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The Clinical Manual of Chinese Herbal Patent Medicines is the most up to date and clear reference guide to effective, ethical and pure patent medicines currently available. This manual delivers all the essential knowledge and clinical know-how for the safe and effective prescription of Chinese herbal patent medicines.... Read More...

The companion volume to Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica, this book of Chinese medicinal formulas in English serves as both a textbook for students and a major reference source for practitioners. Included are nearly 600 Chinese medicinal formulas arranged in 18 functional categories. For each of the 250-plus principal formulas there is a discussion of its therapeutic actions and indicati... Read More...

The new 3rd edition of Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica is designed to give practitioners the information they need to practice Chinese herbal medicine with greater understanding and confidence. It provides a wealth of new information - more than twice the content of the previous edition -- and practical insight into more than 530 of the most commonly used herbs in the Chinese pharmacopoeia... Read More...

This compilation is the most comprehensive and authoritative text on Chinese Herbal Medicine. With contributions by more than fifty academic, clinical, research and regulatory professionals, 670 in-depth herb monographs are accompanied by 1150 illustrations (colour and black-and-white photographs, classic line drawings, and chemical structure diagrams). Contents include detailed descriptions of Or... Read More...

This book is about using Western herbs according to the principles of Chinese medicine, Western herbal tradition, and modern pharmacology. It is not specifically about combining Western and Chinese herbs, although Chinese herbs appear in some of the combinations in this book. This book is suitable for students and practitioners with a basic understanding of Chinese medicine. For example it is su... Read More...

Colorful, attractive, easy to use, and based on the traditions of Chinese medicine, this chart classifies grains, vegetables, herbs, nuts and seeds, fish, fruit, etc. according to action, entering channel, temperature, flavour. Notes on chi, blood, yin and yang, tonifying and regulating foods, help to make this useful as well as decorative. Like its sister chart, the Guide to the Energetics of F... Read More...

Contents Cardiovascular Diseases, Respiratory Diseases, Digestive Diseases Urinary Diseases, Genital, Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Blood Diseases, Neurologic Diseases, Skin Diseases and Connective Tissue Diseases, Oral and Ent Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Gynecological Diseases, Pediatric Diseases. Other Diseases. This collection of traditional Chinese medicine clinical case studies con... Read More...

This book is a textbook on Chinese herbal ready-made or so-called patent medicines. Organized according to the same categories as Chinese formula and prescription books, it discusses the ingredients, functions, indications, dosages, and contradiction of 160 Chinese patent medicines. There medicines have been selected not only for their clincial utility but also because they are free from heavy met... Read More...

Written by a leading practitioner in the field, this clear and practical guide describes the use of key Chinese and Western herbs in the treatment of childhood illness, focusing on methods of treatment that lead a child back to health rather than suppress symptoms. The book examines remedies used for a wide variety of common conditions and illnesses, and explores how to break the cycle of symptoms ... Read More...

In Chinese herbal medicine, the effectiveness of any medicinal is dependent upon its correct preparation before being used in any formula. The specific quality desired of a medicinal may be maximized by this correct preparation, thus insuring a more successful overall effect for the formula in which it is included. This book describes specific preparation instructions and uses of over 250 herbs for... Read More...