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The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus with Chinese Medicine

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By Bob Flaws, Lynn Kuchinski and Robert Casañas, MD.
401 pages, hardback. 286 X 220mm
Blue Poppy Press. 2002
ISBN 1-891845-21-7

Basic Information:
Worldwide, the incidence of diabetes is projected to double in the next 15 years. Chinese medicine has recognized and treated diabetes as a distinct disease for 2,500 years, and modern research has shown that it can

work better than many Western drugs,
reduce dosages of those drugs,
alleviate side effects of those drugs, and
achieve better clinical outcomes when used in tandem with those drugs

This book is a textbook and clinical manual on the Chinese medical treatment of diabetes and its many complications. Among its 29 chapters, in addition to diabetes, you will learn how to treat such conditions as:

Hypertension
Hyperlipidemia
Coronary heart disease
Cerebral vascular disease
Diabetic neuropathy
Diabetic nephropathy
Diabetic retinopathy
Diabetic dermatological conditions
Opportunistic infections
Diabetic acromelic gangrene
Syndrome X

Authors Flaws, Kuchinski, and Casañas also discuss the relationship between hypoglycemia and diabetes, insulin-dependent and noninsulin-dependent diabetes and what Chinese medicine can do for each, gestational diabetes, diabetes and diet (both Chinese & Western), and diabetes and exercise, including qigong. Other topics of discussion include diabetes and psychological disturbances, diabetes and treatment adherence, and diabetes and denial.

Reviews:
"No practitioner of Chinese Medicine, particularly of Chinese Herbal Medicine, can afford to be without this book. It is methodically laid out with an extensive introduction to Diabetes from the perspectives of both Chinese Medicine and Industrial Medicine (a.k.a. "Western Medicine" for no discernibly rational reason).

From then on each chapter deals with the treatment of Diabetes, firstly from the general standpoint of Chinese Differential Diagnosis, and then by other diseases that often accompany Diabetes such as hypertension, gangrene, retinopaty, etc., etc. Each of these chapters follows the same format: an introduction to the disease via Industrial Medicine mechanisms and differentiation; an introduction to the mechanisms and differentiation by Chinese Medicine; treatment of the disease by Chinese Differential Diagnosis using both Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture (extensive modifications of both herbal and point selection formulae are cited); case examples and additional comments.

The text is as authorative and responsible as one has come to expect from the superb and ethical work of Bob Flaws.

The layout is, as always from Dr Flaws, no frills, no designer tints, no pictures inserted for amateurs and beginners; this book is for serious practitioners doing a serious job of treating disease. Impossible to recommend too strongly."

Dr Robert A D Cran, Doctor of Chinese Medicine
Formerly Lecturer in Chinese Medicine
University of the Western Cape, Cape Town.

“The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus With Chinese Medicine is authoritative and comprehensive. It is a coherent and integrated presentation of the classical and modern understanding of one of the worlds most common diseases. As such, this work represents a significant contribution to the modern clinical practice of Chinese medicine in the West, and will remain an exemplary work in the field for years to come.”

Bob Damone, M.S., L. Ac.
Chair, Department of Clinical Practice
Pacific College of Oriental Medicine

“This comprehensive book offers a detailed synopsis of Chinese acupuncture and herbal therapy for the treatment of diabetes mellitus hitherto unavailable to Western readers. This text is without question unique in its extensive description of diabetes and its complications from the acupuncture and Chinese herbal point of view.”

Rudolf Helling, MD, Chairman, Physicians’ Forum for Acupuncture, Germany

“The joining of Chinese and Western approaches offered in this book is to be called nothing less than excellent... As a Western MD, I can say the Western medical information on diabetes contained in this book is reliable, comprehensive, and up-to-date. As a clinician practicing Chinese medicine on a day-to-day basis, I can also say it is an outstanding text on the Chinese medical view of diabetes... In a nutshell, this book is a valuable contribution to the world’s medical literature. Congratulations!”

Dieter Klein, MD acupuncturist, Germany

“The authors clearly recognize that only a combination of Eastern and Western medicines can truly be effective in treating this disorder. To that end, they have also included the latest research correlating a variety of physiological and biochemical parameters with the TCM patterns of DM. With doctoral studies about to be launched at TCM schools in the U.S., this book sets a new standard for an integrative approach to holistic medicine. I hope others will follow the lead of Blue Poppy in the development of TCM for the 21st century in America.”

Todd Luger, L.Ac.
Director, Chinese Herb Academy

“This book is an excellent review of the approach to the treatment of diabetes mellitus from both a Chinese and Western medicine perspective. The review of current conventional integrative nutritional and lifestyle approaches is of value both to the conventional and alternative practitioner. The acupuncturist will find this an indispensable guide to the treatment of diabetes mellitus itself and its complications using acupuncture and Chinese herbal formulations.”

Leonard A. Wisneski, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Medical Acupuncture Clinical Professor of Medicine
The George Washington University Medical Centery

“This book is an excellent representation of the latest evolution of TCM texts. It provides essential material for pattern differentiation and treatment strategy for patients with diabetes. Treatment protocols, strategies, and outcomes are outlined in a manner that enables the reader to manage this disease confidently and responsibly with Chinese medicine. The authors were meticulous in providing references to all formulas and research listed in this book, thereby, making it an invaluable resource book for all TCM practitioners.”

John Stan, DTCM, Reg. Ac. (Canada) CEO,
Eastern Currents

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