Essentials of Ancient and Modern TCM Pediatrics in Diagnosis and Treatment

Author: Wu Zhizhong
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book focuses on introducing the TCM diagnostic and treatment approaches, as well as the characteristics and advantages for pediatric diseases. It covers both traditional pediatric common diseases, such as respiratory infections, asthma, pneumonia, and diarrhea, as well as newly emerging pediatric conditions that have drawn attention from medical professionals in recent years, such as Kawasaki disease, precocious puberty, and pediatric obesity. The upper part provides a general overview of the scope and origins of TCM pediatric medicine, summarizing the general patterns of etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment characteristics of pediatric diseases. The lower part, organized by Western medical disease names, references relevant progress in integrated Chinese and Western medicine research and the authors' experience, introducing each disease in detail from the perspective of TCM etiology and pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnostic key points, clinical reasoning, syndrome differentiation, and disease differentiation. It also selects effective ancient and modern formulas, historical case studies, and the essence of medical theories from contemporary experts to provide readers with valuable insights. Additionally, it briefly introduces relevant Western diagnostic and treatment points and modern research findings in TCM. This book is well-structured, distinctive in its features, highly practical, and reflects the latest advancements in pediatric medicine. It is suitable for clinical practitioners of TCM and integrated Chinese and Western medicine in pediatrics, as well as students, faculty, and researchers in medical schools.