in pregnancy, 165
slimming aids, 167, 168, 170
tonification, 157
toxic herbs, 164–5
use in Western countries, 176, 177
see alsoChinese traditional medicine
Chinese traditional medicine, 1, 2, 3, 10,
17, 119–85
acupuncture seeacupuncture
blood, 127
body fluids (jin ye), 127
cosmological cycle, 124
definition, 119
diagnosis, 129–30
dietary therapy, 178–9
effectiveness (randomised controlled
trials), 130–1, 132
history, 119–20
integrated healthcare, 7, 132, 133
jing(essence), 126–7, 128
kecycle, 124
martial art therapy, 180–1
massage (tui na), 178
meridians/channels, 129
moxibustion seemoxibustion
national policies, 7
organs (zang fu), 128–9
outcome measures, 131
practitioner training, 13
principles, 120–1
five phases (wu xing), 123–4
five substances, 125–6
yin and yang, 121–3
pulses, 130
Qi, 125, 128, 129
relation to Japanese kampo medicine,
225, 227
relation to Korean traditional
medicine, 257, 260
research approaches, 130–1, 132, 161
shen, 127, 128
shengcycle, 124
see alsoChinese herbal medicine
Chotosan, 244, 245, 250–1
chronic fatigue syndrome, 248
Chrysanthem flos, 250
Chuifong Toukuwan, 166
ciarmavermi, 26
Cimicifugae rhizoma, 248
Cinchona, 111, 261
cinnabaris (zhu sha), 170
Cinnamomi cortex, 240, 248, 251, 252,
253, 254
Cinnamomum cassia, 179
Citrus, 303
Clematis(chuan mu tong), 168, 169
Clematis vitalba(old man’s beard), 31
climate change, 17–18
Cnidii rhizoma, 248, 251, 252
coca (mambe), 70, 72
Cocos nucifera(niu), 281
cognitive function, Kamiuntantoeffects,
241–2
cold syndrome, 228, 253
colds, 37, 252, 279, 280, 281, 288, 293
collyria, 297
colour therapy, 207–8
Commonwealth Working Group on
Traditional and Complementary Health
Systems, 9
complementary and alternative medicine, 38
concurrent use with orthodox medicines
ayurveda medicines, 212–13
Chinese herbal preparations, 166–7
kampo medicines, 247
safety, 12, 13
congenital hernia, 28
conservation of medicinal plants
Africa, 111–12
see alsoendangered species
constipation, 179, 207, 228, 242, 281, 287
contraception, 281
Convention on Biodiversity, 101
convulsions, 27
Copis chinensis(huang lian), 165
copper, 206
Coptidis rhizoma, 250
Corni fructus, 254
cosmological cycle, Chinese traditional
medicine, 124
cough, 76, 77, 184, 252, 253, 279, 281,
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