Obstetrics and Gynecology in Chinese Medicine

by MacIocia, Giovanni

• ISBN13: 9780443104220
• ISBN10: 0443104220
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-01
• Publisher: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE

Summary

New edition of the most comprehensive Chinese Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology textbook in the English language World-renowned author and teacher Giovanni Maciocia gives a clear, detailed explanation of the physiology, pathology and aetiology of women's disorders in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and adapts these to Western conditions and patients. Seventy gynecological conditions are discussed in detail with consideration given to differentiation between conditions, the advised treatment using acupuncture and herbs, prevention and prognosis. Guidelines on lifestyle and use of the eight Extraordinary Vessels are provided, with case studies allowing easy application of theory to practice throughout. New for this edition: New attractive two-colour layout with book marks to ease navigation Endometriosis and its treatment now included and fully covered in a new chapter Infertility chapter includes recent research highlighting factors in infertility All prescriptions now removed from the text and attractively presented in three appendices: Patient Remedies, Prescriptions and Three Treasure Remedies "Obstetrics and Gynecology in Chinese Medicine is a paradigmatic work. It is tempered with reverence and innovation, meticulous archival attention and detailed modern clinical insight. When future generations look back at this work#xE2;?#xA6;they will find not only knowledge and wisdom but also reasons for inspiration and awe." From the Foreword to the first edition by Ted J. Kaptchuk, Associate Director, Centre for Alternative Medicine Research, Beth Israel Hospital; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard medical School, Boston, USA.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Notes on the translation of Chinese medical terms

Physiology And Pathology

History of gynecology in Chinese medicine.

Women's physiology

Women's pathology

Aetiology And Diagnosis

Aetiology

Diagnosis

Methods Treatment

Principles and methods of treatment

Treatment of the Extraordinary Vessels

Menstrual Irregularities

Early Periods

Late Periods

Irregular Periods.

Heavy Periods

Scanty Periods.

Long Periods

Painful Periods

Bleeding between Periods

No Periods

Flooding and Trickling

Pre-menstrual Syndrome

Problems At Period Time

Pre-menstrual breast distension

Headaches

Oedema at period time

Diarrhoea

Body aches

Fever at period time

Epistaxis or haemoptysis

Mouth ulcers

Skin eruptions

Dizziness at Period Time

Diseases Of Pregnancy

Morning Sickness

Abdominal Pain during pregnancy

Threatened Miscarriage

Fetus not Growing

Oedema in pregnancy

Anxiety

Dizziness in pregnancy

Convulsions in pregnancy

Feelinig of suffocation

Aphonia

Cough

Painful-Urination Syndrome

Retention of Urine

Constipation during pregnancy

Habitual miscarriage

Acupuncture and herbal treatment in midwifery

Diseases After Childbirth

Post-natal depression

Abdominal Pain after Childbirth

Persistent Lochial Discharge (retention of lochia)

Urinary Difficulty

Sweating

Constipation and Haemorrhoids after Childbirth

Fever after Childbirth

Joint Pain

Breast Milk not Flowing (including acute mastitis)

Spontaneous Flow of Milk

Collapse

Convulsions after Childbirth

Miscellaneous Diseases

Infertility

Menopausal syndrome

Breast Lumps

Abdominal Masses: Ovarian cysts, polycystic ovary disease, cervical dysplasia

Endometriosis

Excessive Vaginal discharge

Vaginal Itching: Tricomonas and Candida infections, genital eczema

Prolapse of the uterus

Vulvar Sores

Prescriptions

Patent Remedies

Three Treasures Remedy

Glossary of Chinese terms

Bibliography

Cross-reference of Chinese disease-symptoms and Western Diseases

Cross-reference of Western diseases and Chinese disease-symptoms

Index

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