Describes the application of traditional Chinese medical theory to the diagnosis and treatment of 48 diseases, conditions and disorders. This title contains: aetiology and pathology; differential diagnosis according to TCM; and, selection of treatments with acupuncture and herbs, with explanation of choices and case studies for illustration.

1. HEADACHES 2. DIZZINESS 3. BREATHLESSNESS 4. WHEEZING 5. ASTHMA 6. ALLERGIC RHINITIS 7. SINUSITIS 8. COUGH 9. THE PSYCHE IN CHINESE MEDICINE 10. THE EMOTIONS 11. AETIOLOGY OF MENTAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS 12. DIAGNOSIS OF MENTAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS 13. DEPRESSION 14. ANXIETY 15. INSOMNIA 16. PATTERNS IN MENTAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR TREATMENT WITH HERBAL MEDICINE AND ACUPUNCTURE 17. TINNITUS 18. GOITRE (THYROID PROBLEMS) 19. HYPERTENSION 20. TIREDNESS 21. CHEST PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION SYNDROME 22. EPIGASTRIC PAIN 23. NAUSEA/VOMITING 24. ACID REFLUX 25. MOUTH ULCERS 26. HYPOCHONDRIAL PAIN 27. ABDOMINAL PAIN 28. ABDOMINAL MASSES 29. DIARRHOEA 30. CONSTIPATION 31. URINARY SYNDROME 32. ENURESIS AND INCONTINENCE 33. URINARY RETENTION 34. INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS 35. BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA 36. PROSTATITIS 37. OEDEMA 38. PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION SYNDROME 39. LOWER BACK-ACHE 40. FIBROMYALGIA 41. CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME 42. PARKINSON'S DISEASE 43. WIND-STROKE 44. ATROPHY SYNDROME 45. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS 46. BLEEDING 47. ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION 48. COMMON COLD AND INFLUENZA APPENDIX 1. IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS ACCORDING TO THE SIX STAGES APPENDIX 2. IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS ACCORDING TO THE FOUR LEVELS APPENDIX 3. IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS ACCORDING TO THE THREE BURNERS APPENDIX 4. LIST OF PRESCRIPTIONS APPENDIX 5. ACUPUNCTURE POINTS FOR MENTAL-EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY CHINESE DYNASTIES

"This well laid-out book with excellent texts is easy to use, and suitable for Chinese medicine students and practitioners. To quote from another new book edited by Hugh MacPherson, Acupuncture Research, 'One of the key characteristics of a profession is the ownership of a unique body of knowledge that informs professional practice and is constantly reviewed, renewed and augmented by the profession itself.' This beautifully presented text by Maciocia has clearly achieved this outcome." Australian Journal of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine "This book is one of the most authentic and comprehensive in print and will prove to be an invaluable resource for practitioners of Chinese medicine." Embody Magazine, summer 2009