This booklet provides a basic overview of Chinese Medicine Herb Formulas 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) Formulas and related Diagnoses. The book also includes cross-references of English and Chinese herbal formula 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: 50 pages
Company: BookSurge Publishing (2008-10-07) (2008-10-07)
ISBN: 1439213674
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How to prepare herbal decoctions or tea, and when to take the herbal decoction may have significant influence on the ultimate treatment results. Each herb has its own features. These features illustrate how herbs act on the human body, and their therapeutic effects. It is critical to understand these features of herbs before using them. This issue emphasizes on the preparation of herbs, different formats of using herbs, and energies and tastes of herbs. More than ten different ways of using herbs are described. Interactions among herbs, and among herbs and foods, as well as precautions and contraindications in using herbs are also discussed.

Table of Contents

1. How to Use Herbs in Different Ways
2. How to Make Herbal Tea and Decoctions for the Best Effects
3. Different Energies of Herbs in Chinese Medicine: Cold and Hot Herbs
4. Spicy, Sweet, Sour, Bitter, and Salty: Five Tastes of Chinese Herbs
5. Interactions, Precautions, and Contraindications in Using Chinese Herbs

Excerpts from "How to Use Herbs in Chinese Medicine: The Basics and Practical Guides":

“In Chinese medicine, herbal wine has been popular for thousands of years. Herbal wine can be made through soaking herbs in wine for some time to get certain effects. The wine can usually improve the effect of the herbs, such as for arthritis. It can be taken orally, or used externally….”

“Add water to the pot to submerge all the herbs. Soak the herbs for about 30 minutes before placing the pot on a fire.
Usually the properties of the herbs decide the amount of water to be added and the cooking time….”

“Incorrect applications of herbs on patients may cause severe problems and strong toxic effects. For example, using herbs of the hot nature on a patient with hot syndromes will only cause the disease even worse. Herbs are safe and effective only when they are used correctly with appropriate properties applied to the corresponding ailments….”

“Herbs with different tastes or flavors have different pharmacological and therapeutic effects. Here the “tastes” do not refer to their real tastes in the mouth, but indicate the actions they have on the human body….”

“Ancient Chinese medicine classics recorded many herb-herb interactions, precautions, and contraindications in the application of herbs. These include the eighteen incompatible medicinal herbs, and the nineteen mutual-restraining medicinal herbs….”

Kindle Edition: Kindle Book
Company: PharmTao.com (2008-09-20)
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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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