Combining Western Herbs and Chinese Medicine

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 suitable for:

* acupuncturists with no prior training in Western or Chinese herbs

* practitioners of Oriental herb medicine who wish to incorporate Western herbs into their practice

* practitioners of naturopathy or Western herbal medicine who have a training in Chinese theory, including detail of Chinese organ syndromes

Foreword
Preface
Sources
Terminology
Introduction

Part I: Herbal medicine in theory and practice
History
Temperature
Taste
Actions
Actions glossary
Principles of herb combination
Practical herb combination
Dose
Safety
Safety and the organ systems
Safety in clinical practice

Part II: Materia Medica
Using the materia medica
Achillea
Althaea
Anemone
Angelica
Arctium
Arctostaphylos
Artemisia
Asclepias
Berberis and Hydrastis
Calendula
Capsella
Capsicum
Cimicifuga
Cinchona
Cinnamomum
Commiphora
Convallaria
Crataegus
Echinacea
Euphrasia
Filipendula
Gentiana and Centaurium
Glycyrrhiza
Hamamelis
Harpagophytum
Juniperus
Lavandula
Leonurus
Lobelia
Myrica
Phytolacca
Piscidia
Potentilla
Rheum
Rosmarinus
Ruta
Salvia
Sambucus
Sarothamnus
Smilax
Tanacetum
Taraxacum
Thuja
Thymus
Turnera
Valeriana
Viburnum
Zanthoxylum
Zingiber
Additional herbs

Appendices
Glossary
Healing crises
Herb properties
Herb names
Cross references
Family-botanical names
Botanical-family names
English-botanical names
Pharmaceutical-English herb names
Botanical-Mandarin herb names
Mandarin-botanical herb names
Combinations-Chinese syndromes
Disorders-combinations
Index