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Article: Chinese Materia Medica: Combinations & Applications.(Book review)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Chinese Medicine
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
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CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA: COMBINATIONS & APPLICATIONS by Wu Li & Wang Wei Donica Publishing, hardback, 866 pages, [pound]59.99
Chinese Materia Medica--Combinations and Applications is the latest addition to the rapidly expanding collection of books exploring the pharmacopoeia. The last few additions to the genre (such as Zhu's Chinese Materia Medica and Huang's Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs), have focused more on insights gleaned from modern science. The book under review, as its title suggests, aims to distinguish itself by emphasising the subtleties of how the herbs are combined and clinically applied. I have to say at the outset that whilst this book is a worthy ...