Chinese Medicinal Teas: Simple, Proven, Folk Formulas for Common Diseases & Promoting Health
"Chinese Medicinal Teas describes a variety of herbal teas for treating various conditions. This book is designed for anyone with a knowledge of TCM patterns analysis. For lay readers the authors suggest to match up not only the disease indications, such as headache or vomiting, but also the other symptoms which go along with the TCM pattern for which each tea is suggested.The reader, after finding which tea fits his/her symptoms, simply follows the directions for making the herbal tea. The authors list the ingredients to use and give directions on how the tea should be made and administered. After each recipe, the authors indicate the function of the tea with relation to the organ [it treats].For readers interested in buying the ingredients there are addresses of herbal companies in the last section of the book. There is also a small discussion on how to tell whether the tea is working well or not." --Bastyr University, The Library Letter, Fall 1997