• Traditional Chinese Medicine (English Edition): Understanding Its Principles & Practices Through Stories
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine (English Edition): Understanding Its Principles & Practices Through Stories
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine (English Edition): Understanding Its Principles & Practices Through Stories
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine (English Edition): Understanding Its Principles & Practices Through Stories
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine (English Edition): Understanding Its Principles & Practices Through Stories
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine (English Edition): Understanding Its Principles & Practices Through Stories
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Traditional Chinese Medicine (English Edition): Understanding Its Principles & Practices Through Stories

Traditional Chinese Medicine (English Edition): Understanding Its Principles & Practices Through Stories

From Ancient Origins and Philosophical Roots to Famous Physicians, Pulse Diagnosis, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine — A Storytelling Introduction to How Chinese Medicine Actually Thinks
This is not a textbook, and it is not a self-help health manual. It is a book that uses stories to explain what Traditional Chinese Medicine is and how it thinks. You meet the physicians and pharmacologists who shaped it, learn why pulse diagnosis and acupuncture work the way they do, and see how Chinese medicine absorbed ideas from Indian and Arab medicine and then travelled to Japan and Korea. The author, Liao Yuqun, is a historian of Chinese medicine, and he writes for readers who are curious about the subject but do not have a medical background. If you want to understand the principles and practices of TCM through narrative rather than dense theory—this is it.
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Product Overview
Traditional Chinese Medicine: Understanding Its Principles and Practices is part of the Cultural China Series published by China Intercontinental Press. Written by Liao Yuqun (廖育群), a renowned historian of Chinese science and medicine, and translated by Li Zhaoguo, this book serves as an ideal introduction for English-speaking readers interested in the foundations of TCM-2-3-5.

What You Will Learn
This book goes beyond a simple medical manual; it explores TCM as a cultural and philosophical system. Key topics include:

  • The Origins of Chinese Medicine: How ancient philosophy shaped early medical thought-3-8.

  • Core Theories: A breakdown of essential concepts such as Yin-Yang, the Five Elements, and the meridian system.

  • Diagnostic Methods: Insight into unique TCM practices like pulse diagnosis (sphygmology), tongue observation, and the principles of acupuncture and moxibustion-3-8.

  • Historical Figures: Stories of legendary physicians and pharmacologists throughout Chinese history-3.

  • Cultural Exchange: The influence of TCM on and from Indian and Arabic medicine, as well as its spread to Japan and Korea-3-8.

  • Herbal Medicine: An introduction to phytotherapy and the fundamentals of Chinese materia medica

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