Short description
For more than four thousand years, Chinese scholars and medical practitioners have documented ways of maintaining health and treating illness, from theories of yin-yang and the zang-fu organs to the use of herbs and acupuncture. The Essential Book of Traditional Chinese Medicine marks the first time such concepts have been made accessible to Wes
Long description
For more than four thousand years, Chinese scholars and medical practitioners have documented ways of maintaining health and treating illness, from theories of yin-yang and the zang-fu organs to the use of herbs and acupuncture. The Essential Book of Traditional Chinese Medicine marks the first time such concepts have been made accessible to Westerners in a comprehensive form.
Review
[An] excellent encyclopedic handbook. Science and Technology Reference Review Reflects a great deal of work not only by the author...but also by a group of ten highly proficient translators and editors on both sides of the Pacific who did a wonderful job. Journal of the American Medical Association
Table of contents
- Traditional Chinese Medicine: An Orientation Yin-Yang and the Five ElementsThe Zang-Fu SystemThe Channel SystemEtiology: The Cause of DiseasePathogenesis: The Course of DiseaseMethods of ExaminationDiagnosis: The Differentiation of Symptom-Complexes Glossary Index