Textbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine : Volume 1: Introduction, Examination, Etiologies and Pathogenesis and Differentiation of Syndromes / edited by Yong Huang, Lifang Zhu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Huang, Yong, editor.

Zhu, Lifang, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alternative medicine.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Local Subjects:

Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

This book covers all the contents from theoretical basis to clinical practice comprehensively, which are under the guideline of classic inheritance and the essence of TCM. TCM is a comprehensive discipline. In this book, philosophical foundation, physiology and pathology, etiology, differentiation and diagnostics, and health-preservation of TCM, Chinese materia medica and prescription, acupuncture and moxibustion, characteristic therapies, and common clinical disease are systematically arranged. From Chapter 1-4, a clear picture of the philosophical foundation of TCM from yin-yang, five-element, qi, blood, body fluids and zang-fu viscera theory is presented. From Chapter 5-7 include etiology, pathogenesis, diagnostic and differentiation of syndromes. Chapter 8 is one of the most popular chapters with a topic of health-preservation. Chapter 9 mainly present clinical TCM therapies of common disease.

Contents:

Introduction

Philosophical Bases of TCM

Visceral Manifestation

Qi, Blood, Essence and Body Fluids

Etiologies and Pathogenesis

The Four Examinations

Differentiation of Syndromes

Health-Preservation, Prevention and Treatment Principles.

ISBN:

9789819952960

9819952964