The 2nd edition of The Practice of Chinese Medicine:: The Treatment of Diseases with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs 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 authors experience, and his insights in applying TCM medicine to a Western context, to the support of all clinicians whatever their own range of experiences.
Proceedings of the XVI World Congress on Fertility and Sterility and the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA, 4-9 October 1998, ICS 1183