The Healing Power of Chinese Herbs and Medicinal Recipes

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Psychology Press, 2005 - 812 pages
A modern reference guide on the benefits of incorporating traditional Chinese medicine into modern-day therapies!

The Healing Power of Chinese Herbs and Medicinal Recipes is an easy-to-follow introduction to the history of traditional Chinese phytomedicine. This useful guide clearly explains the basics of this unique medical system and describes in detail the therapeutic properties and use of medicinal herbs and herbal recipes. The book includes a bibliography, glossary, contact information for herbal dealers and Oriental medicine schools, and an indexed list of 300 commonly used Chinese medicinal herbs and 245 herbal recipes.

In The Healing Power of Chinese Herbs and Medicinal Recipes, you will find the fundamentals, evolution, and development of the herbal formulas of the 4,000-year-old Oriental Materia Medica, also known as ben cao. The book contains 11 sections documenting the therapeutic applications, dosages, precautions, and modern research findings of 138 of the most popular medicinal herbs. In addition, this resource provides 101 of the most frequently prescribed master recipes by famous ancient physicians, including their origin, ingredients, actions, indications, and modern clinical uses.

The Healing Power of Chinese Herbs and Medicinal Recipes offers an in-depth education on:
  • tonic herbs
  • herbs that adjust the yin and yang of the body
  • herbs that invigorate circulation of vital energy, qi, and blood
  • herbal tranquilizers
  • herbal diaphoretics
  • herbal expectorants, antitussives, and antiasthmatics
  • herbal pain killers
  • herbs which regulate digestion and elimination
  • herbal diuretics
  • herbal antipyretics, antimicrobials, and detoxicants
  • antitumor herbs
The Healing Power of Chinese Herbs and Medicinal Recipes provides up-to-date information on the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as how to use Chinese medicinal herbs in conjunction with Western conventions. This comprehensive reference will benefit healthcare practitioners who want to include Oriental medicine in their practice, and anyone who is interested in Chinese herbs or patients for whom conventional medicine has offered no relief.ecautions, and modern research findings of 138 of the most popular medicinal herbs. In addition, this resource provides 101 of the most frequently prescribed master recipes by famous ancient physicians, including their origin, ingredients, actions, indications, and modern clinical uses.

The Healing Power of Chinese Herbs and Medicinal Recipes offers an in-depth education on:
  • tonic herbs
  • herbs that adjust the yin and yang of the body
  • herbs that invigorate circulation of vital energy, qi, and blood
  • herbal tranquilizers
  • herbal diaphoretics
  • herbal expectorants, antitussives, and antiasthmatics
  • herbal pain killers
  • herbs which regulate digestion and elimination
  • herbal diuretics
  • herbal antipyretics, antimicrobials, and detoxicants
  • antitumor herbs
The Healing Power of Chinese Herbs and Medicinal Recipes provides up-to-date information on the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as how to use Chinese medicinal herbs in conjunction with Western conventions. This comprehensive reference will benefit healthcare practitioners who want to include Oriental medicine in their practice, and anyone who is interested in Chinese herbs or patients for whom conventional medicine has offered no relief.amp;lt;br />
  • antitumor herbs
The Healing Power of Chinese Herbs and Medicinal Recipes provides up-to-date information on the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as how to use Chinese medicinal herbs in conjunction with Western conventions. This comprehensive reference will benefit healthcare practitioners who want to include Oriental medicine in their practice, and anyone who is interested in Chinese herbs or patients for whom conventional medicine has offered no relief.
 

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Table des matières

Western Medicine versus Traditional Chinese
1
The Future of Chinese Herbal Medicine
8
The Development of Ben Cao and Herbal
37
Practical Herbalism
49
Effective Herbal Recipes
73
THE HEALING POWERS OF MEDICINAL
79
Ginseng Radix ginseng Ren shen
87
Siberian Ginseng Radix Acanthopanax senticosus
94
Luo shi teng
402
Herbs That Regulate Digestion
421
Herba Agastaches seu Pogostemi Huo xiang
429
Germinated Barley Fructus Hordei Germinatus Maiya
435
Atractylodes Rhizoma Atractylodes Cangzhu
441
Magnolia Bark Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis Hou po
448
Semen Arecae Bin lang or Bing langzi
455
Herbal Antipyretics Antimicrobials
485

Codonopsis Radix Codonopsis Pilosulae Dang shen
103
Shan yao
110
White Atractylodes Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephala
118
Herbs That Invigorate Circulation
195
Tangerine Orange Peel Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae
201
Xiang fu
207
Notoginseng Radix Notoginseng San qi Tian qi
213
Cnidium Radix Ligustici Chuanxiong Chuan xiong
221
Nourishing the Heart
263
Ganoderma or Reishi Mushrooms Ganoderma Lucidum
270
Zizyphus Semen Zizyphi Spinosae Suan zao ren
277
Apocynum Herba Apocynum Venetum Luo bu ma
283
Relief of Common Colds
293
Herbal Expectorants Antitussives
351
Jie geng
358
Bitter Apricot Kernel Semen Armeniacae amarum
364
Stemona Root Radix Stemonae Baibu
370
Semen Lepidii seu Descurainiae Ting li zi
376
Relief of Lingering
383
Notopterygium Rhizoma seu Radix Notopterygii
390
Clematis Root Radix Clematidis Wei ling xian
396
Complementary
541
Lobelia Herba Lobeliae Ban bian lian
548
Akebia Quinata Fruit Fructus Akebiae Bayue zha
554
Subprostrate Sophora Root Radix Sophora Shan dougen
562
Semiaquilegia Root Radix Semiaquilegiae Tian kui
568
HERBAL RECIPES
577
Herbal Recipes for Blood Nourishment
587
Herbal Recipes That Balance the
593
Recipes That Benefit the Heart and the Brain
599
Herbal Recipes That Ease the Mind
605
Herbal Recipes to Relieve Colds Internal
609
R56 Yuan Hu Zhi Tong Wan Corydalis and Angelica Pain
615
Selections of Imperial Palace Recipes
631
R87 Yang Xin Yan Ling Yi Shou Dan Biota Mind
637
Appendix A Useful Addresses
647
Appendix B Table of Commonly Used Chinese Medicinal
665
Table of Popular Herbal Recipes and Patent
681
Glossary
693
Bibliography
717
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