The Foundations of Chinese Medicine

图书标准信息

• 作者 Giovanni Maciocia 著
• 出版社 Elsevier Medicine
• 出版时间 2005-08
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9780443074899
• 定价 1071.80元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 1236页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 A Comprehensive Text

【内容简介】

ThisisaneweditionofthemostsuccessfulChinesemedicinetextbookeverpublishedintheEnglishlanguage.ThebookcoversthetheoryoftraditionalChinesemedicineandacupuncture,anddiscussesindetailtheuseoftheacupuncturepointsandtheprinciplesoftreatment.ThematerialisbasedonrigorousreferencetoancientandmodernChinesetexts,andexplainstheapplicationoftheoryinaWesternpracticecontext.Theneweditionincludesadditionalnewmaterial,aswellasrevisedchapters,asdetailedbelow.Inparticular,50moreacupuncturepointsarediscussed,andfurtherpatterns(aswellassomecombinedpatterns)havebeenadded.Morecasestudiesandcasehistorieshavebeenincluded,andpinyinequivalentshavebeenaddedtokeyterms.Additionalinformationisgivenonpathologicalprocessesandfactors;principlesofpointprescribing;diagnosis,especiallypulsediagnosis;therelativeweightingofsymptoms;identificationofpatternsaccordingtotheFourLevelsandtheThreeBurners;channeltheory;WarmandColddisease;andvitalsubstances.Theglossaryhasbeenconsiderablyexpanded.Inaddition,thetextpresentationhasbeenredesignedtomakeiteveneasierandclearerforstudentstonavigatearoundthechapters.Asecondcolourhasbeenintroduced,andmoredrawings,diagramsandtablesnowsupplementthetext.Summariesareincludedatthebeginningandendofeachchapter,andiconshavebeenaddedtosupporttheclarityofthetext.ACD-ROMisalsoincludedwiththebook,anditcontainsover750self-testingquestionsinavarietyofformats.Thestudentshavetheoptiontobemarkedelectronicallyontheiranswers.Alsoincludedare65fullcoloursurfaceanatomyimagesasanadditionalresource.

【作者简介】

GiovanniMaciocia,CAc(Nanjing),AcupuncturistandMedicalHerbalist,UK;VisitingProfessoroftheNanjingUniversityofTraditionalChineseMedicine,Nanjing,People'sRepublicofChina

【目录】

Part1:GeneralTheory.Introduction.Yin-Yang..The5Elements.TheVitalSubstances.TheTransformationOfQi.