TCM Top Ten Categories of Formulas

Author: Huang Huang
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Publish Date: 2001-05-04
Features: This book introduces the ten major categories of formulas in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which are:
Cinnamon Bark Formulas, Ephedra Formulas, Bupleurum Formulas, Rheum Formulas, Astragalus Formulas, Gypsum Formulas, Coptis Formulas, Dry Ginger Formulas, Aconite Formulas, and Pinellia Formulas. Among these, herbs like Poria, Angelica Sinensis, Paeonia, Rehmannia, Atractylodes, Gardenia, Pueraria, and Ginseng do not have "formulas" in the same sense, but the task of "branching out" is best left to interested readers. This book is not a manual on TCM formula methods. Therefore, if readers can apply comparative methods, grasp the key diagnostic points of patterns (huazheng), formulas (fangzheng), pulse (muzheng), and tongue (shuzheng), and categorize common formulas accordingly, then the author's purpose in writing this book will have been achieved. How many "formulas" are there in TCM? The book is titled "Ten Major Categories of Formulas" merely to add a touch of lightness to the reading experience.