五行芳香療法全書 第五版（修订版）
主編： 鄧 淼 伍雪曼
世界衛生組織在2002年5月26日首度發表 “2002到2005年傳統醫學及替代醫學全球策略”，建請全球180餘國家將此策略納入該國醫療政策。傳統醫學是在現代醫學之前發展起來的多種醫療知識體系，它有別於現代醫學的主流體系部分。其定義是：利用基於植物、礦物的藥物、精神療法、肢體療法，治療、診斷和防止疾病或者維持健康的醫學。
2018年6月18日，世界衛生組織發佈第11版《國際疾病分類》。新版包含了一些新章節，其中一章涉及傳統醫學。 2019年5月25日，瑞士日內瓦第72屆世界衛生大會審議通過了《國際疾病分類第11次修訂本》，首次將起源於中醫藥的傳統醫學納入其中。這是中國政府和中醫專家歷經10餘年持續努力取得的寶貴成果。
五行芳香療法是一種運用精油和純露來調理身心靈的自然療法，很多精油都是從香草植物萃取的，都有一定的身心療效。五行理論是中國傳統文化的根基，被運用到包括中醫在內的中國農學、建築學、天文學、藝術學等諸多領域。陰陽五行學說在中醫中的運用——用於歸納藥物的性能與療效，因此透過中醫藥學對藥理與物性的分疏，適可檢討五行在香草植物理論與應用間的辯證關係。
2003年鄧淼老师在兩岸三地發表“五行芳香療法全書”，由於專業與時域的限制，著作從第一版到第四版均沒有針對中醫五行和芳香精油分子理論的基本概念進行解析應用；2025年修訂版，將參考國內外學者相關的文獻，重審“五行芳香療法”基本理論，增加了中醫辨證論治“體質學說”和中藥方劑學“君使佐使”配伍的整體觀念。
修訂版邀請旅居加拿大學者伍雪曼女士，針對精油的植物科屬、精油的化學分子、精油的藥學屬性定義作出科學的闡釋，從芳香精油分子學中的認識作瞭解五行芳香療法深意。伍女士在醫學科學研究和藥物測試擁有專業知識和豐富經驗。
修訂版從芳香精油分子學中的認識作瞭解五行芳香療法深意，拋磚引玉，希望芳香療法在國內得以健康普及。修訂版增加了五行芳香療法在安寧照護中的應用與五行芳香療法在老年護理中的應用。
Revised Edition of the Complete Book of Five Elements Aromatherapy
Editor in Chief: Deng Zhenjian, Wu Xueman
The World Health Organization first released the "Global Strategy for Traditional and Alternative Medicine from 2002 to 2005" on May 26, 2002, inviting over 180 countries worldwide to incorporate this strategy into their healthcare policies. Traditional medicine is a variety of medical knowledge systems developed before modern medicine, which differs from the mainstream system of modern medicine. Its definition is: the use of plant-based, mineral based drugs, psychotherapy, and limb therapy to treat, diagnose, and prevent diseases or maintain health in medicine.
On June 18, 2018, the World Health Organization released the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases. The new version includes some new chapters, one of which deals with traditional medicine. On May 25, 2019, the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland approved the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, which for the first time included traditional medicine originating from traditional Chinese medicine. This is a valuable achievement made by the Chinese government and traditional Chinese medicine experts after more than 10 years of continuous efforts.
Five element aromatherapy is a natural therapy that uses essential oils and hydrosol to regulate the body and mind. Many essential oils are extracted from vanilla plants and have certain physical and mental therapeutic effects. The theory of the Five Elements is the foundation of traditional Chinese culture and has been applied in many fields including agriculture, architecture, astronomy, art, and traditional Chinese medicine. The application of the theory of Yin Yang and Five Elements in traditional Chinese medicine - used to summarize the performance and efficacy of drugs. Therefore, through the differentiation of pharmacology and physical properties in traditional Chinese medicine, it is appropriate to review the dialectical relationship between the theory and application of the Five Elements in vanilla plants.
In 2003, I published the "Complete Book of Five Elements Aromatherapy" in three places on both sides of the Taiwan Straits. Due to professional and time domain constraints, the first and fourth editions of the book did not analyze and apply the basic concepts of the five elements of traditional Chinese medicine and the molecular theory of aromatic essential oil; The revised version in 2025 will refer to relevant literature from domestic and foreign scholars, re-examine the basic theory of "Five Elements Aromatherapy", and add the overall concept of "constitution theory" in traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation and treatment, and the compatibility of "Jun Shi Zuo Shi" in traditional Chinese medicine formula studies.
In the revised edition, Ms. Wu Xueman, a Canadian scholar living in Canada, was invited to make scientific explanations on the definition of plant families, chemical molecules and pharmaceutical properties of essential oils, and to understand the profound meaning of five element aromatherapy from the understanding of aromatic essential oil molecular science. Ms. Wu has professional knowledge and extensive experience in medical scientific research and drug testing.
The revised edition understands the profound meaning of five elements aromatherapy from the knowledge of aromatic essential oil molecular science, and hopes that aromatherapy can be popularized healthily in China. The revised version has added the application of Five Elements Aromatherapy in palliative care and the application of Five Elements Aromatherapy in elderly care.