Title: Chinese Medical Herbology & Pharmacology- Authors: John K. Chen, Tina T. Chen
- Hardcover: 1267 pages
- Publisher: Art of Medicine Press (December 2003)
- ISBN-10: 0974063509
- ISBN-13: 978-0974063508
- Book Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.3 x 2 inches
- List Price: $129.95
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Chinese Medical Herbology and Pharmacology presents 1266 pages of detailed information on 670 herbs in common use in Traditional Chinese herbology today. This book is surely become the standard reference in Chinese herbal medicine. One of the most comprehensive synthesized presentations of traditional and scientific knowledge of Chinese herbal medicines. This book is meticulously detailed source of information on pharmacological effects, clinical research and safety data.
Outstanding features of the book include drug-herb interactions, safety index, toxicology, symptoms and treatments of over-dosage, over 1150 color and black & white illustrations, with detailed traditional uses, comprehensive descriptions of pharmacological effects, herbal combinations and diagnostic syndrome differentiation, guidelines for preparation and processing of Chinese herbs; chemical composition and structure diagrams, documented clinical studies, research, and much more.
This is a modern pharmacology text on herbs and prescriptions. Unlike some older texts this fine reference book includes many features not found elsewhere. It includes photographic pictures of each herb and provides in both simplified and traditional Chinese characters. The chemical composition is badly needed as both modern pharmacists and patients alike need to know what they are dealing with, other than just exotic PinYin names. The pharmacological interactions and author's comments are also welcomed as the effectiveness from modern clinical studies are required in any modern medical book.
This text has full, easy to read information on the medicinal uses, interactions and properties of a vast range of herbs. The book is readable. This book is necessity to anyone in the oriental medicine field, especially herbal medicine. There are so many patients on medications now, we need a good book to show any possible interactions or contraindications with their current medication, and this is that book.
About the Author
Dr. John K. Chen, PhD, PharmD, OMD, LAc actively participates in education, research and the frontiers of contemporary application of herbal medicine. In addition to developing professional continuing education seminars and serving as a senior lecturer through the widely respected Lotus Institute of Integrative Medicine, Dr. Chen speaks at seminars and conferences for universities, and local, state, national and international educational and professional organization. A professor at Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Emperor's College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, he is also a member of the Herbal Medicine Committee for the American Association for Oriental Medicine (AAOM) and an herbal consultant for the California State Oriental Medicine Association of Oriental Medicine Association (CSOMA). A recognized authority on Chinese herbal medicine and western (allopathic) pharmacology, Dr. Chen has written extensively on Oriental medicine and alternative complementary/integrative medicine for professional publications, journals and texts, drawing on his wealth of specialty post-graduate training and experience in mainland China in herbology as applied in internal medicine, and on his doctoral degrees from the University of Southern California (USC) School of Pharmacy and South Baylo University of Oriental Medicine.
Tina T. Chen, MS. LAc is an active and respected educator in Oriental Medicine and Chinese herbal medicine. In addition to lecturing on TCM Gynecology and Cosmetology across North America, Ms. Chen is active on the faculty of South Baylo University of Oriental Medicine and has been an active contributor to professional journals and publications. She has served as Southern California Chair of the Education Committee for the California State Oriental Medical Association (CSOMA), and as an examiner for the California State License Exam for acupuncturists, and from 1996-2001 maintained private practice of acupuncture and herbal medicine through Chen's Clinic in La Puente, California. Her teaching and consulting is grounded in extensive post-graduate training in herbal medicine, TCM gynecology and cosmetology in numerous hospital in mainland China.
Outstanding features of the book include drug-herb interactions, safety index, toxicology, symptoms and treatments of over-dosage, over 1150 color and black & white illustrations, with detailed traditional uses, comprehensive descriptions of pharmacological effects, herbal combinations and diagnostic syndrome differentiation, guidelines for preparation and processing of Chinese herbs; chemical composition and structure diagrams, documented clinical studies, research, and much more.
This is a modern pharmacology text on herbs and prescriptions. Unlike some older texts this fine reference book includes many features not found elsewhere. It includes photographic pictures of each herb and provides in both simplified and traditional Chinese characters. The chemical composition is badly needed as both modern pharmacists and patients alike need to know what they are dealing with, other than just exotic PinYin names. The pharmacological interactions and author's comments are also welcomed as the effectiveness from modern clinical studies are required in any modern medical book.
This text has full, easy to read information on the medicinal uses, interactions and properties of a vast range of herbs. The book is readable. This book is necessity to anyone in the oriental medicine field, especially herbal medicine. There are so many patients on medications now, we need a good book to show any possible interactions or contraindications with their current medication, and this is that book.
About the Author
Dr. John K. Chen, PhD, PharmD, OMD, LAc actively participates in education, research and the frontiers of contemporary application of herbal medicine. In addition to developing professional continuing education seminars and serving as a senior lecturer through the widely respected Lotus Institute of Integrative Medicine, Dr. Chen speaks at seminars and conferences for universities, and local, state, national and international educational and professional organization. A professor at Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Emperor's College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, he is also a member of the Herbal Medicine Committee for the American Association for Oriental Medicine (AAOM) and an herbal consultant for the California State Oriental Medicine Association of Oriental Medicine Association (CSOMA). A recognized authority on Chinese herbal medicine and western (allopathic) pharmacology, Dr. Chen has written extensively on Oriental medicine and alternative complementary/integrative medicine for professional publications, journals and texts, drawing on his wealth of specialty post-graduate training and experience in mainland China in herbology as applied in internal medicine, and on his doctoral degrees from the University of Southern California (USC) School of Pharmacy and South Baylo University of Oriental Medicine.
Tina T. Chen, MS. LAc is an active and respected educator in Oriental Medicine and Chinese herbal medicine. In addition to lecturing on TCM Gynecology and Cosmetology across North America, Ms. Chen is active on the faculty of South Baylo University of Oriental Medicine and has been an active contributor to professional journals and publications. She has served as Southern California Chair of the Education Committee for the California State Oriental Medical Association (CSOMA), and as an examiner for the California State License Exam for acupuncturists, and from 1996-2001 maintained private practice of acupuncture and herbal medicine through Chen's Clinic in La Puente, California. Her teaching and consulting is grounded in extensive post-graduate training in herbal medicine, TCM gynecology and cosmetology in numerous hospital in mainland China.