Phytotherapy in traditional Chinese medicine

Abstract: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is becoming increasingly popular in Western Countries. In TCM the vest majority of treatments is the prescription of drugs - mostly of plant origin. Characterization and application of these drugs ore closely linked with concepts of human body and disease totally different from western culture. Here, Chinese phytotherapy is introduced based an the medicine of systematic correspondence. Concepts, like Qi or the five phases and their historical roots are illustrated, and the use of drugs is explained by introducing the theoretical framework of diagnosis and therapy.Furthermore, an overview on the development of classical Chinese herbals is given.

Keyword(s): Chinese phytotherapy

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