{"product_id":"2940013591752","title":"A General Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine","description":"A General Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine is an introductory book on Traditional\u003cbr\u003eChinese Medicine (TCM). It attempts to guide readers to learn TCM’s academic\u003cbr\u003ethoughts, theoretical system, and clinical practice. The book is trying to provide beginners\u003cbr\u003ewith TCM’s peculiar way of thinking, more than 2,000 years’ history, and TCM’s philosophybased\u003cbr\u003etheoretical system.\u003cbr\u003eThe book covers:\u003cbr\u003e• Establishment and characteristics of TCM’s theoretical system.\u003cbr\u003e• Establishment and development of TCM’s clinical system.\u003cbr\u003e• Basic features of TCM.\u003cbr\u003e• TCM’s philosophical bases: primordial qi, yin-yang, and Five Elements, and\u003cbr\u003e• TCM’s medical model, method, and architecture.\u003cbr\u003eThe book has been carefully designed to be as accessible as possible, with\u003cbr\u003e• Goals \u0026amp; Requirements and Key Contents are at the beginning of every chapter\u003cbr\u003eto enable readers to understand the core and the outline of the chapter.\u003cbr\u003e• Endnotes, not only as one essential part of references for readers to learn more about\u003cbr\u003eTCM, but also as a guide for foreign readers to learn some cultural and historical\u003cbr\u003einformation peculiar to China.\u003cbr\u003e• Glossary for readers to understand more specific information about TCM and Chinese culture.","brand":"Alan Falkner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175407468784,"sku":"2940013591752","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013591752_p0.jpg?v=1763582735","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013591752","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}