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Item No: BK10052
Title: Pathomechanisms of the Liver
Author: YAN Shi-Lin, Li Zheng-Hua
Publisher: Paradigm Publications, 1st Edition 2007
Language: English-Chinese, Paperback, 378pp
ISBN: 9780912111858
Pathomechanisms of the Liver describes repletion conditions of the liver, including liver qi depression, crosswise counter flow of liver qi, counter flow ascent of liver qi, downpour of liver qi, and evil scurrying in the sinews. It also presents liver vacuity conditions, including vacuity of liver blood, liver yin, liver qi, and liver yang.
Each pathomechanism is described in detail with references to its historical development, then further differentiated by the specific aetiological factors. Each subsection discusses the origins and development of ideas relevant to this pathology, then gives the various symptoms, treatment strategies, and specific formulas, often with modifications to address the particular symptoms more directly.
It is here that the author offers a review of relevant literature, spanning the entire range of traditional medical literature beginning with the early classics. For each text, he gives the specific quotations and then paraphrases and explains it. This provides the reader a sense of the historical evolutions well as the various clinical perspectives on each pathomechanism.
At the conclusion of each section, the author summarizes the information in a useful table that differentiates again by aetiology and then lists specific symptoms in each case.
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