Diseases of the Neck, Shoulders, Back, and Limbs-TCM(traditional Chinese medicine)

This book is the fourth volume in a seven-volume series titled The Treatment of Disease in TCM authored by Philippe Sionneay and Lu Gang. In this volume, the authors discuss the TCM disease cuases and mechanisms, pattern discrimination, treatment principles, medicinal formulas and acupuncture treatments for a wide variety of pain complains of the upper body, back, and limbs. This book is unique in the number of different body complains it discusses as well as the inclusiveness of the patterns listed under each disease category. It is a "must have" for any busy clinician. This is the fourth volume in the seven-volume series titled The Treatment of Disease in TCM authored by Sionneau and Gang. In this volume, they discuss the TCM disease causes and mechanisms, pattern discrimination, treatment principles, formulas and their modifications, and acupuncture and moxibustion for a wide variety of Diseases of the Neck, Shoulders, Back, and Limbs. Various pain complaints of the body and limbs are the stock in trade of most Western practitioners of Chinese medicine. Practitioners will find this book an invaluable resource for dealing with patients with everything from shoulder pain to diabetic sores on the lower limbs. Not only is this book unique because of the number of different body complaints it discusses, but because of the inclusiveness of the patterns listed under each disease category. In addition, the modifications of the guiding formulas and acupuncture protocols exemplify and ensure individualized treatment plans for individual patients. If you find this volume as useful in clinical practice as we think you will, you will not want to miss the other six volumes in this series This book is the fourth volume in this extremely popular series. In it, students and practitioners will find the disease causes and mechanisms, patterns, acupuncture, and Chinese herbal treatment of three dozen or more diseases affecting the neck, shoulders, upper and lower back, arms and legs, hands and feet, fingers and toes. In this book, the reader will find everything from ridged fingernails to diabetic ulcers in addition to the diagnosis and treatment of numerous types of bodily pain. v. 1. Diseases of the head and face including mental/emotional disorders -- v. 2. Diseases of the eyes, ears, nose & throat -- v. 3. Diseases of the mouth, lips, tongue, teeth & gums -- v. 4. Diseases of the neck, shoulders, back, and limbs -- v. 5. Diseases of the chest & abdomen -- v. 6. Diseases of the urogenital system & proctology -- v. 7. General symptoms.