The first full English translation of the entire Compendium of Materia Merica (Bancao Gangmu). An essential to all Chinese herbalist, and TCM students and practitioners. 6 Volumes
Considered one of the key achievements of China's ancient civilization for its wealth of information on medicine, mineralogy, botany, zoology, and natural science, Compendium of Materia Medica covers the long period between remote antiquity and the Ming Dynasty when the book was first published in 1593.
As early as the 17th century, it is introduced through translations to some other countries in Asia, Europe and America as an essential work for the study of Chinese medical science and technology and ancient Chinese culture and history. However, with the exception of a complete Japanese translation published in Japan in the 1970s, only parts of Compendium of Materia Medica-mostly having to do with pharmacological therapeutics-have been translated. More difficult sections of the book involving history, culture and science have never been translated, with only abridged versions of the book available in the West.
To fill the void and make accessible to Western readers the full knowledge contained in this great scientific encyclopedia of China, the Foreign Languages Press is now pleased to present the first full English translation of the entire Compendium of Materia Medica. The translator and other experts have given many years of dedicated work to this project, trying to be true to the original text while providing notes to explain some of the contents in light of modern scientific research.
The Essentials of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine
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English
ISBN 7119024132 Foreign Languages Press
GBP31.95 06/2003 H 16mo
This book is a companion volume to the Fundamentals of Traditional Chinese Medicine published by the Foreign Languages Press. Its authors are all leading specialists in traditional Chinese medicine. This book is in two parts — the general introduction and separate explanations. The first part briefly summarizes the history and sources of Chinese herbal medicines, the methods of processing them, their properties, pharmacology and rules for clinical practice. The second part mainly introduces, in detail, nearly 200 commonly used Chinese herbs and their prescriptions, and patent drugs. It also explains the provenance, appearance, and methods of processing, properties, efficacy, functions, pharmacology and clinical application of the drugs. Containing 180 colored illustrations, this book can play the role of a guide for the application of traditional Chinese drugs.
Self-Massage Along Meridians and Acupoints
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English
ISBN7119023764 Foreign Languages Press
GBP15.95 8/2002 P 16mo
This book is compiled with illustrations for guiding individual persons to prevent and treat diseases that have been identified through internal medicine, gynecology and surgery. The techniques for self-massage along meridians and acupoints are simple, practical and easy to follow.
Hand Acupuncture Therapy
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English
ISBN7119031686 Foreign Languages Press
GBP14.95 11/2002 P 32mo
This book describes in detail the principles of hand acupuncture therapy, the location of the hand acupuncture points, hand observation diagnosis and the clinical application of hand acupuncture therapy for some common diseases. This book, dealing with an important branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine, stresses the practical application of the subject.
Diseases Treated with Melons, Fruits and Vegetables
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English
ISBN7119020595 Foreign Languages Press
GBP12.95 1/2002 P 32mo
Melons, fruits and vegetables can be used for prevention and treatment of various diseases. The recipes, both ancient and modern, contained in this book have been proved to be effective for treating more than 100 diseases in the medical, surgical, gynecological, pediatric, dermatological and ENT spheres. This book is a handy reference guide for medical workers with family health care and treatment of patients as well as for medical research.
Contents: Foreword, Introduction, Medical Diseases, Surgical Diseases, Gynecological Diseases, Pediatric Diseases, Dermatological Diseases, and ENT Diseases.
The Essentials of Chinese Massotherapy
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English
ISBN7119014161 Foreign Languages Press
GBP29.95 4/2002 H 16mo
With more than 400 illustrations, this book is a systematic summing-up of the achievements of Chinese massotherapy and a comprehensive and detailed introduction to its academic origin and development, basic theories, fundamental knowledge, basic manipulations, physical exercises, and its concrete application in clinical practice and health maintenance. It includes the main massotherapic works and other documents of the various periods in China, brings together the fruits of modern massotherapic research carried out at home and abroad in the past five decades, summarizes the clinical experience of massotherapists of various periods, and includes hundreds of methods of treatment that were almost lost.
This is a companion book to Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Essentials of Contemporary Chinese Acupuncturists’ Clinical Experiences, Chinese Tuina Therapy and An Outline of Chinese Acupuncture published by the Foreign Languages Press in recent years.
Advanced Textbook on TCM and Pharmacology (Four Volumes)
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English
New World Press 16mo
This four-volume series was compiled by the State Administration for TCM and Pharmacy. It is the first authoritative textbook for foreign students studying TCM.
Volume I covers the history, basic theory and diagnosis of TCM.
Volume II deals with pharmacy and the science of traditional Chinese prescriptions.
Volume III covers traditional Chinese internal medicine and the scientific theories of acupuncture and moxibustion.
Volume IV includes meridians and acupoints, manipulation of acupuncture and moxibustion, and therapeutics.
Volume I: ISBN7800051951 GBP19.95 Reprinted Ed./2002.05
Volume II: ISBN7800052621 GBP19.95 1st ed./1995
Volume III: ISBN7800052966 GBP19.95 1st ed./1996
Volume IV: ISBN7800053016 GBP19.95 1st ed./1997
On the Standard Nomenclature of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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English
Prof.Xie Zhufan
ISBN 7119033395 Foreign Languages Press GBP24.95 10/2003 P
This book came into being on the basis of research on the topic of "Standard English Translation of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) Nomenclature" under the auspices of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, done by the writer. The aim of the research was to sort out the various existing English translations of TCM nomenclature, standardize the English terms and lay a foundation and offer a reference for internationalizing and standardizing all TCM nomenclature. The relevant sections of the World Health Organization have shown great interest in this work. More than 1,000 basic TCM terms were selected for this book, and each of them was given a standard English translation. Careful analysis of the various English translations of a TCM term reveals the reason why a preferred translation was decided upon. It is expected that this book will have a great influence on the work of internationalizing and standardizing TCM nomenclature, and promoting the application and influence of TCM nomenclature worldwide.
About the author: Dr. Xie Zhufan graduated from the Medical College of Peking University in 1946, and is a professor of both Western and Chinese medicine, honorary director of Institute of Integrative Chinese-Western Medicine, the First Clinical Medical College, Peking University. He was appointed three times as consultant on traditional medicine by the World Health Organization and was repeatedly invited to give lectures on Chinese medicine at overseas medical schools. Among his publications in English, there are: Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Traditional Chinese Internal Medicine, Best of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine. Together with his colleagues he compiled Classified Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He drafted a technical document on "International Standard Terminology in Acupuncture for Basic Training" for the world Health Organization (WHO). He also contributed two special papers to the publications of the WHO. He is one of the editors of Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China. He was invited to join in the compilation of the traditional Chinese medicine part of the Chinese-English Medical Dictionary and won special award from the Ministry of Health for his excellent contributions to the
compilation of the dictionary.
Classified Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine
(New Edition)
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Chinese-English
ISBN7119031260 Foreign Languages Press GBP29.95 11/2002 H 32mo
This dictionary is compiled on the basis of a research project on the standardization of English translation of Chinese medical terminology, sponsored by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It includes 7010 entries among which, 6630 are traditional Chinese medical terms and 380 are commonly used citations and maxims. Listed in the order of traditional Chinese medical textbooks, it is both a precise and practical dictionary and a minitype encyclopedical works of traditional Chinese medicine. There are four indexes at the end of the book to facilitate consultation.
