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Since 1949, China has worked to integrate traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and modern Western medicine, so that today both systems are used, along with a blend of the two. TCM is now researched using scientific methods at institutions such as the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing, where Chongxi is a pharmacognosist. He has also authored numerous works on herbal medicine. Foster has authored several herb books (and coauthored the Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants , Houghton, 1990). The authors introduce Western readers to a blend of the two systems by describing about 50 plants used in TCM that are also known to Westerners as ornamentals, weeds, or herbs (e.g., day lilies, gardenias, honeysuckle, privet, and forsythia). They cover in detail the uses, history, dosage, descriptions, cultivation, and processing of each plant. An excellent resource for alternative medicine collections.
- Katharine Galloway Garstka, Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Anyone wishing a deeper understanding of Chinese herbs, their uses and histories will appreciate this beautifully written and easily read book. Professionals will augment their knowledge and anyone opening its cover will enjoy the lively history of culture and civilization as seen through the eyes of an herbalist. -- The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health & Fitness, Winter 1999
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Since 1949, China has worked to integrate traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and modern Western medicine, so that today both systems are used, along with a blend of the two. TCM is now researched using scientific methods at institutions such as the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing, where Chongxi is a pharmacognosist. He has also authored numerous works on herbal medicine. Foster has authored several herb books (and coauthored the Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants , Houghton, 1990). The authors introduce Western readers to a blend of the two systems by describing about 50 plants used in TCM that are also known to Westerners as ornamentals, weeds, or herbs (e.g., day lilies, gardenias, honeysuckle, privet, and forsythia). They cover in detail the uses, history, dosage, descriptions, cultivation, and processing of each plant. An excellent resource for alternative medicine collections.
- Katharine Galloway Garstka, Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
Anyone wishing a deeper understanding of Chinese herbs, their uses and histories will appreciate this beautifully written and easily read book. Professionals will augment their knowledge and anyone opening its cover will enjoy the lively history of culture and civilization as seen through the eyes of an herbalist. -- The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health & Fitness, Winter 1999
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The herbalist's appreciation of plants reaches to the beginnings of human memory. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
suppressed menstrual flow, botanical synonyms, folk substitute, vomiting with blood, lateral rootlets, bacillus dysentery, ben cao, crude root, unprocessed root, western herbal traditions, spontaneous perspiration, gardenia fruits, folk treatment, magnolia vine, rehmannia root, ginkgo seeds, turbid urine, blood stasis, herb markets, dispels heat, middle burner, blackberry lily, toxic matter, official drug, shrub thickets Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Chinese Pharmacopeia, English Names, Pharmaceutical Name, Nei Mongol, North America, Shen Nong Ben Cao, East Asia, Bian Que, Tao Hong-jing, Saint Petersburg, South America, Flora Japonica, Robert Fortune, Gerard's Herball, New England, New York, Species Plantarum, Alexander von Bunge, Alfred Rehder, Carl Peter Thunberg, French Jesuit, Kiakhta Rhubarb Commission, Miscellaneous Records of Famous Physicians, Rhubarb Office New!
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The herbalist's appreciation of plants reaches to the beginnings of human memory. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
suppressed menstrual flow, botanical synonyms, folk substitute, vomiting with blood, lateral rootlets, bacillus dysentery, ben cao, crude root, unprocessed root, western herbal traditions, spontaneous perspiration, gardenia fruits, folk treatment, magnolia vine, rehmannia root, ginkgo seeds, turbid urine, blood stasis, herb markets, dispels heat, middle burner, blackberry lily, toxic matter, official drug, shrub thickets Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Chinese Pharmacopeia, English Names, Pharmaceutical Name, Nei Mongol, North America, Shen Nong Ben Cao, East Asia, Bian Que, Tao Hong-jing, Saint Petersburg, South America, Flora Japonica, Robert Fortune, Gerard's Herball, New England, New York, Species Plantarum, Alexander von Bunge, Alfred Rehder, Carl Peter Thunberg, French Jesuit, Kiakhta Rhubarb Commission, Miscellaneous Records of Famous Physicians, Rhubarb Office New!
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- Ginseng: A Concise Handbook by James A. Duke on page 108, page 109, and Back Matter
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- Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians by Patricia Kyritsi Howell in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Solving the Interstitial Cystitis Puzzle: A Guide to Natural Healing by Amrit K. Willis on page 190, and Back Matter
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