Table of Contents

Contents

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2. Philosophical concepts and their Influence on Traditional Chinese Medicine
3. Understanding the Visceral Organs and Their Connections with Nature
4. The Basic Substances Constituting the Human Body: Qi, Blood and Body Fluids
5. The Passageways Connecting the Interior and the Exterior of the Human Body: Channels
6. Factors Contributing to Disease: Understanding the Pathogenic Factors in TCM
7. Understanding the Occurrence, Development and Changes of Disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine
8. Prophylactic Therapeutic Principles
9. Index: Pinyin-Chinese-English Cross Reference of Technical Terms