An Introduction to Chinese Herbal Medicine

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The book seeks to facilitate & promote interdisciplinary understanding between the related subjects of Chinese herbal medicine, botany, phytochemistry & pharmacokinetics. Detailed monographs of 26 umbelliferous herbs. (2004) 535pp

This book describes a number of Chinese herbal medicines and discusses a fair amount of the literature and concepts of Chinese medicine. This is a huge topic. The author wrote the book primarily for herbalists and botanists rather than for a medical readership. However, some medical people may find this book interesting.

The book contains a major section on phytochemistry with modern analytic techniques including chromatography and mass-spectrometry that are used to characterise each constituent of herbs. Phytochemistry helps with botanical classification of the herb for the botanist and pharmacological understanding for the herbalist.

The book then describes the classically documented herbs based primarily on the Chinese herbal the BEN CAO GANG MU.
Twenty-six herbal entities are described including the botanical aspects (description of plants, distribution and habitats, cultivation, and harvesting), traditional use in Chinese medicine, and biomedical information. The latter includes actions, biomedical applications, and phytochemistry.

It also describes regional substitutes which are related herbs with similar properties.

Most current medical journals report scientific development and clinical trial findings. Evidence-based medicine is now generally accepted for most medical conditions. At the same time, there is also growing interest on “alternative” medicine. Even intangible healing methods (defined as widely practiced therapeutics without mechanistic explanation) such as praying have also been reported in scientific journals using controlled trial methods.

The book attempts to bridge the gap between traditional description of Chinese medicine (herbs) and scientific understanding of these biological compounds. As with Western medicines, it will be most interesting that individual Chinese herbs (or more specifically the individual constituents) are put into controlled clinical trials on specific medical conditions.

Date reviewed

20/12/2007

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