Reprinting a series of lectures that appeared in the Barefoot Doctors' Journal , this volume consists of a translation of the 1979 reprint of the original 1977 edition, first published in China. Headings and explanatory notes have been added, as well as some discussion of the identification and availability of medicinals and protected species. In the introductory section, Shu-De (Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China) discusses principles of Chinese medicine. Successive chapters explore the categories of medicinals including effusing and dissipating; draining and disinhibiting; supplementing; Qi- rectifying; cold and cool; warm and hot; blood-quickening stasis-transforming; and miscellaneous. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
