Eplsodes in Traditional Chinese Medicine

This book is one in a series on traditional Chinese culture. In

the history of its struggle with Nature for existence, China has

made many outstanding achievements in agriculture, medicine

and pharmacology through the course of its struggle against

Nature and the elements. Chinese medicine and pharmacology,

in particular, have advanced and thrived according to traditional

ways of thinking quite different from the rest of the world. The

ancient Taoist and Confucian schools of thought produced many

medical scientists and pharmacoiogists of high repute and

excellent skills capable of seeing beyond the shaman rituals and

superstitions of their day. Thelr deeds in healing the wounded

and saving lives are still a source of inspiration, and have been

collected in this book for our readers. The strong ethics of the

traditional Chinese physician have survived many of the

vicissitudes of life, and this too is included within these pages.

We hope to bring to you an interesting account of the unique

discoveries and original ideas Chinese doctors and researchers

have made in immunity, anatomy, internal medicine, surgery,

gynaecology, pediatrics, health protection and life enhancement.

Anyone who is eager to know about them will find this book

most helpful, interesting and intelligent as it contains much

information on science, life and human foibles. The book

provides extensive knowledge of how Chinese safeguard their

health to prolong their life in the traditional Chinese way, and

thus has a practical value to the reader.