Chinese Herbalist's Handbook 3rd Edition [Paperback]

Dagmar Ehling (Author), Steve Swart (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2002

The Chinese Herbalist's Handbook is a new tool for prescribing and modifying herbal formulas. This book makes the practice of herbs easily accessible to Chinese medical practitioners and students. For practitioners who rely upon patent herbal formulas, but would like to custom-tailor formulas to each patient's unique needs, this book demystifies the process, with instructions and exhaustive cross-referencing and indexing.

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"There's a place on my shelf for The Chinese Herbalist's Handbook, but that spot is gathering dust. This reference is out on my table, is used with every patient, provides me with formulas and supports my thinking in a way that no other reference can. For every time I go back to other resources, I've used the CHH 50 times..." -Kenneth Fielding Morehead, BM, MM, MSOM, DOM, DAONB --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 792 pages
• Publisher: Lotus Press; 3 edition (July 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0910261261
• ISBN-13: 978-0910261265
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #729,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great book, but lousy print quality, April 7, 2003

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Yoon S. Chung (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chinese Herbalist's Handbook 3rd Edition (Paperback)

The contents are great and well-organized, and the small form factor makes it convenient.

However, this entire book looks like a PHOTOCOPY of the earlier edition! It's as if the publisher (apparently different from the original publisher of 1st edition) didn't want to re-typeset the book, so they either shot the printing plates directly from the earlier edition print, or decided to run it through a photocopier and then bind it. Some text originally written inside gray boxes are now very difficult to read, and the detailed text is blurry.

On quality alone, this is not worth the $... they are asking for. This is really unfortunate, since the authors have done a great job putting out a convenient reference guide. I would be wary of other publications by Lotus Press, if this is indicative of their commitment to quality. The authors should seek a new publisher.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough reference work, December 14, 2003

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chinese Herbalist's Handbook 3rd Edition (Paperback)

This valuable guide tells you everything about Chinese herbalism and complements the many book on Western herbal medicine.

It provides more than 500 herbal prescriptions according to symbol differentiation after a diagnosis has been established. Each formula is detailed with extract formula names, ingredients, dosages and contraindications plus special preparation methods.

More than 400 individual herbs from traditional categories are organized into clinically relevant subcategories and information is provided on adapting these formulas for the needs of individual patients.

There are charts listing about 400 individual herbs according to preparation considerations, cooking needs, internal versus external use, special forms available, contraindications and unusual requirements.

In addition, these 400 herbs are cross-referenced alphabetically by their botanical, pharmaceutical, Chinese and common names to facilitate use by practitioners that come from various training backgrounds.

The Chinese Herbalist's Handbook is a masterpiece that makes herbal healing easily accessible to all practitioners of Chinese herbalism. One of its best features is that it enables formulas to be custom-made for the individual needs of patients.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Chinese Herbalist's Handbook, July 9, 2010

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Brenda Horton - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Chinese Herbalist's Handbook 3rd Edition (Paperback)

This book is very thorough and gives the pin yin (chinese name) as well as the american name for the herbs which is very helpful when you are familiar with english only.