Authors: Yifan Yang
ISBN-13: 9780702031335, ISBN-10: 070203133X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Date Published: December 2009
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Yifan Yang studied traditional and modern medicine from 1977 to 1982 at Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and, after graduation, worked there as a teacher and doctor in the Chinese Herbal Formulas Department. Besides teaching and practicing, she completed her Masters degree in Chinese Herbal Medicines and Formulas. In 1990, she moved to the Netherlands and now works there as a Practitioner in Traditional Chinese Medicine in a TCM clinic. She has also lectures on traditional Chinese herbal medicine to doctors and physiotherapists in both the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland.
It is a challenge to learn and retain information about the characteristics of the hundreds of commonly used Chinese herbs, as well as to select the best herbs for use in treating patients. This book brings to life, through vivid and clear discussion, the characteristics of the commonly used Chinese herbs. The easy-to-use question and answer format offers a method for learning and memorizing the functions of herbs through comparing the characteristics and strengths of specific herbs. The detailed discussions in this book enable experienced practitioners to achieve better quality and results, and the clinical applications feature can be used in practice to expand the treatment range.
Preface | ||
Explanation of the figures | ||
Acknowledgements | ||
Pt. 1 | Theory and Concepts | 1 |
1 | The theory and concepts of Chinese herbal medicine | 3 |
Pt. 2 | Comparisons and Characteristics of the Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines | 23 |
2 | Herbs that release the Exterior | 25 |
3 | Herbs that clear Heat | 41 |
4 | Herbs that drain downwards | 64 |
5 | Herbs that expel Wind-Dampness | 70 |
6 | Herbs that transform Dampness | 82 |
7 | Aromatic substances that transform Dampness; aromatic substances for external application; aromatic herbs that open the orifices | 94 |
8 | Herbs that transform Phlegm | 101 |
9 | Herbs that relieve food stagnation; herbs that expel parasites; herbs that induce vomiting | 115 |
10 | Herbs that regulate the Qi | 121 |
11 | Herbs that regulate the Blood | 130 |
12 | Herbs that stop bleeding | 140 |
13 | Herbs that warm the Interior | 146 |
14 | Herbs that tonify | 157 |
15 | Astringent herbs | 187 |
16 | Substances that sedate the Spirit and calm the Mind | 191 |
17 | Herbs that subdue the Liver-Yang and extinguish Liver-Wind | 197 |
App | Pinyin names of herbs with Latin (pharmaceutical) equivalents | 204 |
Author's references and bibliography | 209 | |
Index | 213 |