Hardcover
992 pp
Published by Churchill Livingstone
Published: 1999
ISBN: 0-443-05458-4
253 X 195 mm

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A complete textbook of gynaecology in Chinese medicine for acupuncturists and herbalists: physiology of menstruation, conception, pregnancy and menopause, female pathology, general diagnostic and treatment principles (including when to tonify and when to reduce, what to do if the gynaecological manifestations contradict the systemic manifestations, how Chinese medicine patterns relate to western disease categories, and the basic treatment principles for the zangfu, qi, blood and the extraordinary vessels), commonly used herbal prescriptions and individual herbs, the use of the extraordinary vessels in treatment. Diseases categories include menstrual irregularities, problems occurring at the time of the period, diseases of pregnancy, diseases after childbirth and miscellaneous disorders. Each disorder is analysed as to its possible aetiology and pathology, differentiation, acupuncture and herbal treatment, prognosis and prevention. In many cases the western medicine differentiation and treatment is also discussed. The book is completed with appendices on herbal prescriptions and patent remedies, a glossary of terminology, cross-referenced indexes of Chinese disease-symptoms and western medicine diseases and an index.

Contents:

• Foreward by Ted Kaptchuk
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Note on the translation of Chinese medical terms
• Colour plates
• Section 1:  Physiology and Pathology
• Section 2:  Aetiology and Diagnosis
• Section 3:  Methods of Treatment
• Section 4:  Menstrual Irregularities
• Section 5:  Problems at Period Time
• Section 6:  Diseases of Pregnancy
• Section 7:  Diseases after Childbirth
• Section 8:  Miscellaneous Diseases
• Appendix I:  Prescriptions
• Appendix II:  Patent remedies
• Glossary of Chinese terms
• Bibliography
• Cross-reference of Chinese disease-symptoms and Western diseases
• Index

Review:
"...[this book] is termpered with reverence and innovation, meticulous archival attention and detailed moder clinical insight.   When future generations look back at this work...  they will find not only knowledge and wisdom but also reasons for inspiration and awe"
Ted Kaptchuk,  Assoicate Director, Center for Alternative Medicine Research, Beth Israel Hospital; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Other titles by Giovanni Maciocia:
Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine
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The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, 2nd edition
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The Practice of Chinese Medicine

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