Diagnosis and Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Geriatric Diseases

Author: Cheng Choufu
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Publish Date: 2001-03-01
Features: This book consists of 8 chapters, including common symptoms in the elderly, internal diseases, surgical diseases, dermatological diseases, stomatological, otolaryngological, ophthalmological diseases, and bone and muscle diseases of the elderly, totaling 45 symptoms and 140 diseases. The book is 700,000 words in total, employing a combination of disease and syndrome-based writing approach. Each disease is equipped with sections on overview, etiology and pathogenesis, diagnostic key points, syndrome differentiation and treatment, other treatments, and prevention and conditioning. The etiology and pathogenesis are discussed using traditional Chinese medicine theory, with many innovative points; the diagnostic key points are listed item by item; the traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation and treatment distinguishes between treatment principles and syndrome-specific treatments, with syndrome-specific treatments adopting national standards in China, and specific prescriptions and conventional dosages of herbs are listed; other treatments include single formulas, empirical formulas, acupuncture and moxibustion treatments, and brief Western medicine treatments. Additionally, based on the principle of "food and medicine share the same origin," dietary therapy methods for each disease are introduced. The book is concise and practical, primarily intended for reference use by clinical doctors of both traditional Chinese and Western medicine.