The Essential Book of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Vol. 1: Theory

by Yanchi Liu, Kathleen Vian (Primary Contributor), Peter Eckman (Primary Contributor)

For more than four thousand years, Chinese scholars and medical practitioners have documented ways of maintaining health and treating illness, from theories of yin-yang and the zang-fu organs to the use of herbs and acupuncture. The Essential Book of Traditional Chinese Medicine marks the first time such concepts have been made accessible to Westerners in a comprehensive form.

305 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 1988

Reviews

[Sco]

This volume is a great resource for a non-practitioner to learn the basics of traditional Chinese medicine. It is similar to The Web That Has No Weaver : Understanding Chinese Medicine, but this one generally goes into more details. The text is paced well, considering the information density. It also includes some nice drawings depicting traditional medicine scenes. I checked this out from the library, but I'd like to have a copy myself.

Please note I am not an expert in this area, just a curious fan of the TCM system.