A Guide to Western Herbs According to Chinese Medicine.
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 Food, this new full color chart is attractively designed and matt-laminated. It displays information on about 150 Western herbs, outlining their energetic properties in the language of Oriental medicine. It will be of use to all those with an interest in Western herbs, whether professionally or otherwise, and is another significant step in bringing the wisdom and understanding of Chinese medicine into the Western world.