Natural Healing with Chinese Herbs

In today's world of rapid change, it is reassuring to discover that some human endeavors persist with a kind of timelessness. Such it is with Chinese herbal medicine. This translation of the first modern Japanese publication on Chinese herbal remedies draws on a heritage of almost 4000 years : Chinese materia medica. Since its first printing in 1941, 10 revisions and 16 editions have appeared in Japan. Such popularity in the country most advanced in combining Oriental and Occidental healing techniques attests to the manual's validity and usefulness. Thorough and concise, the contents range from an explanation of Chinese medical diagnosis to a listing of almost two hundred herbal formulas, including their ingredients, uses, and medicinal effects.