The Treatment of Modern Western Diseases With Chinese Medicine: A Textbook & Clinical Manual

622 Pages·2005·15.51 MB·English

by  Bob Flaws

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This book represents another major step in the development of a more comprehensive view of East Asian medicine.
The authors help students and practitioners begin to think their way around frequently seen clinical scenarios that
are not covered in other English language sources.
—Greg Bantick, B.Ac., MTOM,
Senior Lecturer, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine
These two unanimously recognized and appreciated specialists in their field have managed to combine the nosology
of modern Western medicine with the subtle, multidimensional modes of thousands-year-old traditional Chinese
medicine. This powerful textbook is a rich, invaluable, and totally accessible source of diagnostic and therapeutic teach-
ings, even for experts of Chinese medicine.
—Patrick Basmadjian, M.D. & acupuncturist (Belgium)
Written by two of the West’s most prolific teachers, writers, researchers, andclinicians of Chinese medicine and writ-
ten specifically for Western practitioners of Chinese medicine, this book is the first comprehensive clinical
resource of its kind. Its detailed Chinese medical discussions of more than 60 diseases, including concise Chinese med-
ical disease mechanisms and detailed medicinal in acupuncture treatment protocols, as well as an Introduction that will
improve every practitioner’s clinical skills in treating the complicated Western diseases we see in real-life practice are sure
to make this superb work the most valuable textbook and clinical manual on the shelves of every Western practitioner
of Chinese medicine.
—Simon Becker, Dipl. Ac. & C.H.,
Author of A Handbook of Chinese Hematology
This book skillfully combines a clear and complete approach to each disease by both Western and Chinese medicine.
Physiopathology, clinical aspects, and therapeutics are described thoroughly and precisely in both systems. It is a
bridge that will enable MD’s to understand the Chinese medical point of view and Chinese medical practitioners to gain
clear access to the Western medical approach. A brilliant synthesis!
—Florence Bouvelot-Brézillon, M.D. & acupuncturist (France)
It must be said with great verve: There is no other book like this one in the cross-cultural bibliography of East-West
healing. It is destined to quench the yearning of many seasoned practitioners that uncomfortably straddle both heal-
ing realms. It is like finally having a bilingual encyclopedic clinical dictionary that adroitly renders obeisance to both lan-
guages. Bravo!!
—Robert J. Casanas, M.A., M.D.,
Board-certified Internist, Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Medicine, University of California
This excellent text provides a sophisticated response to one of the more pressing concerns facing practitioners of
Traditional Chinese Medicine today: how to integrate contemporary clinical experience with ancient therapeutic
wisdom. The authors systematically analyze a comprehensive range of modern diseases and syndromes from both a
Western and Chinese medical perspective using intelligent and well-researched interpretations of etiology, pathophysi-
ology, and diagnosis, including classical and contemporary reference materials. The result is a serious clinical manual of
internal medicine which focuses on modern, recalcitrant disease and the relevance of Traditional Chinese Medicine in
both understanding and treating it. This is a text that any practitioner, faced with their more challenging cases, from
chronic fatigue syndrome to irritable bowel syndrome to multiple sclerosis, will be excited about. It will enhance not
only their therapeutic endeavors, but also their ability to integrate Western and Eastern interpretations of disease. As
such, any committed practitioner of TCM will want it in their library immediately.
—Nigel Dawes, M.A., L.Ac.,
Dean, Graduate School of Oriental Medicine
New York College of Wholistic Medicine, New York, USA
The Treatment of Modern Western Medical Diseases with Chinese Medicinerepresents a major contribution to the pro-
fessional literature of TCM. Bob Flaws and Philippe Sionneau have crafted a brilliant text based on scholarly review
of the contemporary medical literature and their own clinical insights and wisdom. This volume provides a wealth of
clinically relevant information which will be of immediate use to both students and professional practitioners of TCM.
This text is destined to become a standard reference in the practice of TCM in the West.
—Steve Erickson, Dipl. Ac. & C.H.,
Assistant Professor, Northwestern Health Sciences University
While this may not be the first book to describe the Chinese pattern discrimination and treatment of modern
Western diseases, this one is the most helpful in that it addresses the complexity of the mixed patterns we tend to
see in our patients with ever increasing frequency these days. Rather than simple patterns with one root cause, we tend
to see even the most apparently simple conditions complicated by layers of chronic illness which must be considered and
appropriately dealt with in order for full and lasting function and balance to be restored. All in all, this is a very practi-
cal text.
—Gary Klepper, D.C., Certified Chiropractic Acupuncturist
Every book published by Blue Poppy Press is exceptional in its material, and now The Treatment of Modern Western
Medical Diseases with Chinese Medicine joins its predecessors as one of the most knowledgeable and informative
resources for medical practitioners. It is refreshing to have both the Chinese and Western medical approaches to disease
readily available under one cover and to have the current medical literature from both ends of the spectrum at one’s fin-
gertips. Thank you again, Blue Poppy Press, for your innovative, thorough, and unparalleled approach.
—Lynn Kuchinski, M.I.M., L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. & C.H.,
Author of Controlling Diabetes Naturally with Chinese Medicine
In order for Chinese medicine, and in particular, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), to become more integrated
into medical practice in the West, there is a need to bridge the many conceptual and practical differences between
Western medicine and Chinese medicine. In his latest work, The Treatment of Modern Western Medical Diseases with
Chinese Medicine, Bob Flaws, along with Philippe Sionneau, have produced a text that is, I believe, a major step in the
integration of these two medicines. Written in a clear style and very well organized and produced, this book will provide
practitioners with much valuable information both for understanding these two medicines as well as for using Chinese
medicine in caring for Western patients who have Western medical diagnoses. Western medical practitioners with an
interest in professional level Chinese medicine will find a great abundance of information to further their understand-
ing. Practitioners of Chinese medicine in Western countries have within this text a multitude of invaluable clinical
insights and, perhaps more importantly, an excellent source for an overall approach to utilizing Chinese medicine/TCM
in approaching patients who have been diagnosed and treated with Western medicine. As a Western-trained physician
practicing Chinese medicine, I applaud the publication of this text and heartily recommend it to any practitioner desir-
ing a more harmonious fusion of Chinese and Western medical practice.
—Charles May, M.D., DOM
Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology Diplomate, American Boards of Family Practice & Emergency
Medicine, former instructor and board member, American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
This volume will serve not only as a valuable reference for all experienced practitioners but, more importantly, its
detailed analytical approach will serve to teach and inspire less accomplished practitioners to begin to manage com-
plex Western diseases.
—John Pan, M.D., Clinical Professor & Director,
Center for Integrative Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center
Hyperthyroidism, essential hypertension, and fibromyalgia are Western medical terms, while qi goiter, wasting thirst,
and seasonal epidemics are traditional Chinese medical terms, and all have their own reality. This work represents
a magnificent bridge between these different medicines which is solidly constructed on clear, precise, profound, and
impeccable exposition of these different terms. This is an indispensable book for all those who hope to encounter har-
mony on the path of medicine.
—José A. Roquet, M.D.,
President of the Scientific Association of Medical Acupuncturists of Barcelona (Spain)
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First Edition, October 2001
Second Edition, October 2005
ISBN 1-891845-20-9
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guage readers for research and scholarly purposes only.
The publishers do not advocate nor endorse self-medication by laypersons. Chinese medicine is a professional medicine.
Laypersons interested in availing themselves of the treatments described in this book should seek out a
qualified professional practitioner of Chinese medicine.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Flaws, Bob, 1946-
The treatment of modern Western diseases with Chinese medicine: a textbook &
clinical manual: including indications for referral to Western medical services / by Bob Flaws & Philippe Sionneau.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographal references and index.
ISBN 1-891845-20-9
1. Medicine, Chinese. I. Sionneau, Philippe. II. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Medicine, Chinese Traditional. WB 50.1 F591t 2001]
R601. .F583 2001
610’.951–dc21
2001035418