WH10- Chinese Family Acupoint Massage(ISBN 7-119-01439-0)

$24.95

$22.45

WH11- Medicinal Herbs (Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine & Pharmacology)(ISBN 7-80005-119-6)

$19.95

Medicinal Herbs 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, 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 “Indications & Combinations and “Cautions & Contraindications” sections are particularly valuable. They provide useful empirical tips on how to combine two or more herbs to promote therapeutic effectiveness and minimize toxicity and how to avoid the neutralization of the curative effects or serious side effects of incompatible herbs.

$17.95

WH12- Diagnostics of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Library of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Chinese/English edition)(7-81010-652-x)

$22.55

Diagnostics of TCM is a subject concentrating on diagnosis of diseases and differentiation of syndromes through examination based on the theory and methodology of TCM . it serves as a bridge to connect the basic theory of TCM with clinical specialties and is the essential course for all clinical subjects. 

This book , focusing on elucidation of the theory and methods of TCM in examining pathological conditions as well as analyzing an differentiating syndromes, is composed of introduction, diagnostic methods and syndrome differentiation. It is a systematic in itself and, at the same time, keeps a close association with the clinical specialties so as to preserve the systematic and integral characteristics of TCM.

In the compilation, the authors have tried to preserve the unique features of TCM and demonstrate the profound content of TCM diagnostics on one hand, and unite theory and practice so as to guide the clinical practice on the other. In the compilation, the authors have also tried to make it concise, easy read, fluent and accurate. For this purpose, some illustrations and color pictures are included. We hope that this book will be beneficial to both the international students with certain level of Chinese in learning traditional Chinese medicine or going abroad.

$20.30

WH13-Internal Medicine of Traditional Chinese Medicine( (Library of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Chinese/English edition)(ISBN 7-81010-660-0)

$36.25

Internal Medicine of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a clinical subject  dealing especially with traditional Chinese diagnosis and treatment of the diseases and disorders of the viscera of the human body under the guidance of TCM theory. With its systematical theories of syndrome differentiation and treatment, internal medicine of TCM is the basis of various clinical sciences.

This book introduces the basic theories of Chinese internal medicine, the basic knowledge of common internal diseases and the law of syndrome differentiation and treatment. It includes to parts : Introduction and Treatment of Diseases. The former deals with the Classification and Characteristics of Internal Diseases, the Procedure and Principles of Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment, and the Therapeutic Principle and Commonly-used Methods for Internal Diseases of TCM; and the later, according to TCM theory , are divided into 8 chapters: Syndrome Patterns of the Lung, Syndrome Patterns of the Heart, Syndrome Patterns of the Spleen and Stomach, Syndrome Patterns of the Liver and Gallbladder, Syndrome Patterns of the Kidney, Syndrome Patterns of Qi, Blood, and Body Fluid, General Disease and Acropathy, and Other Diseases. Introduced in the latter part are 47 kinds of syndrome patterns , including the General Description, Essentials for Diagnosis, and Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment. Other Treatments such as Chinese Patent Drugs, Single drug or Experiential Prescriptions and External Therapy are also introduced. As for the knowledge of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Chinese Tuina Therapy, and Life Cultivation and Rehabilitation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, there are specific books to cover these aspects.

$32.65

WH14- Science of Prescriptions (Library of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Chinese/English edition)(ISBN 7-81010-650-3)

$24.20

This book aims to introduce systematically the basic knowledge of Science of prescriptions so that those who are studying Traditional Chinese Medicine home and abroad can have a general idea of the essential formulating principles and application of the prescriptions as wells as the typical prescriptions commonly for further using syndrome differentiation and treatment in accordance with the TCM theories.

It is divided into General Introduction, Specific Discussions and Appendix. Basic theories of science of prescriptions are presented in the General Introduction, while Specific discussions mainly focuses on the source, ingredients, directions, actions, clinical application, elucidation, cautions of 152 typical prescriptions commonly used in clinical practice under 16 categories. Listed under the item of Source is the name of works where in a certain recipe was earliest recorded. Ingredients and Directions are based primarily on the original works, with dosages converted into the metric system accordingly, and including only the preparation of drugs commonly used in clinic. Since there is only a brief account of the preparation of some pill and powder prescriptions , readers who want to know the details about it may refer to the Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China. The powder can be prepared into decoction, which is not indicated again. In the Clinical Application, syndromes and the chief symptoms are listed first, followed with names of diseases treated clinically. In the case of decoction, its modification is briefed so as to enable the learners to have a further understanding of the application and variation of the recipe. After summarizing the main points of pathogenesis the meaning and feature of the compatibility among drugs are dwelt on in Elucidation . The item of Cautions is omitted when it is consistent with what is related in the summary of each chapter or if no special problems should be noted. Thus readers may make cross-references sometimes. One hundred kinds of Chinese patent medicines commonly-used are introduced in the Appendix in the form of chart including their ingredients, actions, indications, directions and dosages, and specifications. The dosage  listed in the book are for adult use, if not specially noted. Therefore, they should be reduced appropriately in the case of children. For the convenience of retrieval , a Chinese stroke index is attached at the end of the book, which covers all the prescriptions mentioned in this book.

This book is distinct in its focal points and terse in its writing, elucidating the profound in simple language. Thus, it can be adopted as a rudimentary course for the beginners and provide references for the physicians as well in their selection of prescriptions and drugs in practice.

$21.78