The foundations of Chinese medicine : a comprehensive text

Front cover; Half title page; The Foundations of Chinese Medicine; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Preface; Notes; Acknowledgements; Note on the translation of Chinese terms; Notes; 1 General Theory; Introduction; End Notes; 1 Yin-Yang; Historical Development; Nature of the Yin-Yang Concept; Yin-Yang as two phases of a cyclical movement; Yin-Yang as two states of density of matter; Four aspects of Yin-Yang relationship; The opposition of Yin and Yang; The interdependence of Yin and Yang; The mutual consuming of Yin and Yang; The intertransformation of Yin and Yang Application of Yin-Yang to MedicineYin-Yang and the body structures; Back-front; Head-body; Exterior-Interior; Above-below waist; Posterior-lateral and anterior-medial surface of limbs; Yang and Yin organs; Function-structure of organs; Qi-Blood; Defensive Qi-Nutritive Qi; Application of the Four Principles of Yin-Yang to Medicine; Opposition of Yin-Yang; Fire-Water; Heat-Cold; Redness-paleness; Restless-quiet; Dry-wet; Hard-soft; Excitement-inhibition; Rapidity-slowness; Substantial-non-substantial; Transformation/change-conservation/storage/sustainment; The interdependence of Yin and Yang Yin and Yang organsStructure and function of the organs; The mutual consuming of Yin and Yang; Balance of Yin and Yang; Excess of Yin; Excess of Yang; Consumption of Yang; Consumption of Yin; The intertransformation of Yin and Yang; Self-assessment questions; End Notes; Bibliography and further reading; 2 The Five Elements; The Five Elements in Nature; The Five Elements as basic qualities; The Five Elements as movements; The Five Elements as stages of a seasonal cycle; The Five-Element interrelationships; The Cosmological sequence; The Generating sequence; The Controlling sequence The Over-acting sequenceThe Insulting sequence; The Five-Element correspondences; The Five Elements in Chinese Medicine; The Five Elements in physiology; The Generating and Controlling sequences; The Cosmological sequence; Water as the foundation; The relationship between Kidneys and Heart; The Stomach and Spleen as the centre; The Stomach and Spleen as support for the Heart; The role of Earth in the cycle of seasons; The vertical axis as symbol of Essence-Qi-Mind (Jing-Qi-Shen); The system of correspondences in Five-Element physiology; The Five Elements in pathology; The Over-acting sequence The insulting sequenceThe Generating sequence; The Five Elements in diagnosis; Colours; Sounds; Smells; Emotions; Tastes; Tissues; Sense orifices; Climates; The Five Elements in acupuncture treatment; Treatment according to the various sequences; Treatment according to the Five Transporting points; The Five Elements in herbal and diet therapy; Self-assessment questions; End Notes; Bibliography and further reading; 3 The Vital Substances; The Concept of Qi in Chinese Philosophy; The Concept of Qi in Chinese Medicine; Essence; Pre-Heaven Essence; Post-Heaven Essence; The Kidney-Essence