- 244 pages
- English
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About this book
Essential Chinese Medicine: Restoring Balance has gathered a total of 55 types of commonly-seen balancing medicinal materials, providing the details of each medicine including its origin, place of production, nature and flavour, meridian tropism, effects, treatment, usage and dosage, preparation methods of medicated diets and consumption methods. All of this information is further illustrated with high-quality colour photographs, and terms are written in both English and Chinese for easy reference.
Contents:
- Antipyretic Herbs 清热药
- Herbs for Eliminating Toxic Heat 清热解毒药
- Herbs for Reducing Intense Internal Heat 清热泻火药
- Herbs for Heat-Clearing and Blood-Cooling 清热凉血药
- Herbs for Eliminating Heat and Dampness 清热燥湿药
- Herbs for Clearing Asthenic Heat 清虚热药
- Purgatives 泻下药
- Laxatives and Lubricants 润下药
- Purgative Herbs 政下药
- Dampness-Resolving Herbs 化湿药
- Medicinal Cooking 药膳篇
- Antipyretic Herbs 清热药
- Purgatives 泻下药
- Dampness-Resolving Herbs 化湿药
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Readership: All TCM teachers, students, researchers, practitioners, advanced undergraduates and graduate students in Chinese medicine, and acupuncture. Individuals in the following fields: medicine, psychology, psychopathology, life and health sciences, philosophy, humanities, sociology, education, and anthropology. Members of the laypublic.TCM;Healthcare;Wellness;Balance;Health Tonics;Medicinal Herbs;Blood Circulation;Rheumatism;Edema00
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Educational Policy
•The common names of herbs, including their Chinese names, English names and Latin names; •The medicinal actions of each herb; •How to use the various herbs to their greatest effect; •How to select herbs which are of good quality. •Here, we learn about 41 commonly-used herbs for clearing up heat, 6 purgative herbs and 8 herbs for resolving dampness.  |  |
Antipyretic Herbs
Herbs which, being cold or cold in property, have the ability to clear up internal heat. They are usually used for febrile or inflammatory conditions and other heat syndromes.
| Medicinal Materials |  |
| Herbs for Eliminating Toxic Heat |  |
| Herbs for Reducing Intense Internal Heat |  |
| Herbs for Heat-Clearing and Blood-Cooling |  |
| Herbs for Eliminating Heat and Dampness |  |
| Herbs for Clearing Asthenic Heat |  |
Herbs for Eliminating Toxic Heat
•Clears heat, eliminates toxic heat, and removes fire toxins.
•Suitable for carbuncles, ulcers and other painful swellings, skin discolorations, erysipelas, sore throat, diarrhoea caused by heat toxins, insect and snake bites, scalds or burns, etc.
| Honeysuckle Flower |  |
| Male Fern Rhizome |  |
| Weeping Forsythia Capsule |  |
| Dandelion |  |
| Tokyo Violet Herb |  |
| Wild Chrysanthemum Flower |  |
| Common... |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Series Editors
- Copy
- Editors-in-Chief
- Preface
- Publisher’s Note
- Note from the Editor-in-Chief
- Introduction
- Guide to Reading
- Basic Knowledge
- Essence
- Medicinal Cooking
- Questions and Answers
- Appendices