| Description |
xxiii, 472 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Historical Evolution of Chinese Medicine and Orthodox Medicine in China / Kelvin Chan -- 2. Philosophical Aspects of Chinese Medicine from a Chinese Medicine Academician / Zhan-Wen Liu -- 3. The Theory and Application of Functional Food in Chinese Medicine / Yi Dang -- 4. Understanding the Toxicity of Chinese Herbal Medicinal Products / Kelvin Chan -- 5. Practice of Chinese Medicine in TCM-Klinic Kötzting in Germany / Jia-Zhen Liao, Stefan Hager and Anton Staudinger -- 6. The Practice of Chinese Medicine in the National Health Service Environment in the United Kingdom / John Tindall -- 7. Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Using Chinese Medicine / Lily Cheung -- 8. The Progress of Using Chinese Herbal Medicines in Cancer Research / Jennifer M.F. Wan -- 9. DNA Techniques for the Authentication of Chinese Medicinal Materials / Pang-Chui Shaw, et al -- 10. The Progress of Chinese Medicine in Australia / Qian Li, Colin C. Duke and Basil D. Roufogalis -- 11. The Progress of Chinese Medicine in Mainland China / Kelvin Chan, et al -- 12. The Progress of Chinese Medicine in Some Countries in Europe: Belgium, Germany and Holland / Christoph Kundel, Jan Nauta and You-Ping Zhu -- 13. The Progress of Chinese Medicine in Hong Kong SAR, China / Kalvin Chan and Hin-Wing Yeung -- 14. The Progress of Kampo Medicine in Japan / Katsutoshi Terasawa -- 15. The Progress of Chinese Medicine in Taiwan / Chieh-Fu Chen, Yau-Chik Shum and Ming Tsuen Hsieh -- 16. The Progress of Chinese Medicine Medicine in the United Kingdom / Kelvin Chan and Henry Lee -- 17. The Progress of Chinese Medicine in the United States of America / Ka Kit Hui, Jun Liang Yu and Lidia Zylowska -- 18. A Curriculum Model for Teaching and Training of Chinese Medicine in English / Henry Lee and Kelvin Chan -- 19. An Orthodox Practitioner's View of Chinese Medicine / David J. Atherton -- 20. The Way Forward for Chinese Medicine / Kelvin Chan and Jian-Xiang Zou |
| Summary |
"Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) refers to the use of physical treatments such as acupuncture, qigong and related practices, as well as chemical treatment using Chinese medicinal materials for the prevention and cure of illness.Key issues highlighted in this text include efficacy, training, the conditions for which TCM may be especially appropriate, and its wider use in national health care systems. The book also discusses the use of TCM in cancer research, issues of toxicity, procedures for identification of Chinese herbal materials using DNA fingerprinting and how modernisation of Chinese medicine is taking place in China.The Way Forward for Chinese Medicine is aimed at practitioners of Chinese and orthodox medicine as well as other interested health care professionals. It is also a very useful introductory text to Chinese medicine." -- BOOK JACKET |
| Subject |
Medicine, Chinese.
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| Author |
Lee, Henry, 1946-
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Chan, Kelvin.
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| ISBN |
0415277205 |
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