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Six levels. In Traditional Chinese medicine, the Six Levels, Six Stages or Six divisions is a theory used to understand the pathogenesis of a illness through the critical thinking processes of inductive and deductive logic utilising the model of Yin and Yang. This theory originated from Shang Han Lun (translated into "On Cold Damage") by Zhang ...
The following is a list of traditional Chinese medicines. There are roughly 13,000 medicinals used in China and over 100,000 medicinal prescriptions recorded in the ancient literature. [1] Plant elements and extracts are the most common elements used in medicines. [2] In the classic Handbook of Traditional Drugs from 1941, 517 drugs were listed ...
Prunus mume var. laciniata Maxim. Prunus mume is a Chinese tree species classified in the Armeniaca section of the genus Prunus subgenus Prunus. Its common names include Chinese plum, [2] [3] [4] Japanese plum, [5] and Japanese apricot. The flower, long a beloved subject in the traditional painting and poetry of Sinospheric countries (including ...
Ginseng ( / ˈdʒɪnsɛŋ / [1]) is the root of plants in the genus Panax, such as Korean ginseng ( P. ginseng ), South China ginseng ( P. notoginseng ), and American ginseng ( P. quinquefolius ), characterized by the presence of ginsenosides and gintonin. Ginseng is common in the cuisines and medicines of China and Korea .
Huang Bai. (Redirected from Huang bai) Huáng bǎi ( 黃 栢 or 黃 柏, literally "yellow cypress"), huáng bó ( 黃 柏) or huáng bò ( 黃 檗) is one of the fifty fundamental herbs of traditional Chinese medicine. Known also as Cortex Phellodendri, it is the bark of one of two species of Phellodendron tree: Phellodendron amurense or ...
Botanical drawing of the leaves, flowers, and samaras from Britton and Brown 's 1913 Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Ailanthus altissima is a medium-sized tree that reaches heights between 17 and 27 m (60 and 90 ft) with a diameter at breast height of about 1 m (3 ft). [10] The bark is smooth and light grey, often becoming ...
Three Treasures (traditional Chinese medicine) Traditional Tibetan medicine. Tiger bone wine. Tiger penis. Tiger penis soup. Tingyu Fang. Tong Ren Tang. Tongue diagnosis. Ch'ang Ming.
Pseudocydonia sinensis or Chinese quince ( Chinese: 木瓜; pinyin: mùguā) is a deciduous or semi- evergreen tree in the family Rosaceae, native to southern and eastern China. It is the sole species in the genus Pseudocydonia. [1] Its hard, astringent fruit is used in traditional Chinese medicine [2] and as a food in East Asia.