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This booklet provides a basic overview of Chinese Medicine Herbs commonly used by Chinese Medicine practitioners. This book builds on the other Chinese Medicine Guys (CMG) books -- providing additional information to give a more complete picture of Chinese Medicine, its applications and benefits. The book presents a “Best of Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Herbs. The book also includes cross-references of English, Pharmaceutical and Chinese herb names, as well as a glossary of Chinese Medicine terms to better understand information presented. This book is intended for those lay people interested in expanding their knowledge of Chinese Medicine (for educational – not self-medicating purposes). The book is also a great teaching tool that can be used by Chinese medicine practitioners in educating their patients.

Author: Tom Haskins
Paperback: 106 pages
Company: BookSurge Publishing (2008-10-06) (2008-10-06)
ISBN: 1439213682
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This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the HPLC technology and fingerprints of commonly-used Chinese herbs. It contains HPLC fingerprints of over 40 traditional Chinese medicinal herbs and details their sources, production and quality control. The book provides a practical review of techniques, relevant materials, and the particular demands for using HPLC in traditional Chinese medicinal herb applications. It also covers HPLC methods used to analyze the herbs. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is increasingly used in the field of traditional Chinese medicine for obtaining fingerprints of Chinese medicinal herbs. Advantages such as high speed, high resolution, high sensitivity, stability, accuracy, and automation make it one of the leading techniques used for quality control, standardization of planting, and new drug development in traditional Chinese medicine. To date, no other books on HPLC fingerprints of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs have been published in English. This is the first book in English devoted to providing readers with state-of-the-art information on HPLC applied in the analysis of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs.

Author: Ong Seng Poon, Cai Baochang
Hardcover: 280 pages
Company: World Scientific Publishing Company (2010-09-30)
ISBN: 9814291099
List Price: $75.00
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Written for those new to the search for natural healing, "Simple Chinese Medicine for Health" gives you tools that you can use today to improve your quality of life and begin the healing journey. Based upon centuries old practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) readers are provided simple-to-do exercises for stress relief, health maintenance, and cancer prevention. Additional sections include guidance on using food for healing and for weight control. Careful attention is given to explaining the differences between Eastern healing methods and Western treatment methods, as well as an insightful discussion of TCM's concept of 'prevention' for health maintenance. A final section shares the personal experiences of some of Dr. Kuhn's patients.

Contents include:

* Healing in Traditional Chinese Medicine
* Differences in Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
* TCM Diagnostic Method
* Seeking the Right Medical Care
* Food Healing in Chinese Medicine
* Food Balance
* Healthy Balanced Diet and Weight Reduction
* Weight Control Program--Food and Exercise Log
* Exercises for Healing, Disease Prevention, and Good Health
* Cancer Prevention and Healing
* Exercise Routines for Healing Cancer
* Chinese Medicine's Secrets of Good Health and Longevity
* Trends in Longevity

Author: Aihan Kuhn
Paperback: 235 pages
Company: YMAA Publication Center (2009-06-25)
ISBN: 1594391246
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