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The Practice of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text for Acupuncturists and Herbalists 2nd editionThe Practice of Chinese Medicine is a companion volume of the Foundations of Chinese Medicine, illustrating the application of the theories of Chinese medicine to the treatment of various diseases with both acupuncture and Chinese herbs. The book discusses the treatment of 43 common disease symptoms, 13 more than in the first edition.For each disease, the discussion includes aetiology, pathology, identification of patterns, treatment of each pattern with acupuncture and Chinese herbs, prognosis, and the Western medical differential diagnosis linking Western and Chinese symptomatology. A particular feature of the book is a lengthy appendix discussing the principles of combination of points in a detailed and innovative way. The original chapter on mental-emotional problems has been expanded into four new ones and depression and anxiety are discussed. The chapters on mental emotional problems discuss the nature and clinical application of Shen, Hun, Po, Yi and Zhi in detail.The diseases discussed are:   1. Headaches   2. Dizziness   3. Breathlessness (Chuan)   4. Wheezing (Xiao)   5. Allergic asthma and atopic eczema   6. Allergic rhinitis   7. Sinusitis (nasal polyps)   8. Cough   9. Depression  10. Anxiety  11. Insomnia  12. Tinnitus  13. Goitre (with hypo- and hyper-thyroidism)  14. Hypertension  15. Tiredness  16. Chest Painful Obstruction Syndrome  17. Epigastric pain  18. Nausea and vomiting  19. Gastro-oesophageal reflux  20. Mouth ulcers  21. Hypochondrial pain  22. Abdominal pain  23. Abdominal masses  24. Diarrhoea  25. Constipation  26. Urinary syndrome  27. Enuresis and incontinence  28. Urinary retention  29. Interstitial cystitis  30. Benign prostatic hyperplasia  31. Prostatitis and prostatodynia  32. Oedema (nephritis)  33. Painful Obstruction Syndrome  34. Lower backache and sciatica  35. Fibromyalgia  36. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome  37. Parkinson’s disease  38. Wind-stroke  39. Atrophy Syndrome  40. Multiple Sclerosis  41. Bleeding  42. Erectile dysfunction  43. Common cold and influenzaThirteen new diseases are discussed in the second edition:    * Depression    * Anxiety    * Goitre (with hypo- and hyper-thyroidism)    * Hypertension    * Nausea and vomiting    * Gastro-oesophageal reflux    * Fibromyalgia    * Mouth ulcers    * Urinary retention    * Interstitial cystitis    * Benign prostatic hyperplasia    * Prostatitis    * Erectile dysfunctionParticular features of the book are:    * The diagnosis and treatment of modern diseases such as allergic asthma/eczema, chronic fatigue syndrome, hypertension and MS    * Detailed discussion of prognosis and prevention of most diseases    * Over 150 case histories with detailed explanation of the diagnostic process and analysis of treatment    * An 8-page colour plate section with tongue slides to clarify diagnoses.”The publication of this book will certainly help the integration of Western with Chinese medicine…Giovanni Maciocia has flexibly applied what he has learned in China to the conditions in the West”.-From the foreword by Prof. Zhou Zhong Ying.