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Cover of The Way Forward for Chinese Medicine
First published
2004
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN
142002423X

The Way Forward for Chinese Medicine

The outer archives are busy

by Kevin Chan

About this book

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) refers to the use of physical treatments such as acupuncture, qigong and related practices, as well as chemical treatment using Chinese medicinal materials for the prevention and cure of illness.Key issues highlighted in this text include efficacy, training, the conditions for which TCM may be especially appropriate, and its wider use in national health care systems. The book also discusses the use of TCM in cancer research, issues of toxicity, procedures for identification of Chinese herbal materials using DNA fingerprinting and how modernisation of Chinese medicine is taking place in China.The Way Forward for Chinese Medicine is aimed at practitioners of Chinese and orthodox medicine as well as other interested health care professionals. It is also a very useful introductory text to Chinese medicine.

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