TEXT 1
UNIT ONE 1
An Overview of Chinese Medicine 1
UNIT TWO 14
Yin and Yang 14
UNIT THREE 27
The Five Elements 27
UNIT FOUR 38
The Channels 38
UNIT FIVE 49
Distinguishing the Eight Principal Patterns 49
UNIT SIX 57
The Concept of Qi,Essence,Blood and Body Fluid 57
UNIT SEVEN 68
The Organs and the Visceral Manifestation Theory 68
UNIT EIGHT 82
Some Origins of Disharmony 82
UNIT NINE 96
Case Reports 96
UNIT TEN 113
Acupuncture 113
ADDITIONAL READING 127
1.ACUPUNCTURE AS THE WHO SEES IT 127
2.MOXIBUSTION 129
3.YIN AND YANG 131
4.BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO TUINA AND THE PRINCIPLE FOR TCM'S TUINA TO WORK 134
5.QI,BLOOD AND BODY FLUID 138
6.MERIDIAN 142
7.ETIOLOGY OF SURGICAL DISEASES 147
8.ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT IN PEDIATRICS 151
9.PULSE-TAKING 156
10.PATHOGENESIS 160
11.PROPHYLACTICO-THERAPEUTIC PRINCIPLES 165
12.MENTAL HEALTH CARE 170
13.CONTRAINDICATION OF DRUGS AND PURPOSES OF PROCESSING DRUGS 173
14.CHINESE MEDICATED LIQUOR FOR HEALTH CARE AS WELL AS ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND INDICATIONS 178
15.TCM NURSING 185
KEY TO EXERCISES 191
ORIGINAL ARTICLES FOR LISTENING COMPREHENSION 229