As the world’s most comprehensive and deeply researched system of alternative and complementary medicine, Chinese medicine enjoys a large following in scientifically developed communities. Yet its concepts and principles have been shrouded in mystery and obscure language.
\nThis path-breaking book by Hong Hai from the NTU in Singapore strips this ancient science of its mystique and metaphysical pretentions and interprets it to strike common ground with biomedical science. Concepts like qi and meridians are interpreted not as physical entities, but as constructs to facilitate diagnosis and therapy using heuristic models.
\nWritten for medical professionals, philosophers of medicine and discerning readers interested in holistic therapies, the book offers a unique perspective of Chinese medicine in an advanced biomedical world. It has practical chapters on cardiovascular disease, irritable bowel syndrome and cancer, and a compilation of Chinese herbs.
\nThis second edition of the acclaimed Theory of Chinese Medicine has new material on chronic diseases and the intriguing possible convergence of biomedicine and TCM.<\/p>\n
Contents:
\nThe Origins and Nature of Chinese Medicine
\nChinese and Western Medicine: Never the Twain Shall Meet?
\nThe Causes of Disease
\nThe Fundamental Ingredients of Life
\nOrgan and Meridian Systems
\nMethods of Diagnosis and Therapy
\nTreating Illness: Herbs and Other Therapies
\nScientific Evidence for TCM
\nCultural Factors in Placebo Effects
\nTreatment of Chronic Illnesses
\nChinese Medicine: Reinterpretation and Future Direction<\/p>\n
Readership:
\nMedical professionals, both Western medical doctors and TCM practitioners, librarians of TCM professional associations and teaching institutes, scholars interested in the theoretical basis for Chinese medicine and the informed general reader seeking to understand the rationale and applicability of Chinese medical therapies to enhance their health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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