The Practise of Chinese Medicine

By G. Maciocia. Churchill Livingstone, 1994. Hardback, 924 pages.

The companion volume to Foundations of Chinese Medicine. Discusses the treatment of 34 disorders - both ‘disease-symptoms’ such as headache, dizziness, cough etc. - as well as a number of Western medicine defined diseases such as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis etc. Covers aetiology, diagnosis according to channel, type of pain where relevant, amelioration and aggravation, detailed differentiation with clinical manifestations, treatment principle, acupuncture treatment with explanation of point selection, and herbal prescriptions with explanation and common variations as well as commonly used patent remedies. Contains many useful diagrams and case histories. Appendices cover the theory and practice of point combinations, differentiation according to the Six Stages and Four Levels, and prescriptions and patent remedies with their ingredients.