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| Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica, Third Edition (Hardcover)
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Edition: 3
Author: Dan Bensky, Steven Clavey, Erich Stoger, Andrew Gamble
Artist: Lilian Lai Bensky
Publisher: Eastland Press
Release Date: 2004-09
ISBN-10: 0939616424
ISBN-13: 9780939616428
List Price: $125.00
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The new 3rd edition of Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica is designed to give practitioners the information they need to practice Chinese herbal medicine with greater understanding and confidence. It provides a wealth of new information - more than twice the content of the previous edition -- and practical insight into more than 530 of the most commonly used herbs in the Chinese pharmacopoeia. Drawing from a wide range of sources, both classical and modern, this edition provides unparalleled perspective and detail that goes far beyond what is available elsewhere to the Western practitioner. Herbs are grouped in chapters by function, with expanded summaries and tables for contrast and comparison. Each herb is identified by its pharmaceutical, pinyin, botanical, and family names, as well as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and English common names. Key characteristics are provided at the beginning of each entry, along with dosage, properties, channels entered, and relevant cautions and contraindications. This provides a quick overview of essential information. Actions and indications are integrated with important combinations that illustrate the range of an herbs functions, with references to appropriate formulas. This presents a more three-dimensional picture of how each herb is actually used. Expanded commentary offers in-depth analysis and places each herb in its clinical context through rich historical references. The mechanisms of action underlying important combinations, and comparisons with similar herbs, provide a broader context for understanding how the herb can be used with optimal effect. A section devoted to nomenclature and preparation describes the most important methods of processing and preparing each herb, and the advantages of each method. It also provides information about other commonly-used names and historical background. Safety is an important focus of this edition, with an emphasis on proper herb identification. Issues concerning standardized products, desirable qualities, variants, and adulterants are explained for each herb. There is also extensive information on toxicity, as well as chemical constituents. The utility of this book is enhanced by its wide range of appendices, among which are color photographs comparing the standard and adulterant forms of over 20 common herbs; tables of herbs that are indicated for specific pathologies of the five yin organs; and extensive cross references of the herbs by taxonomy, pinyin, pharmaceutical name, and other East Asian languages. There are also comprehensive indices of both herbs and formulas, as well as a general index.
Great Reference
| Customer Rating: | | I need this book for a class in Chinese Herbal Medicine. I'm excited about it and it's companion Formulas and Strategies. Pretty neat. Hard to find a comparible resource of it's type. It lists hundreds of herbs and their nature. |
Good, yet not Good
| Customer Rating:  | Pro: very comprehensive, good for those who need all the information
Con: very comprehensive, too much detail violates the spirit of Oriental Medicine |
Great resource
| Customer Rating: | | This text is required for my TCM program to earn my acupuncture degree. I've found it to be one of my favorite textbooks that I've had to buy so far. Its informative, clearly organized, and thorough. Information on the herbs include the properties, a picture, main functions organized in order of importance, and some interesting 'comments' about them as well. All the herbs are organized by category. My only complaint is how heavy it is to carry to class but what can you do? It should hopefully be the only Materia Medica that I will have to buy during the whole program! |
Good Information, but embarrassingly full of printing errors
| Customer Rating: | | While the information is excellent, there are so many printing errors that it is laughable. How could so many mistakes make it into publication, especially at the price charged? I hope future editions can rectify this seemingly easy problem, again before it sold as a product. |
Great Book. It is the Merriam Webster of the Chinese Medical Herbs Reference
| Customer Rating: | Great Book for anyone who is a novice or even a Chinese Physician. I have a few other Herbal Reference but once I got this Book, it is always the first choice whenever I need to look out for a particular chinese herb.
Worth every penny I paid for! |
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