Clinical Guide to Chinese Herbs and Formulae.pdf

A Clinical

Guide to

Chinese

Herbs and

Formulae

AClinical

Guideto

Chinese

Herbsand

Formulae

Foreword by GiovanniMaciocia

GM CAc (Nanjing)

Acupuncturist and Chinese Herbalist; Lecturer,

Norsk Akupuncktur Skole, Oslo, Norway; Lecturer,

Acupuncture Foundation of Ireland, Dublin,

Republic of Ireland; Honorary Lecturer, Nanjing

College ofTraditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing,

People's Republic ofChina

ChenSongYu

Director ofthe Teaching and Research Section ofChinese

Materia Medica,

NanjingCollege ofTraditional Medicine,

Nanjing, People's Republic ofChina

Translated byJin Hui De

Doctor of Chinese Medicine; Associate Professor,

International Acupuncture Training Centre and Head

ofInterpreter Group, Nanjing College ofTraditional

Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, People's Republic of

China

LiFei

Director ofthe Teaching and Research Section of Prescription,

Nanjing College ofTraditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing,

People's Republic ofChina

Subject Editor: Francesca Diebschlag

BAc MIROM MRCHM

Lecturer, The London School of Acupuncture and

Traditional Chinese Medicine, London, UK

LIF

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CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE

EDINBURGH LONDON MADRID MELBOURNE NEW YORK

AND TOKYO 1993

Contents

21. Herbs that activate Blood circulation

and stopbleeding

Foreword

vii

Subject Editor's Preface

Part 3:

Application ofherbs on the basis of the

differentiation of patterns of theZang Fu

Parti:

A comparison ofthe actions and indications

of some common Chinese herbs

22. The Lungs

1. Herbs that Release the Exterior

23. The Heart

2. Herbs that clear Heat

24. The Spleen, Stomach and Large

Intestines

3. Herbs that purge and promote

digestion

25. The Liverand Gall Bladder

104

4. Herbs that resolve Phlegm and stop

coughing and wheezing

26. The Kidneys and Bladder

108

5. Herbs that eliminate Wind-Damp

Part 4:

Combinations and comparisons of commonly

used formulae

27. Formulae for Releasing the Exterior

6. Herbsthatresolveand drainDampness 23

7. Herbs that warm the Interiorand

regulate Qi

113

8. Herbs that regulate Blood

28. Purgative formulae

119

9. Herbs that calm the Mind and the

Liverand extinguish Wind

29. Formulae for clearing Heat

124

30. Formulae for warming the Interior

130

10. Tonics

31. Formulae that tonify

135

11. Astringent herbs

32. Formulae that regulate Qi

142

33. Formulae that regulate Blood

148

Part 2:

Combinations of common Chinese herbs

34. Formulae that expel Dampness

152

12. Herbs that Release the Exterior and

stop cough and wheeze

35. Formulae that eliminate Phlegm

159

36. Formulae that expel Wind

165

13. Herbs that clear Heat

37. Formulae that calm the Mind

169

14. Purgative and digestive herbs

38. Formulae that reduce Food

Stagnation and dissipate masses

15. Herbs that relieve Bi syndromes

172

16. Herbs thatresolveand drain Dampness 67

39. Astringent formulae

175

17. Herbs that resolve Phlegm

18. Herbs that subdue Wind and calm the

Mind

Part 5:

The treatment of common disease based on

differentiation of syndromes

19. Tonics and Astringents

40. Diseases in internal medicine

181

20. Herbs that warm the Interior and

Regulate Qi

233

41. Gynaecological disorders

Contents

Appendix 1:

Pin Yin names of herbs with Latin

equivalents

252

Appendix 2:

Latin names of herbs with Pin Yin

equivalents

255

Appendix 3:

Pin Yin names offormulae with English

equivalents

258

Appendix 4:

English names offormulae with Pin Yin

equivalents

264

Appendix 5:

Formulae and constituent herbs

270

Index

289

Foreword

to one's chosen treatment strategy. The book

does this admirably and fills a gap in the

existing literature on Chinese herbal medicine.

The case histories are an invaluable part of the

book illustrating how formulae are adapted in

practice.

The authors of this book, Professors Chen

Song Yu and Professor Li Fei are eminent

teachers from the Nanjing College of

Traditional Chinese Medicine which is one of

the foremost institutions for the teaching of

Chinese medicine. Between them, they have

accumulated over 60 years of clinical practice

and teaching, and they are the authors of many

important textbooks of Chinese herbal

medicine.

The translator of the book, Associate-

ProfessorJin Hui De is head ofthe interpreters'

group of the Nanjing College of Traditional

Chinese Medicine. He was co-translator of the

now famous 'Essentials of Chinese

Acupuncture' as well as many other Chinese

medicine textbooks in English. He is uniquely

qualified to translate medical texts as he is also

a doctor ofChinese medicine.

This book is therefore a welcome addition to

the scanty literature on Chinese herbal

medicine and one that deserves to be in every

practitioner's clinic.

TheessenceofChinese herbal medicine is inthe

art of adapting a formula to a particular

patient's disharmony. An adapted formula is

like a mirrorreflection ofa particular imbalance

of Qi. The harmonization of herbs within a

formula is comparable to the balancing of

acupuncture points within a treatment.

However, balancing the herbs within a

prescription is all the more intricate as careful

account should be taken of the tastes of the

herbs.

After diagnosing the patient's disharmony

and deciding on a strategy of treatment with an

appropriate formula, adapting it must take into

account many different factors: the constitution

of the patient, the state of his or her digestive

system, his or her mental-emotional state, the

combination of tastes and energies within the

formula, and the harmonization of herbs with

different movements (floating or sinking,

ascending or descending). Taking all these

factors into account, to adapt the chosen

formula to the unique patient's disharmony is a

very delicate and intricate task.

Such a task can be carried out if one masters

not only the action of herbs and formulae, but

also the differentiation between herbs and

formulae with similar functions. The main

emphasis of this book is exactly to illustrate

how to combine herbs and how to differentiate

between single herbs and formulae in relation

Giovanni Maciocia

1993

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