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Author(s): Chen Keji, M.D. Cost: $80.60 Availability: 2-4 weeks Add to Shopping Cart |
Summary: Chen Keji, winner of the "Albert Einstein" World Award of Science, is a professor at Beijing's Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and WHO consultant on traditional medicine. He pioneered the project of sorting out the original medical archives preserved in the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty, in the present Forbidden City in Beijing. The book , a unique contribution to the development of TCM, consists of 391 herbal formulae prescribed to the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Emperor Guangxu. they were classified according to thier actions and indications, plus detailed comments. ninety-nine TCM classics and the assorted historical literature were cited to assist readers' comprehension over the medicinal principles of the prescriptions. The medical archives and files covered a span of thirty years, involving the TCM knowledge of the imperial palace and that of the folk medicine in ancient China. China underwent centuries of feudal dynasties. Emperors and empresses, the supreme dignity and power of the nation, benefited from the best medical care in different historical periods. Therefore, herbal prescriptions formulated for them did represent the highest level of TCM, particularly in the last Qing Dynasty. Empress Dowager Cixi was one who exercised the dictatorship over state power for many years. In those days, the most established TCM practitioners throughout China were summoned to the Forbidden City in service of her health and longevity, and prescriptions for those past emperors and empresses were call the secret remedies of the imperial palace. Approaching from the philosophy of modern medicine and TCM, professor Chen Keji and his study group made painstaking efforts in sorting out these ancient medical files. With reliable sources of literature, the book is of high academic value and practicability. it also serves as as handy reference book for the study of TCM in making the ancient medical knowledge useful to its practice in the modern era. Table of Contents: PART ONE: PRESCRIPTIONS WRITTEN FOR EMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI WITH COMMENTARY 1.Longevity 2. Tonic 3. Lustrous hair 4. Ophthalmologic 5. Nasal Conditions 6. Ear Prescriptions 7. Lip Condition 8. Dental 9. Facial Nerve Spasm 10. Throat 11. Anxiety and Palpitation 12. Eliminating Cough and Phlegm and Regulating Pulmonary Qi 13. Spleen and Stomach Conditions 14. Liver 15. Diarrhea Due to Kidney Deficiency 16. Clearing Intestines and Stopping Intestinal Hemorrhage 17. Clearing Heat and Promoting Urination 18. Four Limbs 19. Warming Umbilicus 20. Dermatological 21. Herbal Bath Remedies 22. Regulating Menstruation 23. Delactation Formula and Recipe for Promoting Appetite in Newborns 24. Feishu Plaster Remedies 25. Herbal Tea Remedies 26. Medicated Wine 27. Cosmetic Soap 28. Relieving Summer Heat 29. One-Ingredient Prescriptions 30. Miscellaneous PART TWO: WRITTEN PRESCRIPTIONS FOR EMPEROR GUANGXU WITH COMMENTARY 1. Regeneration 2. Longevity 3. tonics 4. Hair Growth/ Hair Loss Prevention 5. Medical Shampoos 6. Headache 7. Dizziness and Vertigo 8. Facial Edema 9. Ophthalmologic 10. Nasal Conditions 11. Mouthwash 12. Oral Ulcer 13. Odontopathy 14. Otopathy 15. Cough 16. Cardiac Conditions 17. Spleen and Stomach 18. Constipation and Diarrhea 19. Urinary Bladder 20. Seminal Emission 21. Liver 22. Muscle and Tendon Pain 23. Lumbar Pain 24. Four Limbs 25. Articular Pain 26. Dermatological 27. Bathing Remedies 28. Anti-perspirant 29. Malaria 30. Miscellaneous
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