The practice of Chinese medicine: the treatment of diseases with acupuncture and Chinese herbs

The 2nd edition of The Practice of Chinese Medicine: The Treatment of Diseases with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs describes the application of traditional Chinese medical theory to the diagnosis and treatment of 48 diseases, conditions and disorders. In addition to the existing 34 covered in the first edition, 14 new conditions and symptoms have been added, and these include common, chronic, and acute conditions which clinicians may see in their practice. Each chapter contains aetiology and pathology; differential diagnosis according to TCM; selection of treatments with acupuncture and herbs, with explanation of choices; case studies for illustration; summary of Western differential diagnosis; and discussion of prognosis and prevention. This book brings the enormous wealth of the author's experience, and his insights in applying TCM medicine to a Western context, to the support of all clinicians whatever their own range of experiences. "...the "excellent" book on Chinese medicine is now available in a concise CD-ROM format...the user can add his own notes, create bookmarks, and highlight areas of interest ...includes a search option and hypertext links." Front Cover......Page 1 The Practice of Chinese Medicine: The Treatment of Diseases with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs......Page 3 Copyright Page......Page 4 Foreword......Page 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 7 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION......Page 9 NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION OF CHINESE MEDICAL TERMS......Page 15 CHAPTER 1. HEADACHES......Page 21 AETIOLOGY......Page 22 CHANNELS......Page 26 PATHOLOGY......Page 30 DIAGNOSIS......Page 32 TREATMENT STRATEGIES AND PRINCIPLES OF POINT SELECTION......Page 37 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 39 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 72 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 75 WESTERN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF HEADACHES......Page 79 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION......Page 83 END NOTES......Page 84 CHAPTER 2. DIZZINESS......Page 85 PATHOLOGY......Page 86 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 87 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 93 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION......Page 94 END NOTES......Page 95 CHAPTER 3. BREATHLESSNESS (CHUAN)......Page 97 AETIOLOGY......Page 98 PATHOLOGY......Page 99 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 101 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION......Page 116 WESTERN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS......Page 117 END NOTES......Page 119 CHAPTER 4. WHEEZING (XIAO)......Page 121 PATHOLOGY......Page 122 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 123 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 129 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION......Page 130 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION......Page 131 END NOTES......Page 132 CHAPTER 5. ALLERGIC ASTHMA (ATOPIC ECZEMA)......Page 133 ALLERGIC ASTHMA IN WESTERN MEDICINE......Page 135 CONNECTIONS AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EARLY-ONSET ALLERGIC ASTHMA AND XIAO-CHUAN......Page 145 A NEW THEORY OF ASTHMA......Page 150 IN BETWEEN ATTACKS......Page 161 THE LIVER AND ASTHMA......Page 165 ATOPIC ECZEMA......Page 167 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 173 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 181 CASE HISTORIES......Page 184 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION......Page 191 WESTERN DRUG THERAPY......Page 192 END NOTES......Page 194 ALLERGIC RHINITIS IN WESTERN MEDICINE......Page 197 THE CHINESE THEORY OF BI YUAN......Page 199 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ALLERGIC RHINITIS AND BI YUAN......Page 201 A NEW THEORY OF ALLERGIC RHINITIS......Page 202 TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC RHINITIS......Page 204 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 212 CASE HISTORIES......Page 217 END NOTES......Page 219 CHAPTER 7. SINUSITIS (NASAL POLYPS)......Page 221 AETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY......Page 222 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 223 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 230 CHINESE MEDICINE TREATMENT......Page 231 END NOTES......Page 233 CHAPTER 8. COUGH......Page 235 AETIOLOGY......Page 236 PATHOLOGY......Page 237 ACUPUNCTURE IN COUGH......Page 239 DIAGNOSIS......Page 240 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 241 ACUTE......Page 242 ACUTE EXTERIOR......Page 243 ACUTE INTERIOR......Page 246 CHRONIC FULL......Page 249 CHRONIC EMPTY......Page 253 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 256 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 259 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION......Page 260 END NOTES......Page 262 NATURE OF THE MIND (SHEN) IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 263 THE FIVE MENTAL-SPIRITUAL ASPECTS......Page 267 END NOTES......Page 295 CHAPTER 10. THE EMOTIONS......Page 297 THE EMOTIONS......Page 302 THE PATHOLOGY OF QI AND MINISTER FIRE IN EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS......Page 318 END NOTES......Page 330 CHAPTER 11. AETIOLOGY OF MENTALEMOTIONAL PROBLEMS......Page 331 CONSTITUTION......Page 332 DIET......Page 336 DRUGS......Page 337 PREVENTION OF MENTALEMOTIONAL PROBLEMS......Page 339 END NOTES......Page 340 COMPLEXION......Page 341 EYES......Page 343 PULSE......Page 344 TONGUE......Page 346 END NOTES......Page 351 CHAPTER 13. DEPRESSION......Page 353 DEFINITION AND WESTERN MEDICINE’S VIEW......Page 354 PATHOLOGY OF DEPRESSION IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 355 AETIOLOGY......Page 360 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 362 ACUPUNCTURE POINTS FOR DEPRESSION......Page 378 HERBS FOR DEPRESSION......Page 384 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 386 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 390 CASE HISTORIES......Page 395 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS......Page 402 END NOTES......Page 403 ANXIETY IN WESTERN MEDICINE......Page 405 ANXIETY IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 407 AETIOLOGY......Page 410 PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT PRINCIPLES......Page 411 ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT OF ANXIETY......Page 415 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 417 CASE HISTORIES......Page 424 END NOTES......Page 426 CHAPTER 15. INSOMNIA (SOMNOLENCE, POOR MEMORY)......Page 427 AETIOLOGY......Page 429 PATHOLOGY......Page 431 DIAGNOSIS......Page 433 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 434 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 448 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 451 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS......Page 453 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 454 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 458 END NOTES......Page 460 CHAPTER 16. PATTERNS IN MENTALEMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR TREATMENT WITH HERBAL MEDICINE AND ACUPUNCTURE......Page 461 THE EFFECT OF MENTAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS ON QI, BLOOD, YIN AND PATHOGENIC FACTORS......Page 462 MIND OBSTRUCTED, UNSETTLED, WEAKENED......Page 467 MIND OBSTRUCTED......Page 470 MIND UNSETTLED......Page 482 MIND WEAKENED......Page 498 END NOTES......Page 511 AETIOLOGY......Page 513 PATHOLOGY......Page 514 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 516 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 524 END NOTES......Page 525 CHAPTER 18. GOITRE (HYPOTHYROIDISM, HYPERTHYROIDISM)......Page 527 AETIOLOGY......Page 529 PATHOLOGY......Page 530 DIAGNOSIS......Page 531 GENERAL TREATMENT INDICATIONS......Page 532 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 534 GOITRE IN WESTERN MEDICINE......Page 539 PATHOLOGY......Page 541 CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS......Page 542 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 543 PATHOLOGY......Page 546 CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS......Page 547 HYPERTHYROIDISM IN CHINESE MEDICINE: A REVIEW OF CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 548 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 553 CASE HISTORIES......Page 557 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 559 END NOTES......Page 560 CHAPTER 19. HYPERTENSION......Page 561 HYPERTENSION IN WESTERN MEDICINE......Page 562 HYPERTENSION IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 567 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 577 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 589 CASE HISTORIES......Page 590 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS......Page 592 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 593 END NOTES......Page 597 CHAPTER 20. TIREDNESS......Page 599 AETIOLOGY......Page 601 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 606 PATHOLOGY......Page 604 EMPTY......Page 607 FULL......Page 623 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS......Page 637 WESTERN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS......Page 638 END NOTES......Page 639 CHAPTER 21. CHEST PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION SYNDROME......Page 641 AETIOLOGY......Page 642 PATHOLOGY......Page 643 DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS......Page 646 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 647 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION......Page 661 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 662 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 674 WESTERN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS......Page 679 END NOTES......Page 681 CHAPTER 22. EPIGASTRIC PAIN......Page 683 AETIOLOGY......Page 684 PATHOLOGY......Page 688 DIAGNOSIS......Page 689 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 691 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 712 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 716 WESTERN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS......Page 720 END NOTES......Page 721 CHAPTER 23. NAUSEA AND VOMITING......Page 723 AETIOLOGY......Page 724 PATHOLOGY......Page 725 DIAGNOSIS......Page 726 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 727 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 735 END NOTES......Page 736 CHAPTER 24. GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE......Page 737 GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 739 AETIOLOGY OF GASTROOESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE......Page 740 PATHOLOGY OF GASTROOESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE......Page 741 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 743 END NOTES......Page 747 CHAPTER 25. MOUTH ULCERS......Page 749 MOUTH ULCERS IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 750 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 755 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 761 END NOTES......Page 763 CHAPTER 26. HYPOCHONDRIAL PAIN (GALL BLADDER STONES)......Page 765 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 766 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION......Page 770 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS......Page 771 TREATMENT......Page 772 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 773 END NOTES......Page 776 CHAPTER 27. ABDOMINAL PAIN......Page 777 AETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY......Page 778 DIAGNOSIS......Page 779 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 782 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS......Page 796 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION......Page 797 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION......Page 798 END NOTES......Page 799 CHAPTER 28. ABDOMINAL MASSES......Page 801 PATHOLOGY......Page 802 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 803 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 812 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION......Page 817 END NOTES......Page 818 AETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY......Page 819 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 821 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 830 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION......Page 835 END NOTES......Page 836 CHAPTER 30. CONSTIPATION......Page 837 AETIOLOGY......Page 838 PATHOLOGY......Page 839 DIAGNOSIS......Page 841 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 842 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 853 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION......Page 854 END NOTES......Page 855 CHAPTER 31. URINARY SYNDROME (URINARY CALCULI)......Page 857 PATHOLOGY......Page 859 OVERVIEW OF PATTERNS......Page 861 AETIOLOGY......Page 864 DIAGNOSIS......Page 865 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 867 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 883 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS......Page 887 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION......Page 888 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 889 AETIOLOGY......Page 891 TREATMENT......Page 892 END NOTES......Page 894 CHAPTER 32. ENURESIS AND INCONTINENCE (BLOOD IN THE URINE)......Page 895 PATHOLOGY......Page 896 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 897 PROGNOSIS......Page 904 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 905 END NOTES......Page 908 CHAPTER 33. URINARY RETENTION......Page 909 PATHOLOGY......Page 910 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 911 END NOTES......Page 915 CHAPTER 34. INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS......Page 917 INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 918 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 919 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION......Page 923 THE PROSTATE AND BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA IN WESTERN MEDICINE......Page 925 THE PROSTATE IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 927 PATHOLOGY OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 930 TREATMENT STRATEGIES......Page 932 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 934 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 938 END NOTES......Page 943 CHRONIC PROSTATITIS IN WESTERN MEDICINE......Page 945 CHRONIC PROSTATITIS IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 947 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 949 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 957 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 961 END NOTES......Page 963 CHAPTER 37. OEDEMA (NEPHRITIS)......Page 965 AETIOLOGY......Page 966 PATHOLOGY......Page 967 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 970 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 981 AETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY......Page 982 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 983 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 987 END NOTES......Page 992 CHAPTER 38. PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION SYNDROME (RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS)......Page 993 AETIOLOGY......Page 997 PATHOLOGY......Page 999 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS......Page 1000 TREATMENT PRINCIPLES......Page 1003 ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT......Page 1004 HERBAL THERAPY......Page 1013 TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY......Page 1025 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION......Page 1041 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 1043 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 1050 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION......Page 1053 AETIOLOGY......Page 1059 PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT PRINCIPLES......Page 1060 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 1062 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 1070 END NOTES......Page 1072 CHAPTER 39. LOWER BACKACHE AND SCIATICA......Page 1075 AETIOLOGY......Page 1078 PATHOLOGY......Page 1079 DIAGNOSIS......Page 1081 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND HERBAL TREATMENT......Page 1084 ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT OF LOWER BACKACHE......Page 1087 TREATMENT OF SCIATICA......Page 1094 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS......Page 1098 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION......Page 1099 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 1100 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION......Page 1107 END NOTES......Page 1110 CHAPTER 40. FIBROMYALGIA......Page 1111 FIBROMYALGIA IN WESTERN MEDICINE......Page 1112 FIBROMYALGIA IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 1117 AETIOLOGY OF FIBROMYALGIA IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 1125 PATHOLOGY OF FIBROMYALGIA IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 1126 TREATMENT PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGY......Page 1128 ACUPUNCTURE IN THE TREATMENT OF FIBROMYALGIA......Page 1131 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 1135 COMPARISON OF MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME, FIBROMYALGIA AND POSTVIRAL FATIGUE SYNDROME......Page 1143 END NOTES......Page 1145 CHAPTER 41. CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME......Page 1147 CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME IN WESTERN MEDICINE......Page 1148 CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 1153 AETIOLOGY......Page 1165 PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT PRINCIPLES......Page 1166 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 1168 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS......Page 1188 END NOTES......Page 1189 CHAPTER 42. PARKINSON’S DISEASE......Page 1191 PATHOLOGY......Page 1192 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 1194 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION......Page 1202 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 1203 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 1207 END NOTES......Page 1209 CHAPTER 43. WIND-STROKE......Page 1211 AETIOLOGY......Page 1212 PATHOLOGY......Page 1213 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS......Page 1214 TREATMENT......Page 1217 ATTACK OF THE CHANNELS ALONE......Page 1219 PATTERNS IN THE SEQUELAE STAGE......Page 1227 OTHER METHODS OF TREATMENT......Page 1230 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 1231 END NOTES......Page 1238 AETIOLOGY......Page 1239 PATHOLOGY......Page 1241 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 1242 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 1251 PROGNOSIS AND WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION......Page 1254 END NOTES......Page 1255 CHAPTER 45. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS......Page 1257 AETIOLOGY......Page 1259 PATHOLOGY......Page 1260 ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT......Page 1261 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 1263 PROGNOSIS......Page 1270 END NOTES......Page 1272 CHAPTER 46. BLEEDING......Page 1275 AETIOLOGY......Page 1276 PATHOLOGY......Page 1277 TREATMENT PRINCIPLES......Page 1279 COUGHING BLOOD......Page 1284 BLOOD IN THE STOOLS......Page 1288 BLOOD IN THE URINE......Page 1291 BLEEDING UNDER THE SKIN......Page 1296 BLEEDING GUMS......Page 1298 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 1300 END NOTES......Page 1302 CHAPTER 47. ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION......Page 1303 ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 1305 AETIOLOGY OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 1313 PATHOLOGY OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 1314 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 1316 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE......Page 1326 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 1330 INTRODUCTION......Page 1333 AETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY......Page 1336 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT......Page 1341 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION......Page 1356 END NOTES......Page 1357 GREATER YANG STAGE......Page 1359 LESSER YIN STAGE......Page 1360 TERMINAL YIN STAGE......Page 1361 DEFENSIVE-QI LEVEL......Page 1363 QI LEVEL......Page 1364 BLOOD LEVEL......Page 1365 MIDDLE BURNER......Page 1367 LOWER BURNER......Page 1368 Appendix 4: PRESCRIPTIONS......Page 1369 EMPIRICAL PRESCRIPTIONS......Page 1444 Appendix 5: ACUPUNCTURE POINTS FOR MENTAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS......Page 1455 ENGLISH–PINYIN GLOSSARY OF CHINESE TERMS......Page 1467 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 1483 CHRONOLOGY OF CHINESE DYNASTIES......Page 1487 INDEX......Page 1489 Color Plate Section......Page 1522 Front Cover 1 The Practice of Chinese Medicine: The Treatment of Diseases with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs 3 Copyright Page 4 Foreword 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 9 NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION OF CHINESE MEDICAL TERMS 15 CHAPTER 1. HEADACHES 21 AETIOLOGY 22 CHANNELS 26 PATHOLOGY 30 DIAGNOSIS 32 TREATMENT STRATEGIES AND PRINCIPLES OF POINT SELECTION 37 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 39 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 72 CLINICAL TRIALS 75 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS 79 WESTERN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF HEADACHES 79 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 83 END NOTES 84 CHAPTER 2. DIZZINESS 85 AETIOLOGY 86 PATHOLOGY 86 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 87 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 93 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION 94 END NOTES 95 CHAPTER 3. BREATHLESSNESS (CHUAN) 97 AETIOLOGY 98 PATHOLOGY 99 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 101 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 116 WESTERN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS 117 END NOTES 119 CHAPTER 4. WHEEZING (XIAO) 121 AETIOLOGY 122 PATHOLOGY 122 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 123 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 129 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 130 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION 131 END NOTES 132 CHAPTER 5. ALLERGIC ASTHMA (ATOPIC ECZEMA) 133 ALLERGIC ASTHMA IN WESTERN MEDICINE 135 CONNECTIONS AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EARLY-ONSET ALLERGIC ASTHMA AND XIAO-CHUAN 145 A NEW THEORY OF ASTHMA 150 IN BETWEEN ATTACKS 161 THE LIVER AND ASTHMA 165 ATOPIC ECZEMA 167 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 173 CLINICAL TRIALS 181 CASE HISTORIES 184 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS 191 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 191 WESTERN DRUG THERAPY 192 END NOTES 194 CHAPTER 6. ALLERGIC RHINITIS 197 ALLERGIC RHINITIS IN WESTERN MEDICINE 197 THE CHINESE THEORY OF BI YUAN 199 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ALLERGIC RHINITIS AND BI YUAN 201 A NEW THEORY OF ALLERGIC RHINITIS 202 TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC RHINITIS 204 CLINICAL TRIALS 212 CASE HISTORIES 217 END NOTES 219 CHAPTER 7. SINUSITIS (NASAL POLYPS) 221 AETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY 222 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 223 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 230 CLINICAL TRIALS 230 PROGNOSIS 231 CHINESE MEDICINE TREATMENT 231 END NOTES 233 CHAPTER 8. COUGH 235 AETIOLOGY 236 PATHOLOGY 237 ACUPUNCTURE IN COUGH 239 DIAGNOSIS 240 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 241 ACUTE 242 ACUTE EXTERIOR 243 ACUTE INTERIOR 246 CHRONIC 249 CHRONIC FULL 249 CHRONIC EMPTY 253 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 256 CLINICAL TRIALS 259 PROGNOSIS 260 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION 260 END NOTES 262 CHAPTER 9. THE PSYCHE IN CHINESE MEDICINE 263 NATURE OF THE MIND (SHEN) IN CHINESE MEDICINE 263 THE FIVE MENTAL-SPIRITUAL ASPECTS 267 END NOTES 295 CHAPTER 10. THE EMOTIONS 297 THE EMOTIONS 302 THE PATHOLOGY OF QI AND MINISTER FIRE IN EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS 318 END NOTES 330 CHAPTER 11. AETIOLOGY OF MENTALEMOTIONAL PROBLEMS 331 CONSTITUTION 332 DIET 336 OVERWORK 337 EXCESSIVE SEXUAL ACTIVITY 337 DRUGS 337 PREVENTION OF MENTALEMOTIONAL PROBLEMS 339 END NOTES 340 CHAPTER 12. DIAGNOSIS OF MENTALEMOTIONAL PROBLEMS 341 COMPLEXION 341 EYES 343 PULSE 344 TONGUE 346 END NOTES 351 CHAPTER 13. DEPRESSION 353 DEFINITION AND WESTERN MEDICINE’S VIEW 354 PATHOLOGY OF DEPRESSION IN CHINESE MEDICINE 355 AETIOLOGY 360 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 362 ACUPUNCTURE POINTS FOR DEPRESSION 378 HERBS FOR DEPRESSION 384 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 386 CLINICAL TRIALS 390 CASE HISTORIES 395 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS 402 END NOTES 403 CHAPTER 14. ANXIETY 405 ANXIETY IN WESTERN MEDICINE 405 ANXIETY IN CHINESE MEDICINE 407 AETIOLOGY 410 PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT PRINCIPLES 411 ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT OF ANXIETY 415 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 417 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 424 CASE HISTORIES 424 END NOTES 426 CHAPTER 15. INSOMNIA (SOMNOLENCE, POOR MEMORY) 427 AETIOLOGY 429 PATHOLOGY 431 DIAGNOSIS 433 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 434 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 448 CLINICAL TRIALS 451 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS 453 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 454 AETIOLOGY 458 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 458 END NOTES 460 CHAPTER 16. PATTERNS IN MENTALEMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR TREATMENT WITH HERBAL MEDICINE AND ACUPUNCTURE 461 THE EFFECT OF MENTAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS ON QI, BLOOD, YIN AND PATHOGENIC FACTORS 462 MIND OBSTRUCTED, UNSETTLED, WEAKENED 467 MIND OBSTRUCTED 470 MIND UNSETTLED 482 MIND WEAKENED 498 NOTE 511 END NOTES 511 CHAPTER 17. TINNITUS 513 AETIOLOGY 513 PATHOLOGY 514 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 516 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 524 PROGNOSIS 525 END NOTES 525 CHAPTER 18. GOITRE (HYPOTHYROIDISM, HYPERTHYROIDISM) 527 AETIOLOGY 529 PATHOLOGY 530 DIAGNOSIS 531 GENERAL TREATMENT INDICATIONS 532 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 534 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 539 GOITRE IN WESTERN MEDICINE 539 PATHOLOGY 541 CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS 542 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 543 PATHOLOGY 546 CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS 547 HYPERTHYROIDISM IN CHINESE MEDICINE: A REVIEW OF CHINESE LITERATURE 548 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 553 CASE HISTORIES 557 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 559 END NOTES 560 CHAPTER 19. HYPERTENSION 561 HYPERTENSION IN WESTERN MEDICINE 562 HYPERTENSION IN CHINESE MEDICINE 567 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 577 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 589 CASE HISTORIES 590 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS 592 CLINICAL TRIALS 593 END NOTES 597 CHAPTER 20. TIREDNESS 599 AETIOLOGY 601 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 606 PATHOLOGY 604 EMPTY 607 FULL 623 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS 637 WESTERN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS 638 END NOTES 639 CHAPTER 21. CHEST PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION SYNDROME 641 AETIOLOGY 642 PATHOLOGY 643 DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS 646 TREATMENT STRATEGIES 647 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 647 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 661 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 662 CLINICAL TRIALS 674 WESTERN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS 679 END NOTES 681 CHAPTER 22. EPIGASTRIC PAIN 683 AETIOLOGY 684 PATHOLOGY 688 DIAGNOSIS 689 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 691 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 712 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 712 CLINICAL TRIALS 716 WESTERN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS 720 END NOTES 721 CHAPTER 23. NAUSEA AND VOMITING 723 AETIOLOGY 724 PATHOLOGY 725 DIAGNOSIS 726 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 727 CLINICAL TRIALS 735 END NOTES 736 CHAPTER 24. GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE 737 GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE IN CHINESE MEDICINE 739 AETIOLOGY OF GASTROOESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE 740 PATHOLOGY OF GASTROOESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE 741 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 743 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 747 END NOTES 747 CHAPTER 25. MOUTH ULCERS 749 MOUTH ULCERS IN CHINESE MEDICINE 750 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 755 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 761 END NOTES 763 CHAPTER 26. HYPOCHONDRIAL PAIN (GALL BLADDER STONES) 765 AETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY 766 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 766 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION 770 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS 771 TREATMENT 772 NOTES ON ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT 773 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 773 END NOTES 776 CHAPTER 27. ABDOMINAL PAIN 777 AETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY 778 DIAGNOSIS 779 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 782 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 796 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS 796 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 797 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION 798 END NOTES 799 CHAPTER 28. ABDOMINAL MASSES 801 AETIOLOGY 802 PATHOLOGY 802 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 803 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 812 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 817 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION 818 END NOTES 818 CHAPTER 29. DIARRHOEA 819 AETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY 819 DIAGNOSIS 821 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 821 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 830 PROGNOSIS 835 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION 835 END NOTES 836 CHAPTER 30. CONSTIPATION 837 AETIOLOGY 838 PATHOLOGY 839 DIAGNOSIS 841 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 842 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 853 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 853 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION 854 END NOTES 855 CHAPTER 31. URINARY SYNDROME (URINARY CALCULI) 857 PATHOLOGY 859 OVERVIEW OF PATTERNS 861 AETIOLOGY 864 DIAGNOSIS 865 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 867 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 883 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 887 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS 887 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION 888 CLINICAL TRIALS 889 PATHOLOGY 891 AETIOLOGY 891 TREATMENT 892 PROGNOSIS 894 END NOTES 894 CHAPTER 32. ENURESIS AND INCONTINENCE (BLOOD IN THE URINE) 895 AETIOLOGY 896 PATHOLOGY 896 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 897 PROGNOSIS 904 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 905 END NOTES 908 CHAPTER 33. URINARY RETENTION 909 PATHOLOGY 910 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 911 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 915 END NOTES 915 CHAPTER 34. INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS 917 INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS IN CHINESE MEDICINE 918 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 919 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 923 CHAPTER 35. BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA 925 THE PROSTATE AND BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA IN WESTERN MEDICINE 925 THE PROSTATE IN CHINESE MEDICINE 927 PATHOLOGY OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA IN CHINESE MEDICINE 930 TREATMENT STRATEGIES 932 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 934 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 938 END NOTES 943 CHAPTER 36. PROSTATITIS AND PROSTATODYNIA 945 CHRONIC PROSTATITIS IN WESTERN MEDICINE 945 CHRONIC PROSTATITIS IN CHINESE MEDICINE 947 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 949 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 957 CLINICAL TRIALS 961 END NOTES 963 CHAPTER 37. OEDEMA (NEPHRITIS) 965 AETIOLOGY 966 PATHOLOGY 967 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 970 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 981 PROGNOSIS 982 WESTERN MEDICINE DIFFERENTIATION 982 AETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY 982 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 983 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 987 PREVENTION 992 END NOTES 992 CHAPTER 38. PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION SYNDROME (RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS) 993 POINTS 997 THE SPACE BETWEEN SKIN AND MUSCLES (COU LI) 997 AETIOLOGY 997 PATHOLOGY 999 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS 1000 TREATMENT PRINCIPLES 1003 ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT 1004 HERBAL THERAPY 1013 TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY 1025 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 1041 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 1043 CLINICAL TRIALS 1050 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION 1053 AETIOLOGY 1059 PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT PRINCIPLES 1060 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 1062 CLINICAL TRIALS 1070 END NOTES 1072 CHAPTER 39. LOWER BACKACHE AND SCIATICA 1075 AETIOLOGY 1078 PATHOLOGY 1079 DIAGNOSIS 1081 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND HERBAL TREATMENT 1084 ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT OF LOWER BACKACHE 1087 TREATMENT OF SCIATICA 1094 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS 1098 TREATMENT OF SCIATICA 1094 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS 1098 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 1099 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 1100 CLINICAL TRIALS 1100 WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION 1107 END NOTES 1110 CHAPTER 40. FIBROMYALGIA 1111 FIBROMYALGIA IN WESTERN MEDICINE 1112 FIBROMYALGIA IN CHINESE MEDICINE 1117 AETIOLOGY OF FIBROMYALGIA IN CHINESE MEDICINE 1125 PATHOLOGY OF FIBROMYALGIA IN CHINESE MEDICINE 1126 TREATMENT PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGY 1128 ACUPUNCTURE IN THE TREATMENT OF FIBROMYALGIA 1131 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 1135 CLINICAL TRIALS 1143 COMPARISON OF MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME, FIBROMYALGIA AND POSTVIRAL FATIGUE SYNDROME 1143 END NOTES 1145 CHAPTER 41. CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME 1147 CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME IN WESTERN MEDICINE 1148 CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME IN CHINESE MEDICINE 1153 AETIOLOGY 1165 PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT PRINCIPLES 1166 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 1168 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 1188 PATIENTS’ STATISTICS 1188 END NOTES 1189 CHAPTER 42. PARKINSON’S DISEASE 1191 AETIOLOGY 1192 PATHOLOGY 1192 ACUPUNCTURE IN THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE 1194 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 1194 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 1202 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 1203 CLINICAL TRIALS 1207 END NOTES 1209 CHAPTER 43. WIND-STROKE 1211 AETIOLOGY 1212 PATHOLOGY 1213 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS 1214 ATTACK OF THE CHANNELS ALONE (MILD TYPE) 1217 TREATMENT 1217 ATTACK OF THE CHANNELS ALONE 1219 PATTERNS IN THE SEQUELAE STAGE 1227 OTHER METHODS OF TREATMENT 1230 PROGNOSIS, FREQUENCY OF TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION 1231 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 1231 END NOTES 1238 CHAPTER 44. ATROPHY SYNDROME 1239 AETIOLOGY 1239 PATHOLOGY 1241 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 1242 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 1251 PROGNOSIS AND WESTERN DIFFERENTIATION 1254 END NOTES 1255 CHAPTER 45. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS 1257 AETIOLOGY 1259 PATHOLOGY 1260 ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT 1261 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 1263 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 1270 PROGNOSIS 1270 END NOTES 1272 CHAPTER 46. BLEEDING 1275 AETIOLOGY 1276 PATHOLOGY 1277 TREATMENT PRINCIPLES 1279 COUGHING BLOOD 1284 BLOOD IN THE STOOLS 1288 BLOOD IN THE URINE 1291 BLEEDING UNDER THE SKIN 1296 BLEEDING GUMS 1298 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 1300 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 1300 END NOTES 1302 CHAPTER 47. ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION 1303 ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN CHINESE MEDICINE 1305 AETIOLOGY OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN CHINESE MEDICINE 1313 PATHOLOGY OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN CHINESE MEDICINE 1314 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 1316 MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE 1326 CLINICAL TRIALS 1330 CHAPTER 48. COMMON COLD AND INFLUENZA 1333 INTRODUCTION 1333 AETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY 1336 IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS AND TREATMENT 1341 PROGNOSIS AND PREVENTION 1356 END NOTES 1357 Appendix 1: IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS ACCORDING TO THE SIX STAGES 1359 GREATER YANG STAGE 1359 BRIGHT YANG STAGE 1360 GREATER YIN STAGE 1360 LESSER YIN STAGE 1360 TERMINAL YIN STAGE 1361 Appendix 2: IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS ACCORDING TO THE FOUR LEVELS 1363 DEFENSIVE-QI LEVEL 1363 QI LEVEL 1364 NUTRITIVE-QI LEVEL 1365 BLOOD LEVEL 1365 Appendix 3: IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS ACCORDING TO THE THREE BURNERS 1367 UPPER BURNER 1367 MIDDLE BURNER 1367 LOWER BURNER 1368 Appendix 4: PRESCRIPTIONS 1369 EMPIRICAL PRESCRIPTIONS 1444 Appendix 5: ACUPUNCTURE POINTS FOR MENTAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS 1455 ENGLISH–PINYIN GLOSSARY OF CHINESE TERMS 1467 BIBLIOGRAPHY 1483 CHRONOLOGY OF CHINESE DYNASTIES 1487 INDEX 1489 Color Plate Section 1522