Essential Book of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Volume 2: Clinical Practice
Author: Liu Liu Yanchi
For more than four thousand years, Chinese scholars and medical practitioners have documented ways of maintaining health and treating illness, from theories of yin-yang and the zang-fu organs to the use of herbs and acupuncture. The Essential Book of Traditional Chinese Medicine marks the first time such concepts have been made accessible to Westerners in a comprehensive form.
Times Literary Supplement
Now, for the first time, a complete account of traditional Chinese medicine. . . . Volume One is devoted to theory [founded on] the Five Elements of water, fire, wood, metal, and earth, which categorized all natural phenomena including the interaction of body organs. . . . Treatment is the subject of Volume Two, [which contains] a table covering all plants, animals, and minerals believed to have therapeutic activity.
Journal of the American Medical Association
Reflects a great deal of work not only by the author...but also by a group of ten highly proficient translators and editors on both sides of the Pacific who did a wonderful job.
Science and Technology Reference Review
[An] excellent encyclopedic handbook.
Go to: Acquired Taste or Garden of Herbs
St. John's Wort: The Miracle Medicine
Author: Alan H Pressman
In St. John's Wort: The Miracle Medicine, Dr. Pressman describes the many uses of this multi-purpose herb, from its use in the Middle Ages to treat a variety of ailments to its widespread acceptance today as an effective, proven, and safe anti-depressant and weight loss aid. The herbal cure is widely popular in Europe and it is fast gaining acceptance here in the United States.
Along with recommendations for dosages and how to best obtain its maximum benefits, this book will include specific chapters on how St. John's Wort can be used to:
Dr. Pressman also presents the latest information on the herb's lesser known possibilities. Believed to contain at least 50 active ingredients, St. John's Wort is being carefully analyzed for other potential applications such as in the treatment of AIDS and cancer. Offered throughout is scientific data from clinical trials that provide evidence of St. John's Wort's significant—and successful—results.
No comments:
Post a Comment