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Management of Cancer with Chinese Medicine

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By Li Peiwen
With Cheng Zhiqiang and Du Xiuping
Translated by Mao Shuzhang and Bao Liling
Foreword by Giovanni Maciocia
616 pp, hardback, 254 X 199 mm
Donica Publishing Ltd. 2003
ISBN: 1-901149-04-8

Key benefits:

Understand comprehensively the role of Chinese medicine in cancer management
Be able to tailor treatment to the fine details of main cancer complications, such as pain, fever and hemorrhage
Understand the etiology, pathology and full Pattern Differentiation for cancer conditions
Apply appropriate Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture treatments to cancer conditions based on Pattern Differentiation
Gain support from clinical observation reports and clinical experiences and case studies from eminent Doctors of Chinese medicine specialising in oncology
Enhance your provision to cancer patients by offering differentiated dietary and Qi Gong self-help recommendations

Who this book is for:
Management of Cancer with Chinese Medicine is designed for Chinese medicine practitioners to consult in their daily practice, working either in an alternative or conventional medicine enviroinment. It can also be referred to by other health professionals to gain a better understanding of teh role of Chinese medicine in treating cancer.

Basic information:
Integration of Chinese medicine in a cancer treatment strategy offers major advantages in dealing with commonly seen complications of the disease and in combating the side-effects of treatment by conventional medicine methods such as surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. This new reference is the first comprehensive book in English on the Chinese medicine approach to cancer management, written by a highly respected TCM oncology specialist. Drawing on the author's wide experience in one of Beijing's leading hospitals, Management of Cancer with Chinese Medicine provides a unique insight into the Chinese approach to treating cancer, emphasizing the roles played by acupuncture, herbal medicine, Qigong therapy and diet therapy in strengthening the body and acting synergistically with conventional medicine to radically improve the quality of life of cancer patients.

Contents:

Introduction: Origin and development of oncology theory in traditional Chinese medicine
1. Etiology and pathology of tumors in traditional Chinese medicine
2. Principles and methods in the treatment of cancer with Chinese medicine
- Basic principles in the diagnosis and treatment of tumors
- Common methods of treating tumors with Chinese medicine
- The role of Chinese medicine in treating tumors
3. The use of Chinese medicine in dealing with the side-effects of cancer treatment
- Chinese medicine and its role in surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy
- Chinese medicine in treatment strategies for radiotherapy and chemotherapy
4. Chinese materia medica, acupuncture and moxibustion in the treatment of common side-effects caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy
- Bone marrow suppression
- Damage to liver functions
- Damage to renal functions
- Radiation pneumonitis
- Cardiotoxicity
- Radiocystitis
- Radiation proctitis
- Vomiting
- Loss of appetite
- Dry mouth and tongue and mouth ulcers
- Hair loss
5. Treatment of complications commonly associated with tumors
- Pain
- Fever
- Jaundice
- Profuse sweating
- Hemorrhage
- Pleural effusion
- Ascites
- Menstrual disorders
- Constipation
6. Qigong therapy
- Principles of Qigong in Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Methods commonly used in Qigong
- Practicing Qigong
7. Diet therapy
- Regulation and supplementation methods for patients with tumors
- Choice of foods for cancer patients
- Food and materia medica recipes
- Beverages
- Soups
- Congees (rice porridges)
- Cooked dishes
- Practical notes
8. Clinical experience of leading TCM doctors in treating malignant tumors
- Nasopharyngeal cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- Breast cancer
- Lung cancer
- Stomach cancer
- Colon cancer
- Bladder cancer
- Liver cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Ovarian cancer
- Cervical cancer
Appendices
Chinese materia medica commonly used in the treatment of cancer
TCM patent medicines commonly used in the treatment of cancer

About the author:
Li Peiwen has been Professor and Director of the TCM Oncology Department at the Sino-Japanese Friendship Hospital in Beijing since 1984. He is also Vice-Chairman of the Chinese Association of Oncology in Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine. He has 35 years of clinical and research experience in the application of integrated Chinese and Western medicine in the prevention and treatment of cancer.

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