Comprehensive Guide to Chinese Medicine, a (Second Edition)

392 Pages·2015·15.66 MB·English

by  Ping-Chung Leung

Second Edition
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Second Edition
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
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A comprehensive guide to Chinese medicine / edited by Ping-Chung Leung. -- Second edition.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-9814667074 (hardcover : alk. paper)
I. Leung, Ping-Chung, 1941– , editor.
[DNLM: 1. Medicine, Chinese Traditional. 2. Drugs, Chinese Herbal. WB 55.C4]
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Contents
Contributors vii
Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Chapter 1 Modalities of Chinese Medicine 1
Charlie Changli Xue & Kylie A. O’Brien
Chapter 2 The Theoretical Framework of Chinese Medicine 29
Kylie A. O’Brien & Charlie Changli Xue
Chapter 3 Challenges of Chinese Herbal Medicine 67
Chun Guang Li & Charlie Changli Xue
Chapter 4 Medicinal Herbs: From Quality Control, Safety 93
to Biological Activities
J ohnny Chi-Man Koon, Judy Yuet-Wa Chan,
Virginia Kit-Man Lau, Erik Chun-Hay Ko,
Grace Gar-Lee Yue, Clara Bik-San Lau &
Ping-Chung Leung
Chapter 5 Clinical Trials to Evaluate Chinese Medicine 119
Ping-Chung Leung, William King-Fai Cheng &
Carmen Yuet-Shim Fong
Chapter 6 How Does Acupuncture Work? Theories and Practice 145
Baoyu Xin & Zhen Zheng
Chapter 7 Chinese Medicine in China 189
Ping-Chung Leung
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Chapter 8 Practice and Research on Chinese Medicine 209
Outside of China
Qunhao Zhang & Ping-Chung Leung
Chapter 9 Globalisation of Chinese Medicine 239
Yung-Chi Cheng & Daniel Man-Yuen Sze
Chapter 10 Botanical Products for Medical Use 271
Ping-Chung Leung
Chapter 11 Value of Traditional Chinese Medicine 285
for the Individual
Ping-Chung Leung
Chapter 12 Modernisation of Chinese Medicine: 305
An Anthropologist’s View
Ting Hor
Chapter 13 Information Systems in Chinese Medicine and 329
Use of the Internet for Suitable Information
Pak-Kwan Hui, King-Fai Cheng &
Ping-Chung Leung
Index 365
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Contributors
Judy Yuet Wa Chan Ting Hor
Department of Biochemistry Anthropologist
Faculty of Medicine 11, Clos Désiré I
The Chinese University of 91120 Palaiseau
Hong Kong France
Hong Kong
Pak Kwan Hui
King-Fai Cheng Department of Pathology
The Institute of Chinese Medicine Kwong Wah Hospital
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Chun-Hay Ko
The Institute of Chinese
Yung-Chi Cheng Medicine
Department of Pharmacology The Chinese University of
Yale School of Medicine Hong Kong
Yale University Hong Kong
USA
Johnny Chi Man Koon
Yuet-Shin Fong
The Institute of Chinese Medicine
The Institute of Chinese Medicine
The Chinese University of
The Chinese University of
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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viii Contributors
Bik-San Lau Man-Yuen Sze
The Institute of Chinese Medicine School of Medical Sciences
The Chinese University of RMIT University
Hong Kong Melbourne, Australia
Hong Kong
Baoyu Xin
Kit Man Lau The Institute of Chinese Medicine
Department of Biochemistry The Chinese University of
Faculty of Medicine Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Charlie Changli Xue
School of Health Sciences
Simon Ming Yuen Lee RMIT University
The Institute of Chinese Medicine Bundoora, Vic 3083
The Chinese University of Australia
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Gar-Lee Yue
The Institute of Chinese Medicine
Ping-Chung Leung The Chinese University of
The Institute of Chinese Medicine Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Qunhao Zhang
Massachusetts General Hospital
Chun Guang Li Harvard Medical School
National Institute of USA
Complementary Medicine
University of Western Sydney Zhen Zheng
Locked Bag 1797, Penrith NSW The RMIT Chinese Medicine
2751 Research Group
Australia RMIT University
Australia
Kylie A. O’Brien
Department of Medicine
Monash University
Australia
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Foreword
This book of essays seeks to assess the place of traditional Chinese medi-
cine (TCM) in the context of the immense advances in scientific medicine.
It meets a growing need, as many Chinese observe with keen interest, the
advances in TCM methodologies but wonder how scientific they really
are. This is particularly true of people who long for a health and wellness
approach towards illness in place of one that puts the emphasis on being
curative in more invasive ways. Most Chinese have an ambivalence about
TCM that can be traced back to the 19th century when Western hospitals
were introduced into China and the European colonies. Some Chinese
were quick to see their advantages, while others were gradually persuaded
that Western methods work better for some kinds of illness. Increasingly,
most Chinese realised that doctors who were professionally trained would
make more reliable physicians. So much so that TCM practitioners have
themselves sought to make their heritage more scientific in order to gain
back their credibility. This volume of essays should go a long way towards
detailing the valuable relationship between TCM and modern medicine in
recent decades.
I recall, when still in high school, I heard that two out of the first three
Chinese Queen’s scholars from Malaya in the 19th century chose to study
medicine in British universities. They were Lim Boon Keng (Lin
Wenqing) and Ng Lean Tuck (Wu Liande). I later discovered that this
story was similar to the one in Hong Kong where students like Ho Kai (He
Qi) not only had a brilliant academic record, but was also one of the
founders of the first modern medical college in Hong Kong in 1887. The
college produced Sun Yat-sen, one of the first two graduates in Western
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