With this book, we have tried to give the reader a new way of looking at and dealing with arthritis and joint pain, a way that is different from what is already available in other books on the subject.

BACKCOVER: It is estimated that over 35 million Americans experience some form of arthritis. Chinese medicine has been treating arthritis for more than 2,000 years. In this book, you will learn the Chinese theory for the cause of this and other related diseases. You will also learn a host of safe, simple, low or no cost home therapies to prevent and heal this potentially crippling condition, including: Chinese dietary therapy, exercise, deep relaxation, acupuncture, moxibustion, Chinese self-massage, magnet therapy, Chinese herbs, liniments and plasters, (and) how to find a professional practitioner of Chinese medicine.

This book is useful for everyone who suffers from any kind of joint pain and not just arthritis. Chinese medicine is especially effective for treating all types of joint pain, largely to the unique therapeutic effects of acupuncture and moxibustion. In China, acupuncture and its related art, moxibustion, are primarily used for rheumatic complaints and musculoskeletal pain of all types. When professionally administered acupuncture and moxibustion are combined with Chinese dietary therapy and a judicious use of Chinese herbal remedies, one has a very effective yet holistic treatment regime which heals without any side effects. Although there are other books on arthritis which tout the latest cures of modern Western medicine, the treatments in this book have been developed, refined, and tested over 2,000 or more years by 100 generations of highly educated, professional practitioners.

AUTHORBIO: Doug Frank, Dipl. Ac., is a graduate of the Boulder School of Massage Therapy. He began his study of Chinese medicine with Bob Flaws and Eric Tao (Xi-yu). He then continued his education at the Shanghai College of Chinese medicine. After returning to the United States, Doug practiced acupuncture and taught qi gong and tai ji quan at the Colorado Back School and the Center for the Rehabilitation of the Spine for seven years. During that time, he became an expert in the acupuncture and Chinese medical treatment of low back pain, spinal injuries, and other types of chronic pain conditions. Doug's other credits include authoring Low Back Pain: Care & Prevention with Traditional Chinese Medicine, also published by Blue Poppy Press. He is currently in private practice with offices in Boulder and Westminster, CO.

Bob Flaws, Dipl. Ac. & C.H., is one of the most famous Western doctors of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the world today. An internationally known author and lecturer on Chinese medicine, Bob Flaws has been practicing and teaching Chinese medicine for more than 20 years. His other credits include writing, translating, and editing more than 75 books and scores of articles on all aspects of Chinese medicine, being a past Governor & Fellow of the National Academy of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine, a founder, past president, and Lifetime Fellow of the Acupuncture Association of Colorado, a Fellow of the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine (UK), and a founder of the Council of Oriental Medical Publishers and the National Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Alliance.

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.