Jake Paul Fratkin, author of Chinese Herbal Patent Medicine
"Will surely become the standard reference in Chinese herbal medicine."


Roy Upton, Executive Director, American Herbal Pharmacopoeia
"One of the most comprehensive synthesized presentations of traditional and scientific knowledge of Chinese herbal medicines."


Richard Hammerschlag, Co-president, Society for Acupuncture Research
"This book is meticulously detailed source of information on pharmacological effects, clinical research and safety data."


Book Description
Chinese Medical Herbology and Pharmacology presents 1266 pages of detailed information on 670 herbs in common use in Traditional Chinese herbology today. Outstanding features of the book include drug-herb interactions, safety index, toxicology, symptoms and treatments of overdosage, over 1150 color and black & white illustrations, with detailed traditional uses, comprehensive descriptions of pharmacological effects, herbal combinations and diagnostic syndrome differentiation, guidelines for preparation and processing of Chinese herbs; chemical composition and structure diagrams, documented clinical studies, research, and much more.


About the Author
Dr. John K. Chen, PhD, PharmD, OMD, LAc Dr. John Chen actively participates in education, research and the frontiers of contemporary application of herbal medicine. In addition to developing professional continuing education seminars and serving as a senior lecturer through the widely respected Lotus Institute of Integrative Medicine, Dr. Chen speaks at seminars and conferences for universities, and local, state, national and international educational and professional organization. A professor at Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Emperor's College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, he is also a member of the Herbal Medicine Committee for the American Association for Oriental Medicine (AAOM) and an herbal consultant for the California State Oriental Medicine Association of Oriental Medicine Association (CSOMA). A recognized authority on Chinese herbal medicine and western (allopathic) pharmacology, Dr. Chen has written extensively on Oriental medicine and alternative complementary/integrative medicine for professional publications, journals and texts, drawing on his wealth of specialty post-graduate training and experience in mainland China in herbology as applied in internal medicine, and on his doctoral degrees from the University of Southern California (USC) School of Pharmacy and South Baylo University of Oriental Medicine. Tina T. Chen, MS. LAc Tina Chen is an active and respected educator in Oriental Medicine and Chinese herbal medicine. In addition to lecturing on TCM Gynecology and Cosmetology across North America, Ms. Chen is active on the faculty of South Baylo University of Oriental Medicine and has been an active contributor to professional journals and publications. She has served as Southern California Chair of the Education Committee for the California State Oriental Medical Association (CSOMA), and as an examiner for the California State License Exam for acupuncturists, and from 1996-2001 maintained private practice of acupuncture and herbal medicine through Chen's Clinic in La Puente, California. Her teaching and consulting is grounded in extensive post-graduate training in herbal medicine, TCM gynecology and cosmetology in numerous hospital in mainland China.

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