Yang Xinrong (ed.) Encyclopedic reference of traditional Chinese medicine

Chen Anmin, Ma Yingfu, Gao Yuan, Gao Zhemin. With 85 Figures. — Berlin-Heidelberg-New York: Springer, 2003. — ii, 660 p. — ISBN: 9783662051771 (eBook).A manual from A-Z: symptoms, therapy and herbal remedies.The Traditional Chinese Medicine is a national treasure of China, and an important part of the treasure of the entire world as well. The Traditional Chinese Medicine has a long history for thousands of years since the beginning of the written literature on medicine in China. Even in ancient time with very low developed culture, science, and technology, our ancestry had made a gigantic contribution to the healthy multiplying of the Chinese people of all nationalities through the application of acupuncture techniques and medicinal herbs as well as massage and Qigong. After the People's Republic of China was founded, the administration has been standing for combining of Traditional Chinese Medicine with Western Medicine in order to use reference to each other, which has gained gratifying achievements in the treatment for a lot of ordinary illnesses and hypochondria.