A comprehensive guide to Chinese medicine / editors, Ping-Chung Leung, Charlie Changli Xue, Yung-Chi Cheng.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leung, Ping-Chung, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Chinese.

Medicine--China.

Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific Pub. Co., c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents ; Contributors ; Foreword ; Preface ; Chapter 1 Intelligent Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine ; 1.1 Introduction ; 1.2 The Successes of Modern Medicine ; 1.3 Traditional Chinese Medicine ; 1.4 Conclusion ; 1.5 Limitations of Chinese Medicine Research ; Reference

Chapter 2 Modalities of Chinese Medicine 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 Chinese Herbal Medicine ; 2.3 Acupuncture ; 2.4 Electro-Acupuncture ; 2.5 Magnetic Therapy ; 2.6 Ear Acupuncture ; 2.7 Scalp Acupuncture ; 2.8 Moxibustion ; 2.9 Cupping ; 2.10 Tuina (Chinese Massage)

2.11 Diet Therapy 2.12 Exercise Therapy ; 2.13 Conclusion ; References ; Chapter 3 The Theoretical Framework of Chinese Medicine ; 3.1 Introduction ; 3.2 Features of Chinese Medicine ; 3.3 What Thinking Underpins Chinese Medicine?

3.4 How Does Chinese Medicine Understand Human Physiology? 3.5 How Does Chinese Medicine Understand the Occurrence of Diseases? ; 3.6 Clinical Decision Making: Diagnosis ; 3.7 Prevention ; 3.8 Conclusion ; References ; Chapter 4 Problems and Challenges of Chinese Herbal Medicine

4.1 Introduction 4.2 The Trends ; 4.3 The Gaps ; 4.4 The Problems ; 4.5 The Challenges ; 4.6 Conclusion ; References ; Chapter 5 Biochemistry and Herbs ; 5.1 Introduction ; 5.2 Purity Test for Herbs and Herbal Products ; 5.3 Safety Test for Herbs and Herbal Products

5.4 Tests for Quality Control of Herbs and Herbal Products

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611935450

9781281935458

128193545X

9789812794987

9812794980

OCLC:

879025390