Synergizing herbal medicine with clinical science, this two-volume guide
combines the medicinal applications of a comprehensive range of herbs from
traditional Chinese medicine with modern day scientific information. In a rapid
access, A-Z format, this ready reference contains more than 300 chemical
structures of active ingredients, supported by chemical, pharmacological and
toxicological data, and backed by some 8,000 literature citations.
With its listing of the complete Materia Medica of plant origin from the Chinese
Pharmacopoeia, this work is highly relevant to experimental practitioners in the
medicinal and pharmaceutical fields and the only one to provide such a wealth of
chemical data.