This new edition of The Treatment of Pain with Chinese Herbs and Acupuncture gives a thorough and analytical review of the diagnosis and treatment options for pain, using acupuncture with Chinese herbal medicine. Based on the clinical experience of the author and supported by that of acupuncturists in Chinese universities, it offers a comprehensive and detailed set of treatments for a wide variety of pain symptoms and conditions, and includes detailed modifications of the treatments, to aid clinical practice.
Although pain syndromes are often complicated, involving both psychological and physical difficulties, resulting in sometimes hesitation in deciding a correct treatment, there are still some short-cut ways to achieve a successful result. Therefore, the essential intentions of the authors are very clear:
To demonstrate the practitioners how to differentiate the clinical situations and how to establish the corresponding treatments.
To illustrate how to apply Chinese herbs logically and how to consist an acupuncture prescription reasonably and effectively.
- Thorough exploration of the aetiologies and pathologies for pain in the context of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Clear discussion of the principles of treatment, acupuncture point selection and combination
- Detailed explanation of herbal and acupuncture treatments for common and complex pain conditions
- Deals comprehensively with the commonest clinical presenting symptoms
- Provides treatment plans and modifications to these plans, offering more options for the practitioner
- Includes detailed and useful case histories
- New chapter on treatment of pain in children
- Separate sections for the gynecologic conditions
- Includes Western-named conditions
- Red Flags for practitioners to indicate situations which are potentially life-threatening or dangerous
- Suggested treatments now include acupuncture as well as herbal treatments
- Following on from each treatment a prognosis is now provided
Review
“This is a highly significant work and the professors and doctors who wrote this are clearly very knowledgeable in there own fields. The authors have explained all the variations of each pathology with regard to Acupuncture and the use of Chinese Herbs in great detail. The information on acupuncture is nothing short of stunning” Sigyta Hart, RCHM News, February 2003 –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Product Details
- Hardcover: 704 pages
- Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 2 edition (September 15, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0702031798
- ISBN-13: 978-0702031793
- ISBN-13: 9780702031793
- eText ISBN: 9781455725250
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