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Chinese Medicinal Teas: Simple, Proven, Folk Formulas for Common Diseases & Promoting Health

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This was a book I bought on a whim. I'm a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and I tend to keep clear of anything with "folk" on the front cover. I'm trying to be a serious medic here, so I can do without my chosen profession being clouded with unproven quack remedies! But when the book arrived I quickly had to change my tune.

I would consider this book a small stepping stone on the way to the serious books on TCM formulae (such as Dan Bensky's Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas and Strategies). The formulae in Chinese Medicinal Teas: Simple, Proven, Folk Formulas for Common Diseases & Promoting Health are generally simplified versions of more complex TCM patents. Let's face it, if you come down with a cold, who has any Herba Ephedrae (mahuang) in their kitchen cupboard? But you may well have ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and so on. This book employs a lot of the more commonly available foodstuffs and medicinals.

I like this book because it has a number of very simple formulae, that laymen can utilise, but it also builds on those formulae to get close to a number of the decoctions regularly prescribed by TCM professionals. For that reason it is a useful resource and a good link between the twin pillars of Chinese herbal medicine and Chinese functional foods.

I give it a thumbs up and say it's very good value for money.