Herbal Emissaries - Bringing Chinese Herbs to the West: Bringing Chinese Herbs to the West

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Steven Foster Chong-Xi Yue

Herbal Emissaries - Bringing Chinese Herbs to the West

Bringing Chinese Herbs to the West

Steven Foster, Chong-Xi Yue, Yue Chongxi

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Healing Arts Press
01 April 1992

Complementary therapies, healing & health; Gardening: herbs

This extensive and engaging book--the first collaboration between a Chinese scientist and an American author and herbalist--blends traditional wisdom from both cultures with scientific verification of the medical effectiveness of many ancient Chinese plants, thereby deepening our knowledge of and appreciation for ornamentals whose usefulness extends far beyond their beauty.

More plants have been introduced from China to American and European gardens than from any other part of the world.

Many of the Asian species grown as ornamentals--such as daylilies, forsythia, gardenia, peonies, crape myrtle, and mums--are widely used in traditional Chinese medicine.

The authors supply specific techniques for cultivating Chinese herbs and flowers in Western gardens, as well as for using them medicinally.

By: Steven Foster, Chong-Xi Yue, Yue Chongxi
Imprint: Healing Arts Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Original ed.
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780892813490
ISBN 10: 0892813490
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 April 1992
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Herbal Emissaries Bringing Chinese Herbs to the West A Guide to gardening, herbal wisdom, and well-being Preface Introduction Using Plants as Drugs in Traditional Chinese Medicine How to Use This Book A Note on the Transliteration of Chinese Names 1. Major Chinese Medicinal Herbs 2. Garden Flowers 3. Ornamental Shrubs 4. Ornamental and Unusual Trees 5. Weeds Glossary Bibliography Useful Addresses Plant Index Subject Index

Steven Foster (1957-2022) was the author of Echinacea: Nature's Immune Enhancer and coauthor of the Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. An expert on the source plants of traditional Chinese medicine, Prof. Yue Chongxi (C.H. Yueh) has served since 1956 as pharmacognosist with the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing.

Reviews for Herbal Emissaries - Bringing Chinese Herbs to the West: Bringing Chinese Herbs to the West

Since 1949, China has worked to integrate traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and modern Western medicine, so that today both systems are used, along with a blend of the two. TCM is now researched using scientific methods at institutions such as the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing, where Chongxi is a pharmacognosist. He has also authored numerous works on herbal medicine. Foster has authored several herb books (and coauthored the Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants, Houghton, 1990). The authors introduce Western readers to a blend of the two systems by describing about 50 plants used in TCM that are also known to Westerners as ornamentals, weeds, or herbs (e.g., day lilies, gardenias, honeysuckle, privet, and forsythia). They cover in detail the uses, history, dosage, descriptions, cultivation, and processing of each plant. An excellent resource for alternative medicine collections. --Library Journal (Wednesday, July 01, 1992) Katharine Galloway Garstka, Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala.