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This little pocket-sized book is a handy clinic reference for students and practitioners of acupuncture. It gives pictures, the English and Pinyin name, standard numbering, location, special categories, clinical indications, and needling method for over 140 of the most useful acupoints on the 14 regular channels as well as more than 25 additional extra-channel...

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This book is an introduction to the tradition of Chinese medicinal porridges, called jook in Cantonese and "congee" or "porridge" in English. By combining specific grains, vegetables, meats, eggs or various Chinese herbs and simmering them in a crock-pot overnight, one can cook up medicinal porridges for every type of ailment. Hundreds of medicinal...

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This book is both a study text and clinical manual on the Chinese medical treatment of obstetric conditions--diseases women may experience during pregnancy, childbirth, and shortly thereafter. In addition to everything one would expect to find in such a book, this text also includes protocols for over 60 gestational, birthing, and postpartum conditions,...

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This work is a textbook and clinical manual on the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders with acupuncture and Chinese medicine. Divided into three books, Book 1 covers all the necessary theory and introductory materials necessary to understand and practice Chinese medical psychiatry, such as the disease causes and mechanisms of psychiatric...

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This book contains the ingredients, method of preparation and administration, indications, and contraindications for over 200 authentic Chinese medicinal wines and longevity elixirs as well as sources for the ingredients used. Because the administration and preparation of these wines is easy and patient compliance is high, these formulas are perfect...

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Based on an exhaustive review of dozens of premodern and contemporary Chinese gynecological texts and hundreds of articles appearing in Chinese medical journals as well as the author's more than 17 years of experience specializing in Chinese medical gynecology, this new book is admirable in its scope and depth, and of considerable value for practitioners...

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The authors discuss the Chinese medical causes of joint pain and how it is treated by Chinese medicine. They give a wide variety of low-or no-cost home remedies for both treatment and prevention.

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Depression and anxiety can touch every aspect of the human experience. Chinese medicine has many effective therapies for addressing this endemic disease. The wide range of self-help and preventive strategies included here are designed to enable sufferers of depression to return to health naturally.

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This work presents a discussion of the Chinese medical causes and treatment for fibromyalgia. It includes a brief introduction to Chinese medicine, discussions of pattern discrimination, patent medicines, and the effects of acupuncture. Easy-to-use home remedies including self-massage, magnet therapy, foot reflexology, and medicinal food preparations...

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This book describes the Chinese theories on the cause and nature of asthma, hayfever, and allergic conditions and a host of simple, low-or no-cost home therapies to prevent and heal this common disease.

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This book describes the Chinese medical theories concerning headaches, their cause, diagnosis, and prevention. Emphasis is on a variety of self-help preventive techniques and home-care remedies for people who suffer from occasional or recurrent and debilitating headaches.

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Almost everyone suffers from insomnia from time to time, while some people suffer from intractable insomnia for years. Chinese medicine has treated insomnia, restless sleep, easy waking, and profuse dreaming for over 2,000 years. This book describes the Chinese theory and the cause of this condition as well as safe, simple, low-or no-cost home therapies...

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PMS is neither new nor imaginary, but a very real condition that Chinese medicine has been treating for more than 2,000 years. In this book you will learn the Chinese theory of the cause of this condition, and a host of safe, simple, low-or no-cost home therapies to prevent and heal this uncomfortable and frustrating condition.

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It is estimated that endometriosis affects 15% of American women of reproductive age and is a leading cause of infertility. This book offers an explanation as to why endometriosis and infertility are on the rise in contemporary Western society and describes how traditional Chinese medicine diagnoses and treats these two often-related conditions. Included...

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This work includes the TCM treatment for various Western diseases associated with infertility, including female immunologic infertility, fallopian tube blockage, endocrine imbalances, polycystic ovarian syndrome, uterine myoma, luteal phase defect, anovulation, and endometriosis.

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This book is a collection of TCM patterns together with their disease causes and mechanisms, signs and symptoms, tongue and pulse, treatment principles, guiding formulas and modifications, and acupuncture and moxibustion treatments. It includes many of the complicated patterns other English language TCM books leave out but which Western patients typically...

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This text is the fruit of extensive research into the Chinese medical literature on pediatrics and the response to years of practitioner requests for a good, comprehensive TCM pediatric textbook. It covers over 45 common pediatric complaints, giving differential diagnosis, disease mechanisms, herbal treatments, acumoxa therapy where appropriate, and...

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This work provides a complete guide to detailed biomedical and Chinese medicine information on over 100 of the most important formulas. It enables you to know the potential side effects before prescribing a Chinese herbal formula to patient taking Western pharmaceuticals and to communicate more effectively with Western M.D.s about the herbs your shared...

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Emperor Qian Long of the Qing dynasty held one of the longest reigns of any monarch in Chinese history, ruling for 60 years and only stepping down from the throne so as not to surpass his grandfather Kang Xi's reign. When understood properly, his 14 secrets of longevity cover all aspects of a healthy life. Now Western readers can share this pragmatic...

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This is the book on Western drugs that will truly be useful to students and practitioners of Chinese medicine It includes basic information on the common classes of Western pharmaceuticals. For each category of drug, the author provides generic name, pronunciation, registered proprietary versions, an explanation of function, mechanism of action,...

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Written in an easy-to-read style for parents and laypersons, this book covers all the most common pediatric diseases. It provides an overview of Chinese medical theory regarding pediatric disease and discusses 38 of the most common pediatric complaints, from colic and croup to whooping cough and hyperactivity. Each condition includes a brief discussion...

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Compiled in the late Ming Dynasty as a song or "poem" to serve as a mnemonic primer on pulse diagnosis in Chinese medicine, this work is still considered one of the most concise and authoritative texts on on this subject.

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This book describes the disease mechanisms, pattern discrimination, and Chinese medical treatment of perimenopausal and menopausal syndromes as never before in the English language. In it, Bob Flaws explains the precipitating and on-going roles of the liver, spleen, and heart in the climacteric, not just the kidneys. If you have ever wondered...

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Organized according to Chinese therapeutic category, this work discusses the ingredients, functions, indications, dosages, and contraindications of ready-made medicines that have been selected for their clinical utility as well as their purity of manufacture. Multiple formula therapies are discussed in the light of treatment for more complex disease...

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In Chinese herbal medicine, the effectiveness of any medicinal is dependent on its correct preparation before being used in any formula. This book describes specific preparation instructions and uses of over 250 herbs for practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is an excellent addition to any herbal practitioner's reference shelf.

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Diet is one of the eight limbs of Chinese medicine, and may be used as a preventive measure as well as a therapy. This book is a layperson�s guide to the intricate field of Chinese dietary therapy. The authors provide useful information on over 150 food substances, along with valuable advice on selecting a healthful diet. The numerous and inviting...

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Chinese doctors have used pulse diagnosis as one of their four main methods of diagnosis for at least 2,000 years. To this day, the art is integral to the correct identification of traditional Chinese medical patterns of disharmony. This text teaches people how to learn pulse diagnosis, identifying a single, key technique for understanding the pulses....

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There are thousands and thousands of Chinese medicinal formulas recorded in the Chinese medical literature. However, students at Chinese medical colleges in the People�s Republic of China learn a core repertoire of only 70-80 formulas. Yet knowing these core formulas, and how to modify them with additions and subtractions, allows the practitioner to...

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Translated from a manuscript copied by a student of the Abbot of Shaolin Monastery, this text comprises part of the monastic lineage of "fall & strike" medicine. It presents hundreds of treatments for a wide variety of external and martial arts injuries as well as preventive training formulas. This second edition includes a full symptom index, easier...

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This book is a study guide and exam preparation workbook for Chinese herbal medicine. Its 630 questions cover all aspects of the theory and practice of Chinese herbal medicine including materia medica; medicinal combinations; processing of medicinals; formulas and prescriptions; additions and subtractions; case history analysis. This book is extremely...

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This book is a linguistically refined, succinct list of the key statements of fact in TCM. It will help Western students gain both clarity and proficiency in the process and practice of doing TCM. When supplemented by a teacher, introductory grammar, and a dictionary, this book can quickly and efficiently help teach English-language students and practitioners...

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Western students and beginning practitioners will find this book an invaluable aid in honing their ability to understand and use TCM. The first section of this book explains in depth how to do a complex, individualized TCM diagnosis, how to arrange and make sense of confusing signs and symptoms, and how to think using TCM terms and statements. Although...

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This small volume represents the essence of two long-time practitioners' knowledge about practicing Chinese herbal medicine in the West. From discussions of patient compliance when using bulk dispensed herbal medicine, to advice about how to stock and maintain a financially successful dispensary, to issues of dosing no matter what form of herbal...

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A reader's guide to healthy eating through the wisdom of Chinese medicine, this book portrays the Chinese medical description of digestion and its practical implications for day-to-day diet. It also includes Chinese medical descriptions of over 150 common foods as well as vitamins, minerals, and amino acids.

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This workbook is specifically written to help acupuncturists and practitioners of Chinese medicine directly access the Chinese medical literature in Chinese. Conversational and easy to follow, it shares all the shortcut methods the author has used to teach himself. You will learn how to look up a Chinese character in a dictionary, how to interpret characters...

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Written by two practitioners of Chinese medicine and a Western MD, this book is an in-depth discussion of the acupuncture and Chinese medical treatment of diabetes mellitus and its many complications. This book integrates Chinese and Western medical information and as well includes numerous research abstracts and case histories. Among its 29 chapters,...

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This work, a collaboration of two distinguished Chinese medicine clinicians, translators, and authors, is a rare opportunity for practitioners and students to have access to the most complete clinical manual on the Chinese medical treatment of modern Western diseases. Monumental in size, the book covers the acupuncture and Chinese herbal treatment of...