The Theory of Chinese Medicine
Hai, Hong![The Theory of Chinese Medicine](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/157/15776638/CHSBZCOP0315776638.jpg)
This path-breaking book reinterprets Chinese medicine using the approach of the philosophy of science in a manner that strikes common ground with biomedical science. It strips Chinese medical theory of the mystique and metaphysical pretentions that too often plague the discipline, presenting this theory as being derived from empirical observations and clinical findings. Concepts like qi and phlegm and vital organs like the shen (kidney) are in...