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Obstetrics and Gynecology in Chinese Medicine

  • 2 Edición - 12 de mayo de 2011
  • Última edición
  • Autor: Giovanni Maciocia
  • Idioma: Inglés

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… Leer más

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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 work…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.

Puntos claves

• 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

De interès para

All students and practitioners of Chinese medicine
Obstetricians and gynecologists

Índice

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

Reseñas

"This book provides an interesting counterpoint for obstetricians and gynaecologists practicing western medicine, as the explanations, treatments and management are so different...Dr Maciocia is able to compare the up-to-date Western scientific treatment and pathophysiology of the conditions with the TCM perspective...it is hard to imagine a more diverse, comprehensive or better text-book for those practicing TCM who are spcialising in woman's health, or for obstetricians and gynaecologists with an interest in TCM."

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, May 2012

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 2
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 12 de mayo de 2011
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre el autor

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Giovanni Maciocia

Giovanni Maciocia is one of the most highly-regarded and respected authors and lecturers in the West. He is Visiting Associate Professor at the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and has many years of experience in teaching and practice. Giovanni trained initially in the UK and then in China, learned Chinese to be able to study from original Chinese texts, and was one of the first practitioners and authors to introduce Chinese medicine in a clear and accessible way to a Western student audience.

Giovanni Maciocia has written other best-selling books under the Elsevier Churchill Livingstone imprint - The Practice of Chinese Medicine: The Treatment of Diseases with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs, 2e (ISBN 978-0443074905), Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide, 1e (ISBN 9780443064487), The Channels of Acupuncture: Clinical Use of the Secondary Channels and Eight Extraordinary Vessels, 1e (ISBN 9780443074912), The Psyche in Chinese Medicine: Treatment of Emotional and Mental Disharmonies with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs, 1e (ISBN 9780702029882), and Obstetrics and Gynecology in Chinese Medicine, 2e (ISBN 9780443104220).

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Acupuncturist and Medical Herbalist, UK; Visiting Professor, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.