Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology: Medicinal Herbs, written by Geng Junying et al
English, paperback, 200 pages
New Word Press, Beijing, 1991
ISBN 7800051196

This book is the third volume in the "Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology" series. With a view to practicability and convenience for clinical application, this book provides detailed and essential information as required for the construction of herbal prescriptions on the respective properties, tastes, therapeutic functions and the directions of action on specific channels and collaterals of more than three hundred most commonly used medicinal herbs. For students and new practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, the "Indication & Combinations" and "Cautions & Contraindications" sections are particularly valuable. They provide useful empirical tips on how to combine two or more hers to promote therapeutic effectiveness and minimize toxicity and how to avoid the neutralization of the curative effects or serious side effects of incompatible herbs.

Dr. Geng Junying brings over twenty-five years of experience to this, his recent work on traditional Chinese medicine. He has been teaching, researching, and conducting clinical practice since 1964. His publications in Chinese include Studies of the Five Tastes of Herbs, Contraindications and Interdependence in Herbal Formulas, and Chinese Moxibustion herapy

Contents

Herbs

1. Herbs That Release Exterior Syndrome
2. Herbs That Clear Heat
3. Purgative Herbs
4. Herbs That Expel Wind and Dampness
5. Aromatic Herbs That Transform Dampness
6. Herbs That Benefit Urination and Drain Dampness
7. Herbs That Warm the Interior
8. Herbs That Regulate Qi
9. Herbs That Relieve Food Stagnation
10. Herbs That Expel Parasites
11. Herbs That Stop Bleeding
12. Herbs That Invigorate Blood and Resolve Blood Stagnation
13. Herbs That Resolve Phlegm and Stop Cough and Asthma
14. Herbs That Tranquilize the Mind
15. Herbs That Pacify the Liver and Subdue Endogenous Wind
16. Herbs That Open the Orifices
17. Herbs That Tonify Deficiencies
18. Astringent Herbs