ABSTRACT

This book examines the theory and practice of traditional medicine in modern China. It describes the logic of diagnosis and treatment from the inside perspective of doctors and scholars, and demonstrates how theoretical and textual materials interweave with the practical requirements of the clinic.

chapter 2|18 pages

Preliminary Orientations

Sources and Manifestations, Unity and Multiplicity

chapter 3|20 pages

The Clinical Encounter Observed

chapter 4|86 pages

Description and Analysis in Kanbing

chapter 5|28 pages

The Syndrome-Therapy Pivot

chapter 6|26 pages

Remanifesting the Syndrome and Qualifying the Therapy

Formulary and Materia Medica

chapter 7|20 pages

Classification, Specificity, History, and Action

An Overview of the Clinical Encounter

chapter |10 pages

Conclusion