This book is a textbook and clinical manual on the treatment of modern Western medical diseases with Chinese medicine. By modern Western medical diseases, we mean all the disease categories of Western medicine excluding gynecology and pediatrics. By Chinese medicine, we mean standard contemporary professional Chinese medicine as taught at the two dozen provincial Chinese medical colleges in the People's Respublic of China. The two main therapeutic modalities used in the practice of this style of Chinese medicine are acupuncture-moxibustion and the internal administration of multi-ingredient Chinese medicinal formulas. Treatment plans for each disease discussed herein are given for each of these two main modalities.

ABOUT THE BOOK: This book introduces and teaches the clinical applications of acupuncture. Using the theory of traditional Chinese medicine from the previous study such as the Classic of Internal Medicine (Nei Jing), Treatise on Cold Damage (Shang Han Lun), Synopsis of the Golden Chamber (Jin Kui Yao Lue), and Warm Disease Theory (Wen Bing Xue). Learners will be introduced to the integration of all aspects of access to various diseases and to identify the status of the diseases. This book covers the basic concepts and study of various medical conditions. Through the study of this book, learners will be expected to demonstrate the ability to diagnose and determine treatment based on the diagnosis. They will also be expected to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment and its implementation for each patient. The causes and treatments of the diseases are explained and discussed in the book include: Abdominal Pain, Abdominal Distension, Asthma, Arthralgia (Paralysis /Muscular Atrophy), Common cold, Cough, Constipation, Diarrhea, Dysentery, Deviation of eye and mouth, Dizziness, Edema, Epilepsy, Epigastric Pain, Facial pain, Headache, Hiccup, Impotence, Insomnia, Jaundice, Malaria, Melancholia, Manic-Depression disorder, Low back pain, Nocturnal Enuresis Prolapsed of Rectum, Palpitation, Pain in Hypochondriac region, Retention of Urine, Syncope, Stroke, Suns Stroke, Urination Disturbance and Vomiting. It also combines the supplementary acupuncture meridians and points, list of medicinal herbals and other applications: • The eight extraordinary vessels: 1. The Conception Vessel 2. The Governing Vessel 3. The Penetrating Vessel 4. The Girdling Vessel 5. The Yin Motility Vessel 6. The Yang Motility Vessel 7. The Yin Linking Vessel 8. The Yang Linking Vessel • 12 primary Meridians and figures (309 acupuncture points) • Front Mu and Back Shu points of the Meridians • 147 medicinal herbal names and figures • Method of acupuncture measurement • Tongue and pulse diagnosis

This book clearly describes how Chinese medicine can treat autoimmune diseases. Recommendations are given for acupuncture and herbal treatments for patients with a variety of different symptoms, blood results, and medical histories.

In order to popularize Chinese internal medicine and allow readers to grasp its basic theories as well as diagnostic and therapeutic methods, we wrote this book in a language easily comprehensible by the layman. For ease of learning by modern doctors, we proceeded from the current clinical practice and outlined the contents with Western disease names. There are more than 80 diseases discussed in this book. For each disease, the Chinese syndrome differentiation and treatment as well as modern diagnostic key points are provided, to make it more convenient for the readers to study and understand. The study of each disease should begin from its etiology, pathology and diagnostic key points, followed by the differentiated patterns and corresponding treatments. The respective points of caution for each disease should also be well-noted. Finally, the questions forming the "Daily Exercises" are useful for readers to check their comprehension and recall of the material.

The authors look at TCM treatments for a wide range of common & more difficult problems, such as: eczema; gangrene; depressions; palpitations; & many more. Material is structured in such a way as to be easily accessed in clinical situations

Chinese External Medicine is a branch of TCM that is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of conditions of the body’s surface, unlike TCM Internal Medicine whereby the focus is on internal organ systems. External medicine, or wai ke, refers to conditions that can be seen by the eye or palpated directly such as traumatic injuries, skin diseases, breast lumps, hemorrhoids, male genital problems and so on. Despite the common nature of many conditions covered by Chinese external medicine, until the publication of this book, little had been done to introduce these essential diagnostic and treatment methods to the West. Eight chapters in the text are devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of sores and ulcerations, breast conditions, goiter, skin lesions, sexually transmitted diseases, anorectal conditions, male urogenital conditions, peripheral vascular diseases and other external conditions, with 92 external conditions in total. Internal therapies, medicinal formulas, external applications, and acupuncture treatments are provided along with both Chinese pinyin and characters for easy reference. Sixty representative case studies are also presented here, making this the first comprehensive English language text on Chinese External medicine. We are sorry that the DVD content are not included.

This volume presents texts written by Austrian and Chinese experts in the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The issue the authors worked on is the basic problem how to make a different system of medical thinking plausible for the Western world, especially for Western medicine. This issue is considered from different viewpoints - from the viewpoint of Western medicine that is familiar with Chinese medicine and contrariwise from the viewpoint of Chinese Medicine that is familiar with its Western counterpart and from a philosophical viewpoint. In this way both differences in the theoretical systems of Western and Chinese medicine and problems of adequate translation are profundly discussed.