Unit 1 An Introduction to Chinese Herbal Medicine 1
Part Ⅰ Text:Chinese Herbalism 2
Part Ⅱ Complementary reading 15
Unit 2 Basic Healing Properties 17
Part Ⅰ Text:Tastes and Properties of Chinese Herbs 18
Part Ⅱ Complementary reading:Materia Medica 29
Unit 3 Chinese Medicinal preparation 31
Part Ⅰ Text:Processing Chinese Medicinals:an lntroduction 32
Part Ⅱ Complementary reading:Stir-frying with Liquid Adjuvants 43
Unit 4 Dosage and Toxicity 46
Part Ⅰ Text:Dosage,Interaction and Toxicity 47
Part Ⅱ Complementary reading:Three Types of Toxicity 61
Unit 5 Herbs 65
Part Ⅰ Text:Astragalus 66
Part Ⅱ Complementary reading:Asian Ginseng 81
Unit 6 Formula Composition 84
Part Ⅰ Text:Composition of the Formulas 85
Part Ⅱ Complementary reading:Modification of the lngredients 95
Unit 7 Chinese Herbal Formulae 98
Part Ⅰ Text:Writing a Chinese Herbal Formula 99
Part Ⅱ Complementary reading:Decocting＆Administering Bulk-dispensed Chinese Medicinals 110
Unit 8 Research Methods of Traditional Herbal Medicine 113
Part Ⅰ Text:Research and Development of Herbal Medicines 114
Part Ⅱ Complementary reading:Common Mistakes Seen in Research on Traditional Herbal Medicines 127
参考译文 130
Answer Key 148
Glossary 169
References 192