Dui Yao: The Art of Combining Chinese Medicinals

Description

Based on 2,000 years of recorded clinical experience, certain combinations of Chinese medicinals work better than others. Although theoretically there may be several possible combinations which might achieve a certain therapeutic effect, in actual fact, one combination in particular gets definite dependable results. This book describes over 100 of the best known, most useful two medicinal combinations. Using this book, one can more easily understand the construction of standard, time-tested formulas. One will be able to modify standard formulas to fit the needs of real- life individual patients, and will be able to compose entirely new formulas based on this empirically verified two medicinal building blocks. So whether you are a beginning student or professional practitioner of Chinese medicine, this book is sure to help you reach a new level of clinical expertise.

Reviews

Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2008-07-29
Summary: "Simplificacion inicial"

Este libro posee una version mas nueva, todavia no traducida al Ingles. No obstante ello, posee referencias claras e interesantes pero se peca de excesiva simplicidad. Me explico, las preparaciones de la TCM en muy pocas ocasiones -tal como ocurre en el Ayurveda- se componen de la combinacion de dos sustancias (una excepción es Er Zhi Wan). Por ello, si bien es educativo tratar las combinaciones de pares, las referencias son muy sencillas. Un buen trabajo al respecto es "The Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula of Qiao Yi", conciso y claro. Recomendable para arrancar con el tema.

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2007-05-06
Summary: "Definitely worth having..."

This books is, in my opinion, the next stage in learning materia medica, after you have memorised the groups and names, and thus bridges the gap between learning herbs and putting together formulae.

Plus, as far as I know, this is the only book of it's kind on the market