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100 1 _aMaciocia, Giovanni.
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245 1 4 _aThe practice of Chinese medicine :
_bthe treatment of diseases with acupuncture and Chinese herbs /
_cGiovanni Maciocia ; foreword by Steve Clavey ; illustrators, Michael Courtney and Richard Morris.
250 _aSecond edition.
264 _aEdinburgh:
_bElsevier.,
_c2008
300 _axxxvi, 1501 p. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [1463]-1466) and index.
505 _a1. HEADACHES2. DIZZINESS3. BREATHLESSNESS4. WHEEZING5. ASTHMA 6. ALLERGIC RHINITIS7. SINUSITIS8. COUGH9. THE PSYCHE IN CHINESE MEDICINE10. THE EMOTIONS11. AETIOLOGY OF MENTAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS12. DIAGNOSIS OF MENTAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS13. DEPRESSION14. ANXIETY15. INSOMNIA16. PATTERNS IN MENTAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR TREATMENT WITH HERBAL MEDICINE AND ACUPUNCTURE17. TINNITUS18. GOITRE (THYROID PROBLEMS)19. HYPERTENSION20. TIREDNESS21. CHEST PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION SYNDROME22. EPIGASTRIC PAIN23. NAUSEA/VOMITING24. ACID REFLUX25. MOUTH ULCERS26. HYPOCHONDRIAL PAIN27. ABDOMINAL PAIN28. ABDOMINAL MASSES29. DIARRHOEA30. CONSTIPATION31. URINARY SYNDROME32. ENURESIS AND INCONTINENCE33. URINARY RETENTION34. INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS35. BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA36. PROSTATITIS37. OEDEMA38. PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION SYNDROME39. LOWER BACK-ACHE40. FIBROMYALGIA41. CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME42. PARKINSON'S DISEASE43. WIND-STROKE44. ATROPHY SYNDROME45. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS46. BLEEDING47. ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION48. COMMON COLD AND INFLUENZA APPENDIX 1. IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS ACCORDING TO THE SIX STAGESAPPENDIX 2. IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS ACCORDING TO THE FOUR LEVELS APPENDIX 3. IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS ACCORDING TO THE THREE BURNERSAPPENDIX 4. LIST OF PRESCRIPTIONSAPPENDIX 5. ACUPUNCTURE POINTS FOR MENTAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMSGLOSSARYBIBLIOGRAPHYCHINESE DYNASTIES
520 _aThe 2nd edition ... describes the application of traditional Chinese medical theory to the diagnosis and treatment of 48 diseases, conditions and disorders. In addition to the existing 34 covered in the first edition, 14 new conditions and symptoms have been added, and these include common, chronic, and acute conditions which clinicians may see in their practice. Each chapter contains aetiology and pathology; differential diagnosis according to TCM; selection of treatments with acupuncture and herbs, with explanation of choices; case studies for illustration; summary of Western differential diagnosis; and discussion of prognosis and prevention. This book brings the enormous wealth of the author's experience, and his insights in applying TCM medicine to a Western context, to the support of all clinicians whatever their own range of experiences
650 0 _aMedicine, Chinese.
650 0 _aAcupuncture.
650 0 _aHerbs
_xTherapeutic use.
650 1 2 _aMedicine, Chinese Traditional.
650 2 2 _aAcupuncture Therapy.
650 2 2 _aMedicine, Herbal.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip081/2007039486.html
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