Duke Brian L. (ed.) Chinese Herbs and Herbal Medicine: Essential Components, Clinical Applications and Health Benefits

Nova Science Pub Inc, 2015. — 193 p. — ISBN10: 1634820851, ISBN13: 978-1634820851.Radix Bupleuri (Chai Hu) is one of the most commonly used herbs in the Chinese medicine clinical practice. In Chinese medicine, it is believed that Radix Bupleuri is acrid, cool and bitter and enters liver and gallbladder meridians. This book discusses the use of Chinese herbs, such as Chai Hu, and other different herbal medicines for diseases and illnesses such as atopic dermatitis, and for cutaneous wound healing. It discusses the essential components, clinical applications and health benefits of herbal medicine.