This book covers all the contents from theoretical basis to clinical practice comprehensively, which are under the guideline of classic inheritance and the essence of TCM. TCM is a comprehensive discipline. In this book, philosophical foundation, physiology and pathology, etiology, differentiation and diagnostics, and health-preservation of TCM, Chinese materia medica and prescription, acupuncture and moxibustion, characteristic therapies, and common clinical disease are systematically arranged.
From Chapter 1-4, a clear picture of the philosophical foundation of TCM from yin-yang, five-element, qi, blood, body fluids and zang-fu viscera theory is presented. From Chapter 5-7 include etiology, pathogenesis, diagnostic and differentiation of syndromes. Chapter 8 is one of the most popular chapters with a topic of health-preservation. Chapter 9 mainly present clinical TCM therapies of common disease.
