Materia Medica for Dietotherapy

"In order to satisfy the readers who are interested in traditional Chinese medicine in and out of China, we have attached the English translation to the Chinese version. It is a Chinese-English bilingual book, which includes the general introduction of dietetic therapy and monograph. The general introduction gives a full explanation of the basic knowledge of the history, classification, characteristics, contraindications and important tips of dietetic therapy. The monograph is divided into twelve chapters: nourishing drugs, warming interior drugs, qi-regulating drugs, cough-checking, asthma-soothing and phlegm-resolving drugs, superficies-relieving drugs, intestine-moistening drugs, food-stagnation resolving drugs, heat-clearing drugs, mind-calming drugs, bleeding-checking drugs, fluid promoting and thirst quenching drugs and others. We have collected ninety edible drugs in common use and have given detailed description of the drug's origin, identification, chemical ingredients, property and channel tropism, effects and indications and typical prescriptions. Forreaders' convenience, we have also collected the pictures of the prepared drugs in pieces and the original crude drugs."