temporarily excluded rather than aiming for comprehensiveness. This book serves as both a popular science reading material on TCM and a reference guide for the use of TCM preparations. It can enrich the medical knowledge of non-medical personnel while providing a reference for selecting TCM preparations.