The Essential Book of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Clinical Practice: 1

The Essential Book of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Clinical Practice: 1

by Kathleen Vian (Author), Laidi Chen (Author), Tingyu Fang (Author), Yanchi Liu (Author), Peter Eckman (Author)

Synopsis

For more than four thousand years, Chinese scholars and medical practitioners have documented ways of maintaining health and treating illness, from theories of yin-yang and the zang-fu organs to the use of herbs and acupuncture. The Essential Book of Traditional Chinese Medicine marks the first time such concepts have been made accessible to Westerners in a comprehensive form.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 326
Edition: Later printing
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 12 Dec 1995

ISBN 10: 0231103573
ISBN 13: 9780231103572
Book Overview: For more than four thousand years, Chinese scholars and medical practitioners have documented ways of maintaining health and treating illness, from theories of yin-yang and the zang-fu organs to the use of herbs and acupuncture. The Essential Book of Traditional Chinese Medicine marks the first time such concepts have been made accessible to Westerners in a comprehensive form.

Media Reviews
[An] excellent encyclopedic handbook. Science and Technology Reference Review Reflects a great deal of work not only by the author...but also by a group of ten highly proficient translators and editors on both sides of the Pacific who did a wonderful job. Journal of the American Medical Association
Author Bio
Liu Yanchi is Associate Professor and head of the teaching section on the Basic Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is a member of the editing commission for the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine, China Medical Encyclopedia, and Digest of Traditional Chinese Medicine.