A materia medica for Chinese medicine : plants, minerals, and animal products /: plants, minerals, and animal products. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Leitfaden chinesische Phytotherapie.
• Further Information: Note: Carl-Hermann Hempen, Toni Fischer ; translator, Velia Wortman.
• Other Names: Hempen, Carl-Hermann, 1948-; MD, Fischer, Toni
• Contents: Preface -- General principles of Chinese pharmacology -- Herbs according to clinical groups: -- I Herbs that release the exterior: warming and cooling acrid herbs -- II Herbs that stop vomiting -- IIa Herbs that promote vomiting -- IIb Herbs that stop vomiting -- III Herbs that purge and drain -- IIIa Herbs that aggressively purge -- IIIb Laxative herbs that moisten -- IIIc Strong laxatives -- IV Herbs that Cool Heat -- IVa Herbs that drain fire and cool heat -- IVb Herbs that cool Liver heat -- IVc Herbs that cool blood -- IVd Herbs that clear heat and dry dampness -- IVe Herbs that cool and disinfect -- IVf Herbs that clear heat from deficiency -- V Aromatic herbs that Open the Orifices -- VI Aromatic Herbs that Transform Dampness -- VII Herbs that Drain and Transform Dampness -- VIII Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness -- IX Herbs that Warm the Interior and Expel Cold -- X Substances that Calm the Spirit -- Xa Substances that Anchor and Calm the Spirit -- Xb Substances that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit -- Xc Substances that Extinguish Wind and Calm the Liver -- XI Herbs that Regulate the Qi -- XII Herbs tht Regulate the Blood -- XIIa Herbs that Invigorate the Blood -- XIIb Herbs that Stop Bleeding -- XIII Herbs that Transform Phlegm and Stop Coughing -- XIIIa Herbs that Transform Cold Phlegm -- XIIIb Herbs that Cool and Transform Hot Phlegm -- XIIIc Herbs that Stop Coughing -- XIV Herbs that Promote Digestion -- XV Tonifying herbs -- XVa Qi tonifying herbs -- XVb Tonifies yang -- XVc Herbs that Tonify the Blood -- XVd Herbs that Tonify the Yin -- XVI Herbs that Stabilize and Bind -- XVII Herbs that Expel Parasites -- XVIII Substances for External Use -- Treatment guidelines according to the main patterns of disharmony -- How to prepare herbs -- Appendix: Quality Proof of herbal drugs from Traditional Chinese -- Medicine (TCM-drugs) by H. Wagner/R. Bauer -- Indices: -- General index -- Latin herb names -- Pinyin herb names -- English herb names -- Other herb names -- Chinese herb names. Herbs that release the exterior : warming and cooling acrid herbs -- Herbs that stop vomiting -- Herbs that purge and drain -- Herbs that cool heat -- Aromatic herbs that open the orifices -- Aromatic herbs that transform dampness -- Herbs that drain and transform dampness -- Herbs that dispel wind-dampness -- Herbs that warm the interior and expel cold -- Substances that calm the spirit -- Herbs that regulate the qi -- Herbs that regulate the blood -- Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing -- Herbs that promote digestion -- Tonifying herbs -- Herbs that stabilize and bind -- Herbs that expel parasites -- Substances for external use.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh New York : Churchill Livingstone
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 1007 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 615/.321; 610.957; Materia medica, Vegetable -- China -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Medicine, Chinese -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Plants, Medicinal; Drugs, Chinese Herbal -- therapeutic use; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Phytotherapy -- methods; MEDICAL -- Pharmacology; Materia medica, Vegetable; Medicine, Chinese; China; Handbooks; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780702036767; 0702036765
• Related ISBNs: 9780443100949; 0443100942
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.