《21世纪高等中医英语规划教材:中药英语教程》收录内容覆盖中药起源、炮制、分类、功效、中药说明书、中药安全性、中药有效性、药膳和中药科研进展等话题。本教材每单元篇幅较大，其目的是让学生从不同角度、通过大量练习来掌握中药英语，以达到“从用中学，熟练掌握，举一反三”的效果。课文包括TextA，TextB和TextC。TextA、TextB配有外教原声录音，除词汇表和注释外，练习形式丰富多样，包括课文理解、正误判断、讨论、词汇对应练习、填空、替换、汉译英、英译汉和命题作文等。TextC只设计了语篇句子填空练习，主要测试学生的阅读理解能力。书后提供了练习的参考答案，便于读者检测学习效果。
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Unit 1 An Overview of Chinese Materia Medica / 1
Text A A Brief History of Medicine and Herbs in China / 2
Text B An Outline of Chinese Herbs: Wisdom You Can Swallow / 11
Text C Compendium of Materia Medica / 21
Unit 2 Tastes and Properties of Chinese Herbal Medicine / 24
Text A Tastes and Properties / 25
Text B A Taste for Herbs / 33
Text C A Word on Herbal Medicine / 42
Unit 3 Classification and Actions of Chinese Herbal Medicine / 45
TextA Astragalus / 46
Text B The Lessons of Shennong / 55
Text C Chinese Herbs for Gray Hair and Hair Loss / 62
Unit 4 Processing and Preparation of Chinese Herbal Medicine / 65
TextA Processing of Chinese Medicinals / 66
Text B Collection of Chinese Herbal Medicine / 76
Text C Preparing a Decoction and Medicinal Wine / 84
Unit 5 Chinese Herbal Formulas / 87
Text A The Use of Chinese Herbal Formulas / 88
Text B The Powerful Heat Clearing Anti-Viral Herbs / 96
Text C Chinese Healing Herbs for Breast Cancer / 104
Unit 6 Safety of Chinese Herbal Medicine / 107
TextA Safety of Herbal Medicine / 108
Text B Side Effects Raise Flag on Dangers of Ephedra / 119
Text C Americans Gamble on Herbs as Medicine / 128
Unit 7 Efficacy of Chinese Herbal Medicine / 131
TextA Chinese Herbal Medicine: How Effective Is It? / 132
Text B Gegen: Traditional Uses and Potential Medicinal Benefits in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases / 141
Text C Chinese Herbal Preparations Exert Strong Effects on Asthma and Atopy / 150
Unit 8 Prescription Drug Information / 153
TextA Written Prescription Drug Information--Guidelines / 154
Text B FDAAnnounces New Prescription Drug Information Format to Improve Patient Safety / 163
Text C How to Use Herbal Supplements Safely / 172
Unit 9 Chinese Medicinal Cuisine / 174
TextA Chinese Food Therapy / 175
Text B Chinese Medicinal Cuisine / 185
Text C Food Therapy for Colds / 192
Unit 10 Advances in Chinese Herbal Medicine Research / 195
TextA Recent Advances in Artemisinin Research / 196
Text B Modern Science and Ginseng /204
Text C Can Ancient Herbs Treat Cancer? / 213
Glossary / 216
Answer Key /228
Appendices / 285
Appendix 1 Well-known TCM Classics / 285
Appendix 2 Chinese Herbs / 292
Appendix 3 Chinese Herbal Formulas / 307
7. The yin yang type of each individual determines how susceptible the person is to these effects of food. A neutral person is generally healthy and will have strong reactions to theseeffects only after overconsumption of certain kind of food. A yang type person usually caneat all yin type food with no ill effect, but may easily get a nose bleeding with small amountofyang type food. A yin type person is usually very unhealthy and is reactive to either yin oryang food. Boosting or nourishing type of food is needed to bring a yin person back tohealth.
Some Common Food Therapy Items and Recipes
8. Bird nest
Oral secretion of swiftlets, collected from the binding material of their nests.
Alleged effects: promote beautiful skin for women; strengthen the spleen and improvethe appetite.
Vegetables and fruits are believed to nullify the effect of bird nest if taken within theday.
The dried material is soaked in water to rehydrate.
The soaked bird nest is cleaned by hand to remove other nest building debris such asgrass and feathers.
The cleaned and crumbled bird nest is double steamed with rock sugar as a dessert orwith a small amount of pork as a soup.
9. Korean or Chinese ginseng
Root of a plant that has the yang properties.
Alleged effects: promote circulation, increase blood supply, revitalize and aid recoveryfrom weakness after illness.
The ginseng root is double steamed with chicken as a soup.
10. American ginseng
Root of a plant similar to Korean ginseng, but it has the yin properties.
Alleged effects: cleansing of excessive yang in the body, aphrodisiac.
The ginseng is sliced, and a few slices are soaked in hot water to make a tea.
Most American ginseng is produced in Wisconsin, USA.
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