Author: Tom Williams
Publisher: HarperThorsons
ISBN: 9780007130030
Category : Medicine, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This beautifully illustrated, full-color book explains the basic principles of Chinese medicine, the causes of disharmony in the body that lead to disease and the Chinese approach to diagnosis and treatment.
Author: Hung-yüan Hsü
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Materia medica
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Author: Editors at Reader's Digest
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621453154
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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This beautifully illustrated, complete guide to herbs unlocks the secrets of these wonder plants—from planting and harvesting to cooking and storing—including their health benefits. Now you can discover the joy and pleasure of growing your own herbs—for spicing up meals, creating crafts, treating ailments, and more. In this comprehensive and beautifully illustrated herbal guide you’ll find information on their history, cultivation, propagation, and harvesting, along with a wealth of great ideas for using herbs everyday in a variety of ways. This guide unravels the mysteries of these versatile plants, with savvy tips and simple formulas for maximizing their powers. Did you know? · Mint can repel ants, flies, mice, and moths · Garlic can seriously lower cholesterol · Chives, fennel, tarragon, thyme, oregano, and winter savory are perennials · Rosemary was used in the Middle Ages for its tranquilizing effects, and it is still a digestion aid Known for alleviating common ailments, herbs are an ancient natural wonder—herbs are hotter than ever. Extremely informative and fascinating, this book will help you find which herb can treat various complaints. Throughout the guide are instructions for bursting-with-flavor recipes, health-care products, decorative craft ideas, insect repellents, cosmetics, cleaning agents, and much more.
Author: Patricia Tsang
Publisher: Balance for Health Publishin
ISBN: 0979948495
Category : Medicine, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Reflecting training and experience in both Eastern and Western medicine, this reference uses a scientific perspective to shed light on the teaching and practices of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). In addition, the resource compares TCM to conventional Western approaches and shows the optimal way to integrate the two disciplines.
Author: Jan van Alphen
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 9781570623172
Category : Medicine, Oriental
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A profusely illustrated, comprehensive survey of the traditional medical and healing arts of Asia. Sixteen authorities from around the world examine the primary traditions of Indian, Tibetan, and Chinese medicine. Separate chapters explain how these ancient systems are now being integrated with Western biomedicine. The book also includes traditional religious considerations of medicine. 150 color plates.
Author: Song Yu Chen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780443046803
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This is a clinical handbook for practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that aims to provide quick and easy reference to the selection of herbs for treatment and their action alone and in combination. Written by two eminent teachers from the Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, who between them have accumulated over 60 years of clinical practice and teaching, this handbook emphasizes how to combine herbs and differentiate between single herbs and formulae depending on the treatment strategy adopted. It contains case histories illustrating how to adapt formulae in practice, and tables of information help with quick identification of herbs and combinations of herbs."
Author: Jan Alphen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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This is the first book to introduce a general readership to the medical traditions of Asia from the perspective of both Western scholars and traditional health practitioners. An authoritative source of information on the history, theory, and practice of the Asian healing arts, it is also a beautiful gift book featuring lavish illustrations photographed especially for this publication: body charts, herbal medicines, and other paraphernalia; exquisite artworks including paintings, sculptures, and ceramics; and scenes of contemporary medical practice throughout Asia.
Author: David Hoffmann
Publisher: HarperElement
ISBN: 9780007133017
Category : Herbals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Beautifully illustrated with 300 full-color photographs, this comprehensive guide to the use of herbal medicine covers treatment of a wide range of complaints and diseases, gathering herbs and preparing remedies, A-Z herbal featuring more than 200 herbs, and clear explanations of the body's systems. 300 photos.
Author: Zelin Chen
Publisher: Keats Publishing
ISBN: 9780941942386
Category : Hebs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Ping-Chung Leung
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9789812386700
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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This invaluable book is aimed at those who are concerned about Chinese medicine ? how it works, what its current state is and, most important, how to make full use of it. The audience therefore includes clinicians who want to serve their patients better and patients who are eager to supplement their own conventional treatment.The authors of the book belong to three different fields, viz. clinical and basic sciences, Chinese medicine and pharmacology. They provide information from their areas of expertise and concern, attempting to make it comprehensive for users. The approach is macroscopic and philosophical; readers convinced of the philosophy are to seek specific assistance.
