Chinese herbal medicines comparisons and characteristics
Students and practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine must learn hundreds of commonly used herbs as the first step in studying Chinese herbal medicine. Additionally, junior practitioners lack the clinical experience required to ensure that they can skilfully select the appropriate herbs to use in th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh
Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier
2010
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| Edition: | SECOND EDITION |
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Add Tag | Summary: | Students and practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine must learn hundreds of commonly used herbs as the first step in studying Chinese herbal medicine. Additionally, junior practitioners lack the clinical experience required to ensure that they can skilfully select the appropriate herbs to use in the formulas. This presents them with a major challenge. Chinese Herbal Medicines: Comparisons and Characteristics presents a method of learning individual herbs through vivid and clear discussion of their characteristics and through a comparison with other herbs of their characteristics and strengths. This clear and logical approach makes it easy for the user to understand and memorize the functions of specific herbs. It also enables experienced practitioners to improve their therapeutic results through the use of better formulas |
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| Physical Description: | xxxi, 254 pages ill 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780702031335 070203133X |
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