Founded in 1995, Kang Tai Press is dedicated to spreading the benefits of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In pursuit of this goal, we publish books that help TCM students and practitioners strengthen their understanding of this time-tested, holistic approach to health and healing.
Our next book will be TCM Study Guide Series: Foundations. Its questions and cases focus on the fundamental conceptual structures of Traditional Chinese Medicine — from Yin-Yang and the Theory of Five Elements to pathogenesis and treatment principles.
The TCM Study Guide Series
Each volume of the TCM Study Guide Series focuses on a particular facet of Traditional Chinese Medicine, with questions and resource material designed to test and deepen your knowledge. Shi Cun Wu, the author of the series, has drawn upon Chinese-language resources and nearly 50 years of clinical practice to create four volumes that meet the needs of students and experienced practitioners alike: Acupuncture, Diagnostics, Herbology 1, and Herbology 2.
TCM Study Guide Series: Acupuncture...
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 Softcover, 8½ × 11 240 pages $34.95 |
The Acupuncture Study Guide's 2,200 multiple-choice questions have been drawn from Chinese college texts, periodicals, and board exams, as well as the author's own experience. They test your knowledge of point location and function, needling techniques, moxibustion, ear and head acupunture, case diagnosis, and treatment strategies. Resource material provides the location of every primary meridian point, information on point function, special points, points of intersection, ear acupuncture, and a table of terminology equivalencies. |
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TCM Study Guide Series: Diagnostics...
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Students, teachers, and practitioners studying for board exams will find this study guide provides a unique opportunity to strengthen their knowledge of TCM diagnostics. More than 2,000 multiple-choice questions focus on such topics as:
The questions are drawn from Chinese college texts, periodicals, and board exams, as well as the author's own experience. Numerous tables and glossaries cover relevant concepts and terms. |
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 Softcover, 8½ × 11240 pages $34.95 |
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TCM Study Guide Series: Herbology, volume 1...
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Volume 1 of the Herbology study guide contains 3,500 questions relating to TCM herbs, herbal formulas, and their use in therapeutic treatment. The questions are grouped by function and syndrome to enable you to target your study as you see fit. No other resource provides such a wealth of questions covering the entire landscape of TCM herbology. The study guide's questions are drawn from Chinese college texts, periodicals, and board exams, as well as the author's own experience. |
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 Softcover, 8½ × 11320 pages $34.95 |
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TCM Study Guide Series: Herbology, volume 2...
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 Softcover, 8½ × 11480 pages $44.95 |
Volume 2 of the Herbology study guide contains more than 250 cases drawn from Shi Cun Wu’s practice, from that of his colleagues in China, and from Chinese college texts and licensing exams. They are organized into 12 sections, the first 11 of which represent different types of disorders (Disorders Caused by External Evils, Disorders of the Lung, etc.). The cases in these 11 sections utilize multiple-choice questions. The 12th section contains nineteen cases with questions that are open-ended.
You are challenged to come up with your own answers to these questions then compare them to the detailed answers at the end of the book. The comprehensive exam that follows the cases provides a final chance to test the full breadth of your knowledge of TCM herbology. Volume 2 also includes numerous resources to help research and answer the questions in both Herbology volumes. |
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Shi Cun Wu...
Shi Cun Wu developed the TCM Study Guide Series in order to help fulfill the quest for better English-language learning tools devoted to TCM principles and practice. His primary interest is to help spread the benefits of Traditional Chinese Medicine by providing students and practitioners additional ways to develop their knowledge and prepare to demonstrate its capacity on board examinations. He began his study of Traditional Chinese Medicine with his father, a TCM physician. His formal studies were undertaken at Jilin Medical University in Jilin, China, where he graduated during the 1950s. Wu engaged in twenty years of TCM clinical practice and research in Chinese hospitals and herbal research bureaus. He authored articles on herbal research for the Journal of Chinese Medicine and presented his findings at academic conferences. He participated in the project to compile the 1977 edition of the People’s Republic of China Pharmacopoeia, helping to define quality standards for the sections on Traditional Herbal Medicine and Herbal-Based Patent Medicine. In addition, he helped write the Guangdong Provincial Traditional Herbal Medicine Preparation Handbook and the Traditional Herbal Medicine section of the Guangdong Provincial Medicine Standards Manual. Since emigrating with his family to the United States in the early 1980s, Wu has practiced acupuncture and herbal treatment, operated an herbal store, authored the TCM Study Guide Series, and taught classes on all aspects of TCM. He is an NCCA Diplomate in Herbology and Acupuncture. |
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