Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture

This clinical manual describes the treatment of 185 diseases and 18 common symptoms with Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture.
Some 200 diseases, spanning such TCM specialities as internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, dermatology and otorhinolaryngology, are discussed relative to their etiology and pathogenesis according to TCM, with emphasis on key points in diagnosis, differentiation of syndrome and treatment.
Each disease is detailed according to treatment based on differntiation of syndromes, patent Chinese medicine, common herbal formulas, acupuncture and moxibustion and other therapies.
With its comprehensive coverage of diseases and common symptoms providing solutions to most clinical problems,
this book will be useful to all acupuncture practitioners and latter-year students (including physiotherapists and medically qualified acupuncturists), as well as Western and Chinese herbal medicine practitioners.
With a foreword by Giovanni Maciocia.

About the author:
Professor Jin Hui De was born in 1943 into a family with a long-standing tradition of practising Chinese medicine – his mother, grandfather and great grandfather were all practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine.
He studied English for four years before he began teaching in Nanjing University of TCM where he later gained a diploma in TCM. Since 1979 he has been working in the International Acupuncture Training Centre of Nanjing University of TCM as a TCM doctor, translator and interpreter. He has extensive knowledge of TCM, both theoretically and clinically, from his education at Nanjing University of TCM and through his own practice. He has compiled and translated a number of TCM books, for example, Acupuncture Treatment of Common Diseases Based on Differentiation of Syndromes, Concise Traditional Chinese Gynecology, Essential of Traditional Chinese Pediatrics and A Clinical Guide to Chinese Herbs and Formulae. In 1993 and 1994 he practised TCM in Denmark, and since April 1995 he has been practising Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture and Chinese massage in London.
He lectures widely at TCM colleges in the UK and Ireland.