The Way Forward for Chinese Medicine

edited by Kevin Chan and Henry Lee

Taylor & Francis, 2002

472 pages

Paperback

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Foreword

Preface

Contributors

Acknowledgement

Section One: Some Key Issues in Chinese Medicine

1. The Historical Evolution of Chinese Medicine and Orthodox Medicine in China

Kelvin CHAN

2. Philosophical Aspects of Chinese Medicine from a Chinese Medicine Academician

Zhan-Wen LIU

3. The Theory and Application of Functional Food in Chinese Medicine

Yi DANG

4. Understanding the Toxi"city" of Chinese Herbal Medicinal Products

Kelvin CHAN

Section Two: Special Aspects of Clinical and Scientific Practice in Chinese Medicine

5. The Practice of Chinese Medicine in TCM-KLINIC KOTZTING in Germany

Jia-Zhen LIAO, Stefan HAGER and Anton STAUDINGER

6. The Practice of Chinese Medicine in the National Health Service Environment in the United Kingdom

John TINDALL

7. Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Using Chinese Medicine

Lily CHEUNG

8. The Progress of Using Chinese Herbal Medicines in Cancer Research

Jennifer M F WAN

9. DNA Techniques for the Authentication of Chinese Medicinal Materials

Pang-Chui SHAW, Fai-Ngor NGAN, Paul Pui-Hay BUT and Jun WANG

Section Three: Progress of Chinese Medicine and Related Practice in Some Countries and Regions

10. The Progress of Chinese Medicine in Australia

Qian LI, Colin C DUKE and Basil D ROUFOGALIS

11. The Progress of Chinese Medicine in Mainland China

Kelvin CHAN, Xin-Ming LIU, Yong PENG, Pei-Gen XIAO and Wei-Yi YANG

12. The Progress of Chinese Medicine in Some Countries in Europe: Belgium, Germany and Holland

Christoph KUNDEL, Jan NAUTA and You-Ping ZHU

13. The Progress of Chinese Medicine in Hong Kong SAR, China

Kelvin CHAN and Hin-Wing YEUNG

14. The Progress of Kampo Medicine in Japan

Katsutoshi TERASAWA

15. The Progress of Chinese Medicine in Taiwan

Chieh-Fu CHEN, Yau-Chik SHUM and Ming Tsuen HSIEH

16. The Progress of Chinese Medicine in the United Kingdom

Kelvin CHAN and Henry LEE

17. The Progress of Chinese Medicine in the United States of America

Ka Kit HUI, Jun Liang YU and Lidia ZYLOWKSA

Section Four: Concluding Issues

18. A Curriculum Model for Teaching and Training Chinese Medicine in English

Henry LEE and Kelvin CHAN

19. An Orthodox Practitioner's View of Chinese Medicine

David J ATHERTON

20. The Way Forward for Chinese Medicine

Kelvin CHAN and Jian-Ziang ZOU

Index