Essential Book of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Vol. 2 Clinical Practice
Now, for the first time, a complete account of traditional Chinese medicine....Volume One is devoted to theory [founded on] the Five Elements of water, fire, wood, metal, and earth, which categorized all natural phenomena including the interaction of body organs....Treatment is the subject of Volume Two, [which contains] a table covering all plants, animals, and minerals believed to have therapeutic activity.(Times Literary Supplement)Reflects a great deal of work not only by the author...but also by a group of ten highly proficient translators and editors on both sides of the Pacific who did a wonderful job.(Journal of the American Medical Association)