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Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine is one of the most renowned and most controversial scientifi c achievements of ancient Chinese civilization. Although Western medicine is often the basic method used to deal with medical problems, the techniques developed in traditional Chinese medicine still play an important part in protecting the health of the Chinese people, and are practiced throughout the world. Liao Yuqun provides a comprehensive, illustrated introduction to the history and theory of traditional Chinese medicine, exploring classical medical texts, diagnostic methods, the use of medical herbs and techniques such as acupuncture.
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Introductions to Chinese Culture
The thirty volumes in the Introductions to Chinese Culture series provide accessible overviews of particular aspects of Chinese culture written by a noted expert in the fi eld concerned. The topics covered range from architecture to archaeology, from mythology and music to martial arts. Each volume is lavishly illustrated in full color and will appeal to students requiring an introductory survey of the subject, as well as to more general readers.
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Liao Yuqun TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
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Contents
Foreword 1
Approach to Traditional Chinese Medicine 3 Recognition of TCM 4 The Philosophy of TCM 7 The Formation and Variation of Tradition 12 Understanding TCM 17
The Classics of TCM 21 Huang Di Nei Jing (Yellow Emperor’s Canon of Medicine) 23 Huang Di Ba Shi Yi Nan Jing (Yellow Emperor’s Canon On Eighty-One Diffi cult Issues) 24 Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (The God of Agriculture’s Canon of Materia Medica) 26 Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases) 27 Compilation of Books and Development into Canon 29
Basic Theory of TCM 33 The Theories of Yin-Yang and Wu Xing 34 Viscera and their Manifestations 40 Channels and Collaterals 43 Etiology 48 Diagnostics 52
Internal and External Therapies of TCM 59 Acupuncture and Moxibustion 60 Prescriptions 64 Internal and the External Treatments 70
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Knowledge of Materia Medica 73 Establishment of the Theory of Materia Medica 74 Important Books on Materia Medica 75 Pharmacological Studies 81 Drug Administration and Market 82 Processing of Herbs 85 Ginseng 88
Stories about Famous Doctors in History 93 Bian Que 94 Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo 95 Wang Shuhe and Huang Fumi 98 Sun Simiao 99 The Four Great Schools in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties 101 Zhang Jingyue 104 Ye Tianshi 105 Wang Qingren 108
TCM and Cultivating a Healthy Lifestyle 111 Cultivating a Healthy Lifestyle by Season 112 Integration of Food and Medicines 115 Sports and Health 118 Emotion and Disease 120
The Legacy of TCM and its Modern Development 123 Establishing Standards for TCM 124 Development and Innovation of TCM in Clinical Use 126 Integration of TCM with Western Medicine and Encouraging the Modernization of TCM 128 TCM Going Global 130
Appendix: Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties 132
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