Essentials of Chinese Medicine

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Liu, Zhanwen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Complementary medicine.; Dermatology.; Internal medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Complementary & Alternative Medicine.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Internal Medicine.

The modern medical model is gradually shifting from one of biomedicine to one that integrates practices from the physiological, psychological, sociological and medical fields. This growing recognition that people, the environment, ecological conditions and society are all aspects of a united whole h...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Theories of Chinese Medicine
• Formation of the Chinese Medicine Theoretical System and Its Philosophical Basis
• Chinese Medicine Methodology
• Structure and Functions of the Human Body
• Basic Substances of Vital Activities
• Etiology in Chinese Medicine
• Pathology in Chinese Medicine
• Diagnostic Methods and the Therapeutic Principles of Chinese Medicine
• Approach to Chinese Medical Diagnosis
• Diagnostic Methods
• Differential Diagnosis
• Therapeutics
• Health Preservation.