Yang Jin, Huang Huang, Zhu Li-jiang (eds.) Introduction to Chinese materia medica

Translated by Yun-hui Chen. — Singapore & Shanghai: World Scientific Publishing, 2013. — x, 565 p. (World Century Compendium to TCM, Vol. 3). — ISBN: 9781938134166.This book aims at facilitating readers with the clinical application and is in line with the principle of “correspondence of Chinese medicinals and patterns”. It contains a brief introduction to relative theories, divides these medicinals by actions into exterior-releasing, heat-clearing, purgative, dampness-dispelling, fluid retention-disinhibiting, interior-warming, qi-regulating, blood-invigorating, blood-stanching, food accumulationrelieving, phlegm, cough and wheezing-arresting, mind-tranquilizing, liver-calming, orifices-opening, tonifying, astringing, and worm- dispelling categorizes, and elaborate each herb in terms of actions, quality, indications, usage, and dosage. Furthermore, mnemonics and simple and effective formulas are provided to help readers know more practical applications, and precautions and daily practices are specifically designed to help readers to digest the content easier. It continues to build the contents page on the chosen styles of Learn to Prescribe Chinese Medical Formulas in 100 days, one section one day, six days a week, fourteen weeks one hundred days.