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Western Herbs according to Traditional Chinese Medicine
A Practitioner's Guide
eBook | 22 January 2008
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The first book to exclusively use Chinese medical theories and terminology to guide practitioners of Chinese medicine in the use of Western herbs
• Written entirely according to the theory, diagnosis, and treatment paradigm of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
• Explains how to combine and modify the standard TCM formulas to non-Chinese herbs suitable for Western practitioners
• Includes 58 monographs of common Western healing herbs, detailing how each plant is used clinically
The ever-growing number of Chinese medicine practitioners in the West has brought about an amalgamation of many styles of Chinese medicine and various other forms of medicine from around the world. This book addresses the increasing demand for knowledge of how to integrate plants from outside the standard Chinese materia medica into the fold of Chinese medical practices in the West. It is the first in-depth guide to using Western herbs exclusively according to the theories, diagnoses, and treatments of traditional Chinese medicine that harmonizes the unique terminology and theories of TCM with other botanical medicines.
The book contains 58 monographs, illustrated with full-color photographs, of herbs commonly used by Western herbalists. Each herb is grouped by the basic categorization for medicinals in Chinese medicine, such as Herbs that Resolve the Exterior and Herbs that Regulate Blood. The monographs detail the energetics, function and indication, channels entered, dosage and preparation, and contraindications of each plant. The author also explains how to use the herbs to modify standard formulas used in everyday Chinese herbal medicine, based on his own clinical experience. An appendix of Western Analogs for Chinese Herbs further highlights 40 Chinese medicinals that have related species growing in the West.
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FOREWORD BY Z’EV ROSENBERG, L.AC.
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE
METHODS AND MEASURES
UNDERSTANDING WESTERN HERBS FROM THE CHINESE MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE
The Construction and Use of a Materia Medica
Eastern vs. Western Ways of Working with Herbs
Western Herbal Preparations
Herb Quality
Cultivated vs. Wildcrafted Herbs
HERBAL MEDICINE MAKING
Infusions and Decoctions
Tinctures, Fluidextracts, and Liquid Extracts
Poultices
Suppositories
Infused Oils
Salves
Powdered Extracts
Mix-Frying with Solid and Liquid Adjuvants
PART TWO
THE MATERIA MEDICA
HERBS THAT RESOLVE THE EXTERIOR
HERBS THAT CLEAR HEAT
HERBS THAT PRECIPITATE
HERBS THAT DRAIN DAMPNESS
HERBS THAT DISPEL WIND AND DAMPNESS
HERBS THAT TRANSFORM PHLEGM AND STOP COUGHING
HERBS THAT AROMATICALLY TRANSFORM DAMPNESS
HERBS THAT RECTIFY QÌ
HERBS THAT REGULATE BLOOD
HERBS THAT WARM THE INTERIOR AND EXPEL COLD
HERBS THAT SUPPLEMENT
HERBS THAT STABILIZE AND BIND
HERBS THAT CALM THE SPIRIT
HERBS THAT EXTINGUISH WIND
APPENDICES
I. WESTERN ANALOGUES OF CHINESE HERBS
II. INDEX OF HERBS BY COMMON (ENGLISH) NAME
III. INDEX OF HERBS BY LATIN NAME
IV. GLOSSARY OF CHINESE MEDICAL TERMS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ISBN: 9781594777417
ISBN-10: 1594777411
Published: 22nd January 2008
Format: ePUB
Language: English
Number of Pages: 272
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
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