Introduction to Chinese materia medica /

This book aims to provide readers with adequate knowledge for clinical application of Chinese medicine, which is in line with the fundamental principle of "correspondence of Chinese medicinals and patterns." It contains a brief introduction to relative theories, divides these medicinals by...

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Main Authors: Yang, Jin, 1944
Corporate Authors: World Scientific Firm
Group Author: Huang, Huang, 1954; Zhu, Lijiang, active 2013; Chen, Yun-hui
Published: World Century Pub. Corp. : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.,
Publisher Address: Hackensack, N.J. : :Singapore
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Chinese
Series: World Century compendium to TCM ; v. 3
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Online Access: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/u004-vol3
Summary: This book aims to provide readers with adequate knowledge for clinical application of Chinese medicine, which is in line with the fundamental principle of "correspondence of Chinese medicinals and patterns." It contains a brief introduction to relative theories, divides these medicinals by actions into categories such as exterior-releasing, heat-clearing, purgative, dampness-dispelling, fluid retention-disinhibiting, interior-warming, qi-regulating, blood-invigorating, blood-stanching, food accumulation-relieving, phlegm, cough- and wheezing-arresting, mind-tranquilizing, liver-calming, orif
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (ix,565pages) .
ISBN: 9781938134173 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: R602
CLC: R28
Contents: ch. 1. First week -- ch. 2. Second week. Medicinals that release the exterior. Acrid-cool -- ch. 3. Third week. Medicinals that clear heat -- ch. 4. Fourth week. Purgatives -- ch. 5. Fifth week. Medicinals that dispel wind-damp. Aromatic medicinals that remove dampness -- ch. 6. Sixth week. Medicinals that relieve water retention. Medicinals that warm the interior -- ch. 7. Seventh week. Medicinals that regulate qi -- ch. 8. Eighth week. Medicinals that relieve food stagnation. Medicinals that expel worms. Medicinals that stanch bleeding -- ch. 9. Ninth week. Medicinals that invigorate blood