Author: Zhongjing Zhang
Edition: 1
Publisher: Paradigm Pubns
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0912111577
Shang Han Lun: On Cold Damage, Translation & Commentaries
"The Shang Han Lun" (On Cold Damage), is among the oldest surviving, the most copiously annotated and the most revered of China's traditional medical texts. Medical books Shang Han Lun. Medical books Shang Han Lun Explained. Shang Han Lun was written in approx 200 AD and remains a seminal text in Chinese medicine literature and is mandatory study in all accredited courses of Chinese medicine today. It analyses the aetiology and pathogenesis of acute upper respiratory tract infections (the common cold, influenza, bronchitis, asthma) and describes the many permutations as well as subsequent complications. It is not just a study of coughs and colds but lays the groundwork for Chinese medical theory and its strategies of treatment. It also explains the consequences of incorrect treatment and discusses how the omission or addition of even one herb to a formula can affect its efficacy. This is the book that makes understanding a complex classic text easy. Greta Young benefits the reader with her years of expertise in studying and lecturing in the classics and guides us through the myriad clauses elucidating their meaning, citing points of discussion from various sources and illustrating their application with modifications and case studies. Robin Marchment has translated each clause in a way which is faithful to the original Chinese whilst still making the meaning accessible to the English-speaker. The explanations and discussions use clear English in a free-flowing lecturing style which holds the readers interest. Each chapter or section is introduced with an overview, key points are highlighted and summarised at the end and, in addition, both Ancient Applications and Modern Applications are described. The objective is to make it interesting, readable and of practical clinical significance to todays practitioners.
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Shang Han Lun was written in approx 200 AD and remains a seminal text in Chinese medicine literature and is mandatory study in all accredited courses of Chinese medicine today. It analyses the aetiology and pathogenesis of acute upper respiratory tract infections (the common cold, influenza, bronchitis, asthma) and describes the many permutations as well as subsequent complications. It is not just a study of coughs and colds but lays the groundwork for Chinese medical theory and its strategies of treatment. It also explains the consequences of incorrect treatment and discusses how the omission
payment | shipping rates | returns Shang Han Lun: Wellspring of Chinese Medicine Product Category :Books ISBN :0879836695 Title :Shang Han Lun: Wellspring of Chinese Medicine Authors :Chung-Ching Chang, Hong-Yen Hsu, William G. Peacher Binding :Paperback Publisher :Oriental Healing Arts Inst Publication Date :1995-04 Pages :304 Signed :False First Edition :False Dust Jacket :False List Price (MSRP) :14.95 Height :1.0000 inches Width :6.0000 inches Length :9.2500 inches Weight :1.0000 pounds Key
author chen rui chun format hardback language english publication year 01 01 2009 subject medicine subject 2 medicine general title the clinical application of shang han lun formulas author chen rui chun publisher peoples medical pub house publication date jun 15 2010 pages 800 binding hardcover edition 1 st dimensions 8 00 wx 11 00 hx 1 75 d isbn 7117114045 subject medical clinical medicine brand new hardcover all orders get full access to our online status tracking service allowing you to vi
Medical Book Shang Han Lun
- Among the oldest surviving, most copiously annotated, and most revered of China's traditional medical texts
- Seminal work in the development of a holistic understanding of disease conditions that considers not only the offending disease evil but also the patient's resistance to i
- Undoubtedly the one with the greatest relevance to the modern practice of Chinese medicine, and the one most deserving of Western attention
- Each line of text presented in Chinese simplified characters, together with its Pinyin transcription and a philologically accurate translation
Of all of China's early medical classics, the "Shang Han Lun" is undoubtedly the one with the greatest relevance to the modern practice of Chinese medicine, and the one most deserving of Western attention. It was the first book to attempt to incorporate medicinal therapy into the medicine of systematic correspondences and channels and network vessels. Far ahead of its time in both theory and practice, it is not surprising that the prescriptions it contains, comprise an important part of today's medicinal formulary.
