Bücher von Jessica Wang

¿Qué es la Medicina tradicional china? Durante más de 2000 años, la medicina herbaria china se ha utilizado en China como una forma de medicina tradicional. Es una forma de terapia que enfatiza la preservación de la armonía y el equilibrio del cuerpo mientras adopta un enfoque holístico. La medicina herbaria china se basa en los principios de la Medicina Tradicional China (MTC). MTC ve el cuerpo como un sistema de partes interrelacionadas que deben trabajar al unísono para mantener la salud general. Estas partes son interdependientes entre sí. Según la MTC, para una salud óptima es necesario un estado de equilibrio entre las dos fuerzas opuestas conocidas como Yin y Yang, que están presentes en todo. A diferencia de Yang, que representa los aspectos cálidos, secos y activos del cuerpo, Yin representa los aspectos frescos, húmedos y nutritivos. El cuerpo está sano cuando el Yin y el Yang están en equilibrio, pero la enfermedad puede ocurrir cuando están desequilibrados.

Definition of Chinese Herbal Medicine Chinese herbal medicine, also known as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), is a system of medicine that has been practiced in China for thousands of years. It is based on the concept that the human body is a microcosm of the natural world, and that the balance and harmony of the body is maintained by the flow of Qi (vital energy) through the meridians, which are pathways that run throughout the body.In Chinese herbal medicine, herbs are used to balance the flow of Qi and restore the body's natural balance. Herbs are categorized based on their attributes, such as taste, temperature, and meridian tropism. They can be taken orally or topically and are frequently mixed in certain formulas to treat particular ailments. They can be administered as teas, powders, pills, or ointments.

No professional group in the United States benefited more from World War II than the scientific community. After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, scientists enjoyed unprecedented public visibility and political influence as a new elite whose expertise now seemed critical to America's future. But as the United States grew committed to Cold War conflict with the Soviet Union and the ideology of anticommunism came to dominate American politics, scientists faced an increasingly vigorous regimen of security and loyalty clearances as well as the threat of intrusive investigations by the notorious House Committee on Un-American Activities and other government bodies.This book is the first major study of American scientists' encounters with Cold War anticommunism in the decade after World War II. By examining cases of individual scientists subjected to loyalty and security investigations, the organizational response of the scientific community to political attacks, and the relationships between Cold War ideology and postwar science policy, Jessica Wang demonstrates the stifling effects of anticommunist ideology on the politics of science. She exposes the deep divisions over the Cold War within the scientific community and provides a complex story of hard choices, a community in crisis, and roads not taken.