An illustrated Chinese materia medica

By Jing-Nuan Wu

Subjects: Medicine, Chinese, Herbs, Herbs, therapeutic use, Materia medica, vegetable, Medicine, chinese, Therapeutic use, Vegetable Materia medica, Materia medica, Vegetable, Chinese Medicine

Description: "An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica brings to the English language a lavishly illustrated atlas of the 320 herbs used most frequently in traditional Chinese medical practice. Each substance is profiled authoritatively in monographs that provide pharmaceutical, botanical, and English names; flavor properties and channel tropisms; functions; clinical uses and major combinations; dosage and administration; and precautions. Intended for medicinal and pharmaceutical chemists as well as practitioners of homeopathic and alternative medicines, this materia medica offers a unique blend of authenticity that is derived from knowledge of classic Chinese literature with a clearly practical objective of presenting valuable information in a straightforward, easily comprehensible style."--BOOK JACKET