Medicinal Herbs
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- Product Code: 1991pb
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provides detailed and essential information as required for the construction of herbal prescriptions on the respective properties, tastes, therapeutic functions and the directions of action on specific channels and collaterals of more than three hundred most commonly used medicinal herbs.
Title: Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology: Medicinal Herbs
By Geng Junying et al
English, paperback, 200 pages
New Word Press, Beijing, 1991
ISBN 7800051196
This book is the third volume in the "Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology" series. With a view to practicability and convenience for clinical application, this book provides detailed and essential information as required for the construction of herbal prescriptions on the respective properties, tastes, therapeutic functions and the directions of action on specific channels and collaterals of more than three hundred most commonly used medicinal herbs. For students and new practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, the "Indication & Combinations" and "Cautions & Contraindications" sections are particularly valuable. They provide useful empirical tips on how to combine two or more hers to promote therapeutic effectiveness and minimize toxicity and how to avoid the neutralization of the curative effects or serious side effects of incompatible herbs.
Dr. Geng Junying brings over twenty-five years of experience to this, his recent work on traditional Chinese medicine. He has been teaching, researching, and conducting clinical practice since 1964. His publications in Chinese include Studies of the Five Tastes of Herbs, Contraindications and Interdependence in Herbal Formulas, and Chinese Moxibustion herapy
Contents
General Introduction: The Properties and Functions of Chinese Herbs, The Application of Herbs
Herbs
- Herbs That Release Exterior Syndrome
- Herbs That Clear Heat
- Purgative Herbs
- Herbs That Expel Wind and Dampness
- Aromatic Herbs That Transform Dampness
- Herbs That Benefit Urination and Drain Dampness
- Herbs That Warm the Interior
- Herbs That Regulate Qi
- Herbs That Relieve Food Stagnation
- Herbs That Expel Parasites
- Herbs That Stop Bleeding
- Herbs That Invigorate Blood and Resolve Blood Stagnation
- Herbs That Resolve Phlegm and Stop Cough and Asthma
- Herbs That Tranquilize the Mind
- Herbs That Pacify the Liver and Subdue Endogenous Wind
- Herbs That Open the Orifices
- Herbs That Tonify Deficiencies
- Astringent Herbs