Ever sinee Chinese medieine eame onto the health eare,seene,it has had an uneasy and at times eontentious relation-卜ship with mainstream Western biomedieine.For the first two卜twentv vears or 50 there was nothing of the signifieanee to卜sPeak ot In the way 01. collaboratlon or Integratlon between the卜two medieal systems.Western medieal literature often east卜uninformed eritieism on Chinese medieine,and in return,Chi-:nese medical doc‘ors or scholars would usually disparage卜Western biomedieine.Howeve:,the iee has begun to melt in,the past 10 years.Dialogues between the two systems took卜plaee at multiple levels:the United States federal government:established the Offiee for Complementary and Alternative,Medieine within the National Health Institute,whieh was lat-‘er on expanded into a national eenter to provide funding and‘eoordinate researeh on subjeets sueh as Chinese medieine;:som。universities and medieal sehools startedt。teaeh。r。on-·duet。linieal researeh on Chinese medieine;several major medi-‘eal eenters enlisted aeupuneturists and even herbalists as medi-:eal staff.But the real driving foree of the ehange 15 grass一root.aeeeptanee of Chinese medieine by patients,and the burgeo-·ning interaetion and eollaboration between praetieing Chinese’and Western doetors.It 15 against this baekground that the book Aneient Herbs,Modern Medieine,published by Ban-tam Books in 2003,was written through a eollaboration of three authors:Dr.Henry Han,who wasedueated in China and a graduat。of 1977。lass of Beiiing College of Traditional Chines。Medieine,Dr.Glenn Miller,a wesrern trained physieian and pharmaeist,and Naney DeVille,an aeeomPlished medi-eal writer.、﹄产卜‘.﹄沪.‘﹄试.﹄户.‘﹄了‘﹄诊卜、﹄试)Anoient Herbs,Modern Med‘。‘ne‘5 an aoeess‘b‘e,。omprehens‘ve book‘ha‘presen‘5 and ex-卜Plains remedies to eommon ailments.These remedies are based on traditional Chinese medieine,but卜also integrate asPeets of Western medieine.Some common illnesses addressed inelude dePression,en-卜er又v defieienev,eaneer,AIDS,and digestive problems.Remedies range from reeiDes like“Women,s卜万alad’‘,whlcti balances temale seX normones,to acuPressure Polnts that cure motlon slcKness.lhls,book also provides an exeellent baekground to basie prineiples in Chinese medieine in an interesting卜and easy to understand way.Nearly eaeh ehapter eontains a ease study of a real patient who was trea-:ted by Ch‘nese med‘e‘ne.The book takes a reader through the heal‘ng exper‘enee of real people wh‘le,explaining and demonstrating how and why Chinese medieine works.Readers will not only eome away,with a basie understanding of Chinese medieine but be empowered to take eare of themselves.:1 highly reeommend Aneient Herbs,Modern Mediein。:。。ny home library。olleetion.I:i,an。e-,eessible guide to many modern ailments that affeet us today as well as an informative read on the his-,tory and baekground of traditional Chinese medieine.Book Review on“Ancient Herbs, Modern Medicine”@Jean Yu$Chinese Acupuncture Institute,1415 Higuera Street,San Luis Obispo,CA 93401,U.S.A<正> Ever since Chinese medicine came onto the health care scene, it has had an uneasy and at times contentious relationship with mainstream Western biomedicine. For the first two twenty years or so there was nothing of the significance to speak of in the way of collaboration or integration between the two medical systems. Western medical literature often cast
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