Author : Yeow Chin Wee
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 33,12 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Botany, Medical
ISBN :
Entries describe each plant and provide information on its origin, medicinal use, parts used, and its common, Chinese, and scientific names.
Author : Daniel P. Reid
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 19,39 MB
Release : 1995-08-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1570620938
Traditional Chinese medicine is perhaps the oldest system of health care in the world—and one of the safest and most effective. This first easy-to-use pocket guide provides everything readers need to know to explore Chinese herbal medicine for themselves. The book includes: • A brief overview of the basic terms and concepts of traditional Chinese medicine. • Simple instructions on how to prepare herbal formulas at home. • An illustrated guide to 108 of the most widely used Chinese herbs, with descriptions, therapeutic effects, preparation methods, and dosages. • A guide to dozens of readily available prepared herbal formulas for common ailments. • An index of symptoms and ailments. • Listings of mail-order houses for herbs, herbal formulas, and other supplies. • Suggestions for further reading.
Author : TJ Hinrichs
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 31,20 MB
Release : 2013-01-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0674047370
In covering the subject of Chinese medicine, this book addresses topics such as oracle bones, the treatment of women, fertility and childbirth, nutrition, acupuncture, and Qi as well as examining Chinese medicine as practiced globally in places such as Africa, Australia, Vietnam, Korea, and the United States.
Author : C.P. Khare
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 50,69 MB
Release : 2008-04-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0387706372
In an easy to use dictionary style of A–Z presentation, this volume lists the taxonomy and medicinal usage of Indian plants. Also given are both traditional Indian and international synonyms along with details of the habitats of the plants. This book, illustrated by over 200 full-color figures, is aimed at bringing out an updated Acute Study Dictionary of plant sources of Indian medicine. The text is based on authentic treatises which are the outcome of scientific screening and critical evaluation by eminent scholars. The Dictionary is presented in a user-friendly format, as a compact, handy, easy to use and one-volume reference work.
Author : Dabiel Reid
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,57 MB
Release : 2011-10
Category : Herbs
ISBN : 9789625939889
Author : John D. Keys
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 28,71 MB
Release : 2011-12-06
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1462901298
Chinese Herbs is an illustrated encyclopedia of over 250 herbs for medical problems ranging from anemia to TB. Chinese traditional medicine (TCM) has been gaining popularity as a respectable field in of herbal medicine. This comprehensive guide offers information specifically designed for Western readers. Each entry includes the herb's Latin name, its English name, the name in Chinese characters, a botanical description, a pharmaceutical description, a phytochemical analysis, pharmacodynamic investigations, the Chinese therapeutic use of the drug, dosage given by Chinese herbals, and other relevant information.
Author : Nigel Wiseman
Publisher : Paradigm Publications
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 22,87 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Medicine, Chinese
ISBN : 9780912111544
Provides definition of terms as well as a description of symptoms and their clinical significance. Gives acupuncture and medicinal treatments for virtually every disease and pattern.
Author :
Publisher : Paradigm Publications
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 12,26 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Medicine, Chinese
ISBN : 9780912111445
This revised edition includes a glossary of terms and a materia medica and formulary sufficient to practice the treatments described in the text. As such it is not only a unique, absoloutely-defined and referenced text, but also a self-contained and inexpensive course of study. As a basic text produced to a multi-author, multi-publisher voluntary standard, this revised edition is a unique key for scholars and clinicians alike.
Author : Thomas S. C. Li
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 13,15 MB
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1420094165
One of the most complete compendiums on Chinese herbs, this edition covers 130 more herbs, bringing the total to more than 1800 species of Chinese herbs and more than 700 species of related North American herbs. Compiled from scattered sources in the Chinese and Western literature, the book organizes entries by Latin name, followed by the Chinese and English terms as well as the major constituents and therapeutic values for each herb. It then lists North American herbs belonging to the same species or genus as the Chinese counterpart.
Author : Shizhen Li
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 27,4 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780486428017
Two Western doctors assembled this updated edition of a massive sixteenth-century document, annotating their translation with their own observations. A treasury of tried-and-true wisdom from centuries of practical experience, it has served as a basis for modern-day organic medicine and has enormous value for practitioners of alternative healing methods.
