Herbal External Application Guide

Author: Qiu Daotao (Compiler)
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Publication Date: 2001-07-01
Features: This book aims to promote the author's years of research results. Taking "Traditional Chinese Medicine" as the blueprint, it preliminarily organizes external-use Chinese herbal medicines and establishes the new concept that "if a drug is effective when taken internally, it can also be used externally." The book is divided into three parts: Upper Part, Lower Part, and Appendix. The General Introduction explains the TCM theoretical foundation for the external use of Chinese herbal medicines, including various treatment methods for applying all Chinese herbal medicine preparations to the skin, orifices, acupoints, and lesion sites, except oral administration. The Specific Discussion part provides specialized on the external use of Chinese herbal medicines (including traditional external medicines), using the traditional pharmacopeia format to list entries, including the name, source, aliases, properties, meridian tropism, functions, indications, dosage and administration, precautions, literature abstracts, and modern research of each drug. The book also includes references on the pharmacological research of new Chinese medicines and an outline of major pharmacopeia books from ancient times to the present. The book is rich in content, practical, and scientifically sound, systematic, and practical, making it a valuable reference for TCM clinicians, researchers, related professionals, and students of TCM colleges.