traditional Chinese medicine materia medica clinical reference & study guide
By: Peter Holmes with Jing Wang, with research by Heather McIver.
Contributors: Wang, Jing.; McIver, Heather.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Snow Lotus Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 462
Subjects: Medicine, Chinese -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions; Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- China; Medicinal plants -- China; Botany, Medical -- China
Genres: Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
Other titles: Materia medica reference & study guide
Notes: Gift of Henry G. Schwarz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The; title: clinical principles of Chinese herbal medicine -- -- Ch. 1.; title: Herbs to release the exterior -- -- Ch. 2.; title: Herbs to clear heat -- -- Ch. 3.; title: Herbs to drain downward -- -- Ch. 4; title: Herbs to transform phlegm and stop cough -- -- Ch. 5.; title: Herbs to dispel wind-damp -- -- Ch. 6.; title: Herbs to drain water-damp -- -- Ch. 7.; title: Herbs to transform turbid-damp -- -- Ch. 8.; title: Herbs to reduce food stagnation -- -- Ch. 9.; title: Herbs to regulate the Qi -- -- Ch. 10.; title: Herbs to invigorate the blood -- -- Ch. 11.; title: Herbs to tonify -- -- Ch. 12.; title: Herbs to warm the interior -- -- Ch. 13.; title: Herbs to stabilize and astringe -- -- Ch. 14; title: Herbs to stop bleeding -- -- Ch. 15.; title: Herbs to calm the mind -- -- Ch. 16.; title: Herbs to calm the liver and extinguish wind -- -- Ch. 17.; title: Herbs to open the orifices -- -- Ch. 18.; title: Herbs to expel parasites -- -- Ch. 19.; title: Herbs for topical application --; title: Key herb comparison and differentiation tables.