Traditional Chinese Medicine Teaches You How to Prevent and Treat Obesity

Author: Liu Ximing and Tan Fengsen (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Numerous methods to combat illness are at your fingertips! This book briefly introduces the basic knowledge, impacts, and harms of obesity, as well as its etiology and pathogenesis, diagnosis and differential diagnosis. It provides a detailed explanation of lifestyle and obesity, the relationship between weight, health, fats and their measurement methods, the importance of preventing obesity from childhood, obesity examination, weight loss and the dangers of incorrect weight loss methods, TCM syndrome differentiation and prescription for weight loss, weight loss with Chinese patent medicines, the significance of rational diet for weight loss, the selection of medicinal diets and weight loss foods, the role of exercise in fitness and weight loss, weight loss with Chinese and Western medicines, acupuncture and massage for weight loss, physical weight loss methods, surgical weight loss, and liposuction for weight loss. The content of this book is rich, scientific, and practical, serving as an important reference for obesity patients undergoing weight loss treatment. It is suitable for doctors at all levels, especially grassroots doctors, as well as obesity patients and parents of obese children for reading and reference.