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Introduction to formulae of traditional Chinese medicine

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With increased demands on medical health care due to societal developments, the sole dependence on modern medicine or Western medicine is clearly insufficient. Traditional Chinese medicine, once derided by many in the west, is now firmly in the global limelight due to its numerous advantages in preventing and treating diseases. Chinese medicine achieves its curative effects by making use of natural therapies such as animal and plant parts, which are of interest to many doctors and patients who are in favor of rectifying the entire state of the body.For over two thousand years, Chinese medicina

Title Introduction to formulae of traditional Chinese medicine / Jin Yang, Huang Huang, Li-jiang Zhu, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, China
translated by Xiao Ye, Hong Li.
Publisher New Jersey : World Scientific
Creation Date [2013]
Notes Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Preface
CONTENTS
Introduction
THE 1ST WEEK
Chapter 1 Chinese Medicine and Medicinals
Day One A Magical Formula: Why Chinese Medicinals Can Treat Diseases
A Favorable Medicine
Advantages of Chinese Medicinals
Chinese Medicinals in Treating Diseases
Theory of Chinese Medicinals in Treating Diseases
Daily Exercises
Day Two General Knowledge on Chinese Medicinal Formulae
Is it Difficult to Learn to Prescribe a Chinese Medicinal Formula?
Chapter 2 Prescribing a Formula in Accordance with the Pattern
Day Three In Accordance with the Pattern
Basic Theories
Daily ExercisesDay Four Four Examinations and Eight Principles
Six Channels, Wei, Qi, Ying, and Blood
Four Natures and Five Flavors
Ascending and Descending, Floating and Sinking
Day Five The "Pattern" in Chinese Medicine
Pattern Differentiation and Pattern
Disease and Pattern
How to Differentiate Patterns
Day Six Techniques for Prescribing a Chinese Medicinal Formula
Written Form of a Chinese Medicinal Formula
THE 2ND WEEK
Chapter 3 The Exterior Pattern
Day One Features of the Exterior Pattern
The Exterior Pattern and the Common ColdCategories of the Exterior Pattern
Treatment Methods of the Exterior Pattern
Day Two The Exterior Excess-Cold Pattern
Additional Formulae
Day Three The Exterior Deficiency-Cold Pattern
Day Four The Exterior Heat Pattern
Day Five The Exterior Dampness Pattern
Chapter 4 The Half-Exterior and Half-Interior Pattern
Day Six Features of the Half-Exterior and Half-Interior Pattern
Categories of the Half-Exterior and Half-Interior PatternTreatment Methods of the Half-Exterior and Half-Interior Pattern
THE 3RD WEEK
Day One The Shaoyang Pattern
Day Two The Shaoyang Yangming Pattern
Day Three The Shaoyang Phlegm-Heat Pattern
Day Four The Shaoyang Fluid Retention Pattern
Chapter 5 The Cold Pattern
Day Five Features of the Interior Cold Pattern
Formation of the Interior Deficiency-Cold Pattern
Categories of the Interior Deficiency-Cold PatternTreatment Methods of the Interior Deficiency-Cold Pattern
Day Six The Taiyang Deficiency-Cold Pattern
THE 4TH WEEK
Day One The Shaoyin Deficiency-Cold Pattern
Day Two The Jueyin Deficiency-Cold Pattern
Chapter 6 The Heat Pattern
Day Three Features of the Interior Heat Pattern
Heat Pattern, Body Temperature, and Inflammation
Categories and Treatment Methods of the Heat Pattern
Day Four The Yangming Qi Level Heat Pattern
Series Introduction to TCM Series, 2335-674X
Volume 5
Extent 1 online resource (xxi, 457 pages).
Language English
Copyright Date �2013
National Library system number 997010710499805171
MARC RECORDS
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