The Practice of Chinese Medicine

1. HEADACHES

2. DIZZINESS

3. BREATHLESSNESS

4. WHEEZING

5. ASTHMA

6. ALLERGIC RHINITIS

7. SINUSITIS

8. COUGH

9. THE PSYCHE IN CHINESE MEDICINE

10. THE EMOTIONS

11. AETIOLOGY OF MENTAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS

12. DIAGNOSIS OF MENTAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS

13. DEPRESSION

14. ANXIETY

15. INSOMNIA

16. PATTERNS IN MENTAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR TREATMENT WITH HERBAL MEDICINE AND ACUPUNCTURE

17. TINNITUS

18. GOITRE (THYROID PROBLEMS)

19. HYPERTENSION

20. TIREDNESS

21. CHEST PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION SYNDROME

22. EPIGASTRIC PAIN

23. NAUSEA/VOMITING

24. ACID REFLUX

25. MOUTH ULCERS

26. HYPOCHONDRIAL PAIN

27. ABDOMINAL PAIN

28. ABDOMINAL MASSES

29. DIARRHOEA

30. CONSTIPATION

31. URINARY SYNDROME

32. ENURESIS AND INCONTINENCE

33. URINARY RETENTION

34. INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS

35. BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA

36. PROSTATITIS

37. OEDEMA

38. PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION SYNDROME

39. LOWER BACK-ACHE

40. FIBROMYALGIA

41. CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

42. PARKINSON'S DISEASE

43. WIND-STROKE

44. ATROPHY SYNDROME

45. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

46. BLEEDING

47. ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION

48. COMMON COLD AND INFLUENZA

APPENDIX 1. IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS ACCORDING TO THE SIX STAGES

APPENDIX 2. IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS ACCORDING TO THE FOUR LEVELS

APPENDIX 3. IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS ACCORDING TO THE THREE BURNERS

APPENDIX 4. LIST OF PRESCRIPTIONS

APPENDIX 5. ACUPUNCTURE POINTSFOR MENTAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CHINESE DYNASTIES

Maciocia, Giovanni
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).

"This well laid-out book with excellent texts is easy to use, and suitable for Chinese medicine students and practitioners. To quote from another new book edited by Hugh MacPherson, "Acupuncture Research", 'One of the key characteristics of a profession is the ownership of a unique body of knowledge that informs professional practice and is constantly reviewed, renewed and augmented by the profession itself.' This beautifully presented text by Maciocia has clearly achieved this outcome." Australian Journal of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine "This book is one of the most authentic and comprehensive in print and will prove to be an invaluable resource for practitioners of Chinese medicine." Embody Magazine, summer 2009