Why does Blue Poppy Press publish so many books on Chinese herbal medicine as compared to acupuncture?
In China, Chinese medicine primarily means the internal administration of water-based, multi-ingredient decoctions. If one studies nei ke, internal medicine, fu ke, gynecology, or er ke, pediatrics at one of the provincial Chinese medical colleges in the People’s Republic of China, one only learns to prescribe Chinese medicinals. Chinese medical schools are usually comprised.of three colleges or divisions. There is the acupuncture-massage college, the pharmacy college, and the Chinese medicine college. Graduates of the acupuncture-massage college only learn one of these two arts which then comprise their scope of practice after graduation. Graduates of the pharmacy college go on to work as pharmacists within the Chinese medical pharmaceutical and dispensing industry. They do not diagnose or treat. Graduates of the Chinese medical college are taught to diagnose and treat disease via so-called herbal decoctions, and internal medicine, gynecology, and pediatrics are courses within this tr
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