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Chinese Patent Medicines:
A beginners Guide
By Mark Taylor
 Chinese Patent Medicines: A Beginners Guide is an introduction to a safe and sane medicine which has been largely unknown outside of China until the last 20 years. This book offers the reader an introductory tour through the herb world of China along with a simplified explanation of more than 200 Chinese remedies in pill form. It also provides the reader with the ability to identify the highest quality products manufactured by the best facilities in China. Included are nearly 100 of the authors photographs which take the reader on a visual journey from the herb fields and farmers markets of Northern China to rice paddies and villages outside Hong Kong.
A professional photographer. acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist, author Mark Taylor is one of a select group of practitioners to have personally observed the production and manufacture of Chinese herbal medicines. As a consequence of being the first non-Chinese to be invited to visit many facilities and factories generally closed to outsiders, he has become recognized as one of the most knowledgeable people outside of China on the subject of Chinese Patent Medicines.
About Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor has a B.A. and M.A. in English Literature. He also holds a Master's degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Five Branches in Santa Cruz, California. He is a Licensed Acupuncturist in the State of California and is National Board Certified in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology by the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).
Recently Mr. Taylor completed a post-graduate course of study of neurological acupuncture in Hong Kong and was invited by the Chinese government to practice acupuncture in a rural government hospital outside Guangzhou. In Santa Cruz, he practices at Five Branches Institute Traditional Chinese Medical Clinic.
Mr. Taylor recently published a book titled Chinese Patent Medicines: A Beginners Guide. This book is a culmination of his love affair with Chinese Medicine, travel, photography, and writing.
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