Herbs and Roots: A History of Chinese Doctors in the American Medical Marketplace

by Tamara Venit Shelton

An innovative, deeply researched history of Chinese medicine in America and the surprising interplay between Eastern and Western medical practice

Chinese medicine has a long history in the United States, with written records dating back to the American colonial period. In this intricately crafted history, Tamara Venit Shelton chronicles the dynamic systems of knowledge, therapies, and materia medica crossing between China and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300243618
• ISBN13: 9780300243611
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"