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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 worka?|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.

. Physiology and pathology of women's disorders in Chinese medicine
. Aetiology and diagnosis of women's disorders
. Differentiation and treatment - including acupuncture, herbs and patent remedies - of 64 gynecological conditions
. Prevention and prognosis for each disease
. Approximately 100 case histories from the author's own practice
. A detailed discussion of the use of the eight extraordinary vessels in gynecology

Obstetrics and Gynecology in Chinese Medicine

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Notes on the translation of Chinese medical terms

SECTION 1 PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY

1. History of gynecology in Chinese medicine.

2. Women's physiology

3. Women's pathology

SECTION 2 AETIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS

4. Aetiology

5. Diagnosis

SECTION 3 METHODS TREATMENT

6. Principles and methods of treatment

7. Treatment of the Extraordinary Vessels

SECTION 4 MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITIES

8. Early Periods

9. Late Periods

10. Irregular Periods.

11. Heavy Periods

12. Scanty Periods.

13. Long Periods

14. Painful Periods

15. Bleeding between Periods

16. No Periods

17. Flooding and Trickling

18. Pre-menstrual Syndrome

SECTION 5 PROBLEMS AT PERIOD TIME

19. Pre-menstrual breast distension

20. Headaches

21. Oedema at period time

22. Diarrhoea

23. Body aches

24. Fever at period time

25. Epistaxis or haemoptysis

26. Mouth ulcers

27. Skin eruptions

28. Dizziness at Period Time

SECTION 6 DISEASES OF PREGNANCY

29. Morning Sickness

30. Abdominal Pain during pregnancy

31. Threatened Miscarriage

32. Fetus not Growing

33. Oedema in pregnancy

34. Anxiety

35. Dizziness in pregnancy

36. Convulsions in pregnancy

37. Feelinig of suffocation

38. Aphonia

39. Cough

40. Painful-Urination Syndrome

41. Retention of Urine

42. Constipation during pregnancy

43. Habitual miscarriage

44. Acupuncture and herbal treatment in midwifery

SECTION 7 DISEASES AFTER CHILDBIRTH

45. Post-natal depression

46. Abdominal Pain after Childbirth

47. Persistent Lochial Discharge (retention of lochia)

48. Urinary Difficulty

49. Sweating

50. Constipation and Haemorrhoids after Childbirth

51. Fever after Childbirth

52. Joint Pain

53. Breast Milk not Flowing (including acute mastitis)

54. Spontaneous Flow of Milk

55. Collapse

56. Convulsions after Childbirth

SECTION 8 MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES

57. Infertility

58. Menopausal syndrome

59. Breast Lumps

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

61. Endometriosis

62. Excessive Vaginal discharge

63. Vaginal Itching: Tricomonas and Candida infections, genital eczema

64. Prolapse of the uterus

65. Vulvar Sores

Appendix I Prescriptions

Appendix II Patent Remedies

Appendix III 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