Medicinal Herbs is the third volume in the "Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology" series. With a view to practical and convenient clinical application, this book provides detailed and essential information required for the construction of herbal prescriptions. The properties, tastes, therapeutic functions and the directions of action on specific channels and collaterals of more than three hundred most commonly used medicinal herbs are included. For students and new practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, the "Indications & Combinations" and "Cautions & Contraindications" sections are particularly valuable. They provide useful empirical tips on how to combine two or more herbs to promote therapeutic effectiveness, minimize toxicity, and avoid neutralizing curative effects or causing serious side effects.

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