Treatment of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases with Traditional Chinese Medicine

Author: Feng Jianhua, Guo Baorong (editors)
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Publish Date: 2004-06-18
Features: This book selects and discusses 31 traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatments with distinctive characteristics for endocrine and metabolic diseases. It provides detailed introductions to the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical characteristics, diagnostic criteria, treatment methods, current status analysis, and research directions for each disease. Particularly in the treatment section, it focuses on the comprehensive TCM treatment approaches for each disease, including syndrome differentiation and treatment, single formulas and empirical prescriptions, traditional Chinese patent medicine therapy, external treatment methods, acupuncture therapy, massage therapy, Qigong therapy, and dietary therapy. It also briefly introduces common Western medical treatment methods. In the commentary, it objectively elaborates on the current treatment status of the diseases and future clinical research directions.