Practical Integrated Chinese and Western Children's Health Care and Diagnosis Book

Author: Yuan Meifeng
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book is divided into five major sections. Part 1: Basic Knowledge Section: Includes the seven age stages of pediatrics, physiological and pathological characteristics of children, common physical growth indicators of children, the four vital signs of children and their measurement methods, as well as the mental, neurological, and language development of children and factors affecting their growth and development. Part 2: Childcare and Feeding Section: The childcare part introduces pregnant women to the growth process of the embryo, knowledge of nurturing the fetus, fetal education, and essential precautions for pregnant women. The newborn period health care and nursing section introduces first-time mothers to umbilical cord clamping, keeping newborns warm, bathing, and how to hold and carry infants. The infant and toddler period emphasizes attention to children's "oppositional behavior," preventing picky eating, cultivating good eating habits, and precautions for vaccinations. It also includes different healthcare content for the preschool and school-age periods. The childcare part covers feeding knowledge, especially breastfeeding methods, positions, nipple care, milk engorgement management, weaning time, adding complementary foods, and the preparation methods of complementary foods. Part 3: Diagnosis and Treatment Methods Section: Introduces the characteristics of pediatric four-diagnosis, with a focus on pediatric diagnosis methods primarily based on observation, the characteristics of pediatric syndrome differentiation in traditional Chinese medicine, internal treatment principles, external treatments, massage, spinal channel rubbing, acupuncture, cupping therapy, and other treatment methods. Part 4: Common Disease Treatment Section: Besides introducing various common pediatric diseases, it also supplements some common diseases not included in medical books, as well as eye, ear, nose, and throat diseases. Each disease highlights traditional Chinese medicine treatment, along with commonly used internal and external treatments and various therapeutic methods, offering effective single formulas, empirical formulas, and dietary therapies. Western medicine treatment emphasizes the current main treatment methods and progress for the disease. Finally, it provides prevention, prognosis, and outcomes, giving readers a more comprehensive understanding of the disease. Each disease includes typical cases for clinical reference. Part 5: Appendix Section: Contains a table of common Chinese medicinal properties and uses, acupuncture point charts and tables, a table of acute poisoning clinical manifestations and treatments, and a table of normal values for pediatric laboratory tests with old and new unit conversions, for easy reference by readers.