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Chinese Natural Cures : Traditional Methods for Remedy and Prevention

ISBN: 9781579125462 | 1579125468
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
Pub. Date: 1/6/2006

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SummaryTable of Contents
The most comprehensive, trusted, and user-friendly guide to Chinese traditional medicine is finally available in a handy paperback. A perennial backlist bestseller in hardcover, "Chinese Natural Cures" remains the most complete and up-to-date book available in the Western world on the system and wisdom of Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine is made up of four distinct methods of treatment: the use of herbs, acupuncture, the use of certain foods, and massage. Its practices can be used side-by-side with traditional Western medicine and... MORE
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Section I PHILOSOPHY AND METHODS
The System of Traditional Chinese Medicine
10(1)
Philosophy
11(3)
Causes of Diseases
14(3)
The Internal Organs
17(8)
Diagnosis: Methods and Syndromes
25(4)
Eight Grand Methods of Treatment
29(4)
Herbology
33(5)
Traditional Food Remedies
38(10)
Longevity and Conventional Chinese Wisdom
48(2)
Acupunture
50(2)
Section II TREATMENT
Clinical Diagnosis, Case Studies
52(2)
Treatment of Complaints
54(39)
Treatment of Diagnosed Disorders
93(32)
Section III HERBS
Classification of Chinese Herbs
125(8)
Herbs and Their Legends
133(111)
Herbal Formulas
244(30)
Section IV FOOD CURES
Energies and Flavors of Foods
274(6)
Actions of Foods and the Balanced Diet
280(8)
Body Types and the Yin-Yang Principles
288(6)
Preventing and Curing Ailments
294(17)
Chinese Diet for Weight Loss
311(9)
Deficiency and Excess Diseases and Chinese Foods
320(4)
Immune Excess and Regulating Foods
324(3)
Deficiency and Excess Diseases and Aging
327(5)
Energy Tonic Foods
332(13)
Blood Tonic Foods
345(5)
Yin Tonic Foods
350(14)
Yang Tonic Foods
364(5)
Lung and Liver Tonic Foods
369(6)
Heart and Stomach Tonic Foods
375(9)
Spleen Tonic Foods
384(8)
Foods for Eliminating Toxic Heat
392(14)
Foods for Eliminating Damp Heat
406(5)
Foods for Eliminating Sputum
411(18)
Foods for Promoting Energy Circulation
429(13)
Foods for Promoting Blood Circulation
442(13)
Miscellaneous Useful Foods
455(53)
Section V APPENDICES
Bibliography
472(1)
Appendix A: Conversion Guides and Approximate Equivalents
473(1)
Appendix B: List of Foods
474(18)
Appendix C: Y-Scores of Foods and Movements of Foods in Relation to the Seasons
492(5)
Appendix D: Y-Scores
497(1)
Appendix E: Foods in Relation to Energies, Flavors and Internal Organs
498(10)
Index508


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