A Comprehensive Guide to Chinese Medicine - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 981238670X ISBN 13: 9789812386700

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

This invaluable book is aimed at those who are concerned about Chinese medicine -- how it works, what its current state is and, most important, how to make full use of it. The audience therefore includes clinicians who want to serve their patients better and patients who are eager to supplement their own conventional treatment.The authors of the book belong to three different fields, viz. clinical and basic sciences, Chinese medicine and pharmacology. They provide information from their areas of expertise and concern, attempting to make it comprehensive for users. The approach is macroscopic and philosophical; readers convinced of the philosophy are to seek specific assistance.

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?This book provides a wealth of information in a style that avoids jargon and remains accessible to the non-specialist ...

Synopsis

This volume is aimed at those who are concerned about Chinese medicine - how it works, what its current state is and, most important, how to make full use of it. The audience therefore includes clinicians who want to serve their patients better and patients who are eager to supplement their own conventional treatment. The authors of the book belong to three different fields, modern medicine, Chinese medicine and pharmacology. They provide information from their areas of expertise and concern, attempting to make it comprehensive for users. The approach is macroscopic and philosophical; readers convinced of the philosophy are to seek specific assistance.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 981238670X
• ISBN 13: 9789812386700
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372
• Editor: Leung Ping-Chung, Cheng Yung Chi, Xue Charlie Changli