TCM refers to the use of physical treatments such as acupuncture, qigong, and related practice, as well as chemical treatment unsing Chinese medicinal materials for the prevention and cure of illness. This book is aimed at practitioners of Chinese and orthodox medicine as well as other interested health care professionals. It can be used as an introductory text to Chinese medicine. It discusses the use of TCM in cancer research, issueses of toxicity, procedures for identification of Chinese herbal materials using DNA fingerprinting and how modernisation of Chinese medicine is taking place in China.