Essentials of TCM Clinical Practice

Author: Qin Bowei
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book is primarily designed to help readers apply the method of syndrome differentiation and treatment in clinical practice after mastering the basic theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). For the convenience of clinical reference, the book categorizes physical manifestations into 20 types, such as systemic symptoms, facial symptoms, ocular symptoms, auditory symptoms, etc., and introduces over 400 common clinical symptoms. Each symptom is analyzed in terms of its etiology and pathogenesis, combined with the four diagnostic methods and other accompanying symptoms, to determine its nature. Accordingly, appropriate treatment methods are listed in detail. At the end of the book, there is a brief introduction to syndrome differentiation and treatment, which explains how to identify key symptoms, explore etiology, determine syndromes, and carry out treatment through practical case studies. Therefore, although the book starts with the analysis of symptoms, it still emphasizes the characteristics of syndrome differentiation and treatment that integrate theory, method, formula, and medicine. The diseases and syndromes covered in this book are primarily focused on internal medicine, with additional coverage of gynecology, pediatrics, surgery, and ophthalmology, laryngology, etc. Due to its close relevance to clinical practice, the book serves as a clinical manual. For this edition, to preserve the original form, the terminology related to symptoms and other terms in the book remains unchanged for reference purposes.