The Treatment of Modern Western Medical Diseases with Chinese Medicine

Authors: Bob Flaws, Philippe Sionneau

Publisher: Blue Poppy Press

Publication: 2001

Number of pages: 567

Softcover book

The Treatment of Modern Western Medical Diseases with Chinese Medicine: Since the initial publication of this book, the most complete clinical manual on the Chinese medical treatment of modern Western diseases, it has become far and away the best selling title that Blue Poppy Press publishes. Now this second edition has been expanded, updated, and improved. The expanded edition covers 79 common Western diseases, seven more than the previous book. For each disease, the book covers both acupuncture and Chinese medicine protocols for treatment as well as a comprehensive review of Western medicine. In addition, all the herb listings have been reformatted as easy-to-read lists instead of paragraphs, and all herbs are now listed with pin-yin first and Latin nomenclature second. Finally, all herbal listings have been updated to correspond to changes in the latest edition of Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica by Bensky, Clavey, and Stöger.

• Still's Disease
• Ankylosing Spondylitis
• Fanconi's Syndrome
• Dengue Fever
• Costochondritis
• Psoriatic Arthritis
• Romberg's Syndrome

From the Preface: This book is a textbook and clinical manual on the treatment of modern Western medical diseases with Chinese medicine. By modern Western medical diseases, we mean all the disease categories of Western medicine excluding gynecology and pediatrics. By Chinese medicine, we mean standard contemporary professional Chinese medicine as taught at the two dozen provincial Chinese medical colleges in the People's Respublic of China. The two main therapeutic modalities used in the practice of this style of Chinese medicine are acupuncture-moxibustion and the internal administration of multi-ingredient Chinese medicinal formulas. Treatment plans for each disease discussed herein are given for each of these two main modalities.

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.