Stephen Fulder

The Book of Ginseng

And Other Chinese Herbs for Vitality

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Produktbeschreibung

A doctor of pharmacology examines the healing properties and immune-boosting power of vitalizing plant substances, including ginseng, that have been valued in Chinese medicine for thousands of years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
• New of the Tao of Medicine edition
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780892814916
• ISBN-10: 0892814918
• Artikelnr.: 21326497

Autorenporträt

Stephen Fulder holds degrees in biochemistry and chemical pharmacology from Oxford University, and a Ph.D. in genetics from the National Institute of Medical Reseach in London. He is also the author of Garlic: Nature's Original Remedy.

Inhaltsangabe

The Book of Ginseng
And Other Chinese Herbs for Vitality
Acknowledgments
Foreword: How to Swallow this Book
Part One: Background
1. The Root with Two Faces
2. Medicine in a Cul-de-sac
3. The Chinese Alternative
Part Two: Exposition
4. Ginseng
5. Analysis of a 'Celestial Medicine'
6. Taking It Apart
7. The Hormone Hypothesis
Part 3: Implications
8. Towards a Pharmacology of Harmony
9. The Elusive Elixir
10. Somatensics
Part 4: Conclusions
11. Biomedical Tao
12. Dreams of the Future
Appendix: Ginseng and You
Notes
Index