This is a highly useful clinical manual that guides informed readers through the selection and rationale of treatment therapy for the more than 300 diseases and syndromes presented in the Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon. It combines the clinical and scholarly efforts of famous Chinese and other foreign contributors, stressing diagnosis, treatment, and practical application. It outlines the latest methods of medical treatment, highlights comprehensive applications and recent developments in TCM, and includes preventive medicine and dietary guidelines. The information is organized in sections: treatment principles, treatment methods, nursing care and regulation, and clinical applications for exogenous diseases and syndromes, dampness diseases and syndromes, dryness diseases and syndromes, and fire and heat diseases and syndromes. The formulas are given in English, Latin, and untoned Pinyin, and quantities are indicated. The point names are in untoned Pinyin accompanied by alphanumeric equivalents. For accuracy of reference, the entire Chinese text is included as well.