Keeping Your Child Healthy With Chinese Medicine: A Parent's Guide to the Care & Prevention of Common Childhood Diseases [Paperback]

Bob Flaws (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0936185716 | ISBN-13: 978-0936185712 | Publication Date: March 1999 | Edition: 1st

Written for parents, this guide to Chinese medicine covers all the most common pediatric diseases. Beginning with an overview of Chinese, it then discusses 38 of the most common pediatric complaints in chronological order, based on when children typically develop them. This book includes everything from colic and croup to whooping cough and hyperactivity. Under each disease, the reader will find a brief discussion of the different types of patterns typically encountered, what acupuncture and Chinese medicine have to offer, and tips on diet and home remedies.

Editorial Reviews

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This book is a great starting place for parents who are interested in alternatives to allopathic theory and treatments. -- The Library Letter

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This book covers all the most common pediatric diseases in an easy-to-read style for parents and laypersons. It begins with an overview of Chinese medical theory regarding pediatric diseases and then discusses 38 of the most common pediatric complaints in chronological order based on when children typically develop them. Included are everything from colic and croup to whooping cough and hyperactivity. Under each disease, the reader will find a brief discussion of the different types of patterns one typically encounters, what acupuncture and Chinese medicine have to offer, and tips on diet and home remedies. In addition, this book includes information on the Chinese medical point of view on vaccinations and antibiotics and the importance of a graduated series of responses from simple home remedies to professional care, be that Eastern or Western.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 182 pages
• Publisher: Blue Poppy Pr; 1st edition (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0936185716
• ISBN-13: 978-0936185712
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,245 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #48 in Books > Parenting & Relationships > Family Health

More About the Author

Bob Flaws is the most prolific writer on Chinese medicine in the English language. He is author, translator, or editor of over 80 books on Chinese medicine and scores of articles published in both professional journals and the popular press. Among his other credits, Bob is a past president and lifetime fellow of the Acupuncture Association of Colorado, a fellow and director of the National Academy of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine as well as a past editor of that association's quarterly journal, a founder of the Council of Oriental Medical Publishers, and the founder of Blue Poppy Enterprises. Bob is also the co-author and co-director of an NIH-funded research project working with AIDS-related peripheral neuropathy.

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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST read for anyone FEEDING young children, February 8, 2001

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Cyndi Lundberg - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keeping Your Child Healthy With Chinese Medicine: A Parent's Guide to the Care & Prevention of Common Childhood Diseases (Paperback)

I decided to write this book review after purchasing this book a few years ago and to later find myself purchasing it again for a friend with an infant child who is in her own struggle of how to feed her child the healthy way!! My friend was just like me....trying to do everything naturally possible for my child....but, totally confused as to the "correct" process! In today's world so many people are trying to get on the healthy path, only to find themselves in total confusion as to "how to begin" and then, to find what they thought was healthy for their child, to be working against them. Bob Flaws has clearly demonstrated that even the most healthy foods can be the most harmful to young children......however, he also explains the reasons why and how to properly prepare foods to offer young children for optimal health. My daughter is now 8 years old and through the knowledge of this book and a wonderful TCM doctor, we do not have the health problems we used to have. My child loves her "cooked" vegetables and through proper management, she has a balanced diet every day - no junk food is allowed. For birthday's we have a nice healthy dinner minus the birthday cake, and a nice trip to the beach. This book gives down to earth answers in our relationship to nature and the importance of eating the "correct" way. It is a critical book for today's failing medical society as we teach our children the importance of natural health. As I look around my community, I see parents feeding their children the most harmful foods and then they ask "Why, is my child so sick all the time"??? This book is a wake up call for America to start paying attention to their child's needs, getting back to nature the way our bodies were meant to live in harmony with - it is their birthright!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why hasn't western medicine come this far? This book answers A LOT of questions!, July 23, 2007

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love Mr. Darcy "lady fitz" (Snow belt, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keeping Your Child Healthy With Chinese Medicine: A Parent's Guide to the Care & Prevention of Common Childhood Diseases (Paperback)

It's been a couple of years since I read this book but I recall that it CHANGED MY PARENTING LIFE and I still follow the concepts in it every day. I was seeing a Chinese Medicine doctor and the treatment was helping me immensely and that doc lent me this book. When I read it I immediately began following it's advice, and my son immemdiately stopped having ear infections and hasn't had once since (almost 3 years). Before, he'd had one every 3 months. I would call this book a parenting bible. The most important parenting book I've ever read.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No-hocus-pocus Guide to Raising Healthy Children - Excellent!, June 26, 2009

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D. Keebler - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Keeping Your Child Healthy With Chinese Medicine: A Parent's Guide to the Care & Prevention of Common Childhood Diseases (Paperback)

Bob Flaws is renowned in the world of Chinese Medicine (outside of China). His writing is clear and understandable.

I got this book initially because I am interested in pediatrics and Chinese Medicine. I am currently studying for my MSTOM and ultimate licensing in Acupuncture.

I constantly quote this book to friends and family who have young kids.

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CHINESE MEDICINE
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Unfortunately, Chinese Medicine is seen as a "folk medicine" of ancient China rather than a 3,000 year old medical system setup by the brightest minds in that area of the world.

Chinese Medicine's core theories give us an ability to recognize the ROOT of a health problem instead of endlessly hacking away at the BRANCHES of symptoms as modern Western Medicine does.

For example, eczema.
WHY does your baby have eczema?

W.M. says...
"That's just how some babies are. It will go away as they get older. You can use this ointment to rub on their skin."

C.M. says that the eczema is a symptom of an internal imbalance in the child. My herbs professor Dr. P. always says "Skin problems are never skin deep."

Chinese Medicine gives an actual pathomechanism that shows why the eczema is occurring. That knowledge then empowers the practitioner and the parent to engage the child in a way that uproots the root of the problem (e.g. "Spleen Qi deficiency"), rather than just applying an ointment to deal with the symptom, the eczema.

Of course W. Medicine can do things that Ch. Medicine cannot - hence *we need both.* But for now, it is Chinese Medicine that is vastly under appreciated and misunderstood (see "Medical Acupuncture" which essential remains symptom-based medicine).

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IN THIS BOOK
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This introductory book will provide you with practical advice and guidance in caring for your kids. The book ranges from theories to help you understand WHY things are happening to your child, to some diet recipes to show you HOW to prevent or fix an issue.

Of course, you might not be able to rely on the book alone - expertise should be consulted!

Chinese Medicine will help set your kids up for a healthy life as ADULTS, in addition to making CHILDHOOD less fraught with illness.