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Western Herbs According to Traditional Chinese Medicine - A Practitioner's Guide (Hardcover)
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Western Herbs According to Traditional Chinese Medicine - A Practitioner's Guide (Hardcover)
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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE / HERBS"Each continent has unique herbs that
have no equivalent elsewhere. I know of no Western herb equal to
the Chinese herb tian ma (Gastrodia) for treating dizziness and
epileptic seizures. Likewise, I find few herbs in the Chinese
materia medica to rival saw palmetto, milk thistle, or fresh oat.
Adding to one's "toolbox" of active medicines enhances any
practitioner's abilities to more effectively treat patients. Thomas
Avery Garran has written the first truly authoritative work on
understanding and using Western herbs based on the TCM model. This
book is a major achievement, allowing anyone trained in Chinese
medicine to effectively and safely add Western herbs to their daily
practice."--David Winston, RH(AHG), author of Adaptogens: Herbs for
Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief and Winston and Kuhn's Herbal
Therapy and Supplements"Thomas Avery Garran has definitively
integrated a cornucopia of herbs from North America and other
Western countries into the system of traditional Chinese
medicine."--Michael Tierra, author of Planetary Herbology and
founder of the American Herbalists GuildThe ever-growing number of
traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in the West has brought
about an amalgamation of many styles of Chinese medicine and
various other medical practices from around the world. This book
addresses the increasing demand for knowledge of how to integrate
plants from outside the standard Chinese materia medica into the
fold of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). It is the first
in-depth guide to Western herbs that is based exclusively on the
theories, diagnoses, and treatments of traditional Chinese medicine
and that successfully harmonizes theunique terminology and theories
of TCM with other botanical medicines.The book contains 58
monographs, illustrated with full-color photographs, of herbs
commonly used by Western herbalists. Each herb is grouped by the
basic categorization for medicinals in Chinese medicine, such as
Herbs that Resolve the Exterior and Herbs that Regulate Blood. The
monographs detail the energetics, functions and indications,
channels entered, dosage and preparation, and contraindications of
each plant. Using his own clinical experience, the author also
explains how to combine herbs to increase their effectiveness and
how to use Western herbs to modify standard formulas used in
everyday Chinese herbal medicine. An appendix of Western analogues
for Chinese herbs further highlights 40 Chinese medicinals that
have related species growing in the West.THOMAS AVERY GARRAN, MTOM,
L.Ac., is a licensed acupuncturist with a master's degree in
Oriental medicine. He has practiced and taught herbal medicine
since 1992. He has been chair of the Department of Herbal Medicine
at the Institute of Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in
Honolulu, Hawai'i, and has served on the faculty of the John A.
Burns School of Medicine in the Department of Alternative and
Complimentary Medicine at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He is
currently on leave of absence from teaching while pursuing a degree
in Chinese language and ethnobotany at the University of Hawai'i at
Manoa in Honolulu, where he maintains a private practice in
Oriental medicine.
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