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Treatment of Modern Western Medical Diseases with Chinese Medicine : A Textbook and Clinical Manual [Hardcover]

Bob; Sionneau, Philippe Flaws (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 596 pages
  • Publisher: Blue Poppy Press; 2nd edition (2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1891845209
  • ISBN-13: 978-1891845208
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 1.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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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18 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another brilliant text from Blue Poppy, October 18, 2006
This review is from: Treatment of Modern Western Medical Diseases with Chinese Medicine : A Textbook and Clinical Manual (Hardcover)
From Acupuncture Today, Sept. 2003
By Robert C. Dichiera, AP, ATC/L

Blue Poppy Press has published yet another brilliant text from co-authors Bob Flaws and Philippe Sionneau. The Treatment of Modern Western Medical Diseases with Chinese Medicine: A Textbook and Clinical Manual conveys the authors' collective 30 years of experience. Bob Flaws and Philippe Sionneau have taken 72 modern Western diseases not seen in most English-Chinese medical texts and illustrated the disease patterns and treatment protocols for each.

Like most texts in this field, the first section is devoted to basic to advanced theories of diagnosis patterns in Chinese medicine. However, unlike most texts, this initial section includes an explanation of renowned practitioners and their specific diagnosis theories not taught in most Western Chinese medical schools. These include Li Dong-Yuan's theory of yin fire, Liu Wan-Su's theory of similar transformations, and Zhu Dan-Xi's theory of the Six Depressions.

The second section of the text is the treatment formulary. The 72 subsequent chapters are arranged in alphabetical order according to the medical disease discussed. Each chapter begins with the allopathic etiology of the disease and concludes with several important remarks from a TCM perspective. The diseases are broken down into their various TCM patterns, and a treatment formulary is prescribed for each, including herbal medicines, patent remedies and acupuncture points. I found the "additions" and "subtractions" an extremely valuable reference tool to help individualize the treatments.

There is no way to "cookbook" a treatment plan that involves the use of acupuncture and herbal medicines. What this text attempts to do is present the basis for use of each different type of acupoint and herbal formulary for each diseased pattern, and allow students and practitioners alike to make their own decisions as to which will be most effective in a given clinical situation. I believe this text is an essential manual to own. The Treatment of Modern Western Medical Diseases with Chinese Medicine: A Textbook and Clinical Manual will benefit students and practitioners of both Eastern and Western medicine. I look forward to similar volumes in the near future.

Dr. Dichiera's rating: 10 out of 10
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Prepare you to Practice Professionally, April 22, 2009
This review is from: Treatment of Modern Western Medical Diseases with Chinese Medicine : A Textbook and Clinical Manual (Hardcover)
Bob cited each western disease and diagnosed by TCM theory (Yin-Yang, Heat-Cold, Excess-Deficiency...) then refered to TCM treatment (acupuncture points and herb formulars) for such disease. I just wish
that there should be more diseases in the book because we have many complications in real practice and couldn't find in this text. In conclusion this is a good one and if your practice is so challenging you
may find some other books that have more western diseases.
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In Chinese medicine, it is said that the treatment principles are the bridge between the patient's pattern and their treatment. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
please see pattern, concomitant blood stasis, concomitant liver depression, concomitant blood vacuity, endowment insufficiency, back transport point, yang vacuity, yin vacuity, damp impediment, spleen vacuity, ascendant liver yang hyperactivity, lifegate fire, possible static macules, moxibustion warms, external genital sores, internal engenderment, unregulated eating, jia jian, complicates other patterns, torpid intake, depressive heat, marked blood stasis, severe blood vacuity, red tongue with scanty fur, ductal glomus
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Gan Cao, Bai Zhu, Dang Gui, Dang Shen, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Bai Shao, Sclerotium Poriae Cocos, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Codonopsitis Pilosulae, Ban Xia, Dan Shen, Chuan Xiong, Radix Astragali Membranacei, Huang Qin, Shan Yao, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Radix Albus Paeoniae Lactiflorae, Nei Guan, Chi Shao, Radix Bupleuri, Gui Zhi, Yin Ling Quan, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Tai Chong
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