Patterns & Practice in Chinese Medicine

Patterns & Practice in Chinese MedicineLike its companion volume, Acupuncture Patterns & Practice, this book is a clinically oriented presentation of differential diagnosis and treatment in traditional Chinese medicine. This volume consists of eight series of case studies (40 in all), each focusing on a variety of patterns associated with a common clinical disorder: asthma, facial disorders, poor appetite, abdominal and epigastric pain, abnormal bowel movements, abnormal urination,

students and practitioners

Modern Pharmacological Research

Practitioners in possession of only a cursory understanding of biomedical diagnoses

The book also traces the historical development of tongue diagnosis and its role in the evolution of traditional Chinese medical theory and practice

the Ma and Bensky Discussion of Cold Damage with Commentaries for the Clinic is excellent for actual clinical use

It includes a translation of the text

discussing the high points of the book:

patients with chills often do not sweat

The physiology of menopause is discussed from both eastern and western perspectives

their disciples and students treated emperors

by many practitioners

This is the first book in English solely focused on the treatment of psoriasis with Chinese herbal medicine