Traditional Chinese Medicine

Informationen zum Autor Liao Yuqun is a researcher and director of the Institute for the History of Natural Science at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and vice-president of the Chinese Society of the History of Science and Technology. He has published widely on the history of Chinese medicine and classical Chinese medical texts. Klappentext An illustrated introduction to the history and theory of traditional Chinese medicine! exploring diagnostic methods and techniques such as acupuncture. Zusammenfassung Traditional Chinese medicine is one of the most renowned and most controversial scientific achievements of ancient Chinese civilisation. Liao Yuqun provides a comprehensive! illustrated introduction to the history and theory of traditional Chinese medicine! exploring classical medical texts! diagnostic methods! the use of medical herbs and techniques such as acupuncture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; 1. Approach to traditional Chinese medicine; 2. The classics of TCM; 3. Basic theory of TCM; 4. Internal and external therapies of TCM; 5. Knowledge of Materia Medica; 6. Famous doctors in history; 7. TCM and life cultivation; 8. Inheritance and development of modern TCM; Appendix: chronological table of the Chinese dynasties.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Yuqun Liao, Liao Yuqun
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 25.08.2011
• EAN: 9780521186728
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18672-8
• Seiten: 138
• Serien: Introductions to Chinese Culture; Introductions to Chinese Cultu; Introductions to Chinese Culture; Introductions to Chinese Cultu
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Ganzheitsmedizin; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges