Bao Chun Zhang - Essential Chinese Medicine (In 4 Volumes)

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ISBN: 978-981-4667-31-9 (pbk) Published and distributed by World Scientific Publishing Co. Ltd. 5 Toh Tuck Link, Singapore 596224 USA office: 27 Warren Street, Suite 401-402, Hackensack, NJ 07601 UK office: 57 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HE Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Zhang, Bao Chun, 1963 editor. | Chen, Yu Ting, editor. | Chen, Yu Ting, editor.

Title: Essential Chinese medicine / editors-in-chief, Bao Chun Zhang, Yu Ting Chen. Description: New Jersey : World Scientific, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018004998| ISBN 9789813239067 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9789813239098 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9789813239159 (hardcover : alk. paper) Subjects: | MESH: Medicine, Chinese Traditional | Drugs, Chinese Herbal-therapeutic use Classification: LCC R601 | NLM WB 55.C4 | DDC 610.951--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018004998 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Note to the reader: The author and publishers cannot accept responsibility for any outcome resulting from the unguided practice of any of the principles set out in this book. Note to the reader: The author and publishers cannot accept responsibility for any outcome resulting from the unguided practice of any of the principles set out in this book.

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Professor Zhang Bao Chun
Postgraduate Instructor
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

Professor Zhang was born in Shandongs Weifang City in November 1963. In 1985, he graduated from the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. Professor Zhang holds the positions of Vice-Dean of Basic Medical Theory (Beijing University of Chinese Medicine), Secretary-General for the Life Cultivation and Rehabilitation Committee and Secretary-General for the Chinese Culture Association. He has compiled and edited over 20 academic and educational works in his field.

Associate Professor Chen Yu Ting
Postgraduate Instructor
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

Professor Chen graduated from the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine in 1978. She went on to conduct extensive research and teaching work in this field, and is still doing so. Her works include over 20 theses on the topic of Chinese medicine and more than 20 compilations for which she has variously acted as editor-in-chief or editor. She has also hosted or participated in more than 20 national, bureau-level and school-level research challenges, and received numerous national research awards.

Over the course of several thousand years, with a long history of continual development and enhancement, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has become a unique Chinese medical system with significant success in the field of healthcare, making great contribution to the well-being of mankind. To fulfill the mission of honouring life and promoting the health of family members and friends, Asiapac Books has published the Essential Chinese Medicine book series. This series develops and expands on the essence of Traditional Chinese Medicine to advocate new concepts of health and wellness.

The editors-in-chief, Professor Zhang Bao Chun and Associate Professor Chen Yu Ting, have been involved in the teaching, research and clinical work of the Traditional Chinese Medicine theoretical system for a long period of time. Both have not only mastered the ancient learning but have also blazed new trails. They have put forward assiduous efforts in the research and writing of materials, being the chief editors of several specialised academic publications and other teaching materials. The six-volume