Chinese Herbal Secrets: the Key to Total Health
Rating
Exhibition Title
A Wok Through Chinese Culinary History
Title
Chinese Herbal Secrets : the Key to Total Health
Author
Chmelik , Stefan
Description
192pp., 27x19.5cm., paperback
Imprint
Avery Publishing Group
City
Garden City Park
State
New York
Date
1999
Date.Digital
2009
Format
Monograph
ISBN
0895299860
Subject
Herbs -- Therapeutic use .
Subject 2
Medicine, Chinese.
Resource Type
Electronic/Text
Abstract
This herb and health book is written in five sections titled : Discovering Yourself ; How Herbs Can Help ; Herbs and Their Properties ; Useful Herbal Formulas ; and Your Good Health . Seventy-four herbs are detailed in three columns per page , accompanied by line drawings and photographs of flowers and dried parts used for health purposes . Includes properties of each , Pinyin and botanical names , channels affected , actions , and dosage for each . Twenty-eight Western herbs have some , but not all , of the same information . There are twenty-three herbal formulae with pictures of their contents and amounts for each . Some food recipes are provided , as well as six wines , and a few creams and ointments .
Language
EN
Exhibit Curator
Kristen J. Nyitray, Head, Special Collections and University Archives
Contributors
Kerri Tinucci, Intern, Spring 2009; Jason Torre, University Archivist
Original Owner Information
Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman Chinese Cookbook Collection
Finding Aid
http://www.stonybrook.edu/libspecial/collections/manuscripts/newman.shtml
Web Link
http://www.stonybrook.edu/libspecial/
System Number
000002929
File Name (Identifier)
000002929.tif ; 32.tif
Digital Format
JP2
File Size
2549.059 KB
Format.Creation
This JPEG 2000 image was created by students using in-house equipment to generate master images captured at 400 dpi, 24 bit, color setting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software operating on a Dell Optiplex desktop personal computer running Windows XP.
Tag
Newman collection
Image Height
3162
Image Width
2280
Colorspace
RGB
Checksum
0xE73D341E
Rights
All rights reserved by the author.
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