Treating Autoimmune Disease With Chinese Medicine

This book clearly describes how Chinese medicine can treat autoimmune diseases. Recommendations are given for acupuncture and herbal treatments for patients with a variety of different symptoms, blood results, and medical histories.

TREATING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES WITH CHINESE MEDICINE clearly describes the integration of Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of autoimmune diseases. This book clearly describes how Chinese medicine can treat autoimmune diseases by clearly presenting recommendations for acupuncture point and herbal treatment when the patient presents with different symptoms, different blood results and may be taking different medications. Written by highly qualified, American-based practitioners with long experience of working in both Chinese and Western medical environments Addresses the use of Chinese medicine in a wide range of autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and psoriasis Includes treatments using both acupuncture and Chinese herbs

This pioneering work presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of autoimmune diseases from a clinical perspective and provides a step-by-step methodology for the evaluation and combination of herbal medicine and acupuncture in the management of these conditions. The author, one of China's foremost specialists in the field, draws on his extensive experience to provide an in-depth analysis of his highly practical approach to treatment of the main autoimmune diseases, making it an indispensable companion for all Chinese medicine practitioners and all health professionals with an interest in understanding how Chinese medicine can help their patients.

This book introduces general principles and methods for treating autoimmune diseases, based on representative case studies. With this guidance, TCM practitioners now have an opportunity to improve their therapeutic outcome.This book is written by experts in Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, sponsored by the People’s Medical Publishing House. There are nine chapters, introducing representative autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s syndrome, scleroderma, systemic vasculitis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, inflammatory bowel disease, autoimmune thyroid disorders, psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. For each chapter, general understanding with biomedicine knowledge is introduced, followed by TCM understanding and methods. Then, cases of all common patterns are indicated to reveal complete treating process and experiences. At the end, questions and reference are quoted. Regardless of which autoimmune disease manifests, the TCM approach focuses on treating heat-toxin, blood stasis, dampness and phlegm to eliminate pathogenic factors.

This book is designed to give an insight into the function of the immune system, as well as the causes and the treatment of autoimmune diseases with Chinese medicine and homeopathy. After decades of treating patients with integrated medicine I want to share my experience, because the results were very rewarding. So hopefully the contents can be useful for other therapists and patients.

"This beautifuly designed two color book is filled with over 100 detailed illustrations to help the reader better understand the materials being presented. Red flag cases are included and clearly explained to help the practitioner decide when an immediate referral is necessary. This book covers many Western diseases you will encounter and is clearly written for practitioners of Chinese medicine. With this textbook you will learn the clinical presentation and treatment of the major diseases seen in Western medical practice today, and how to confidently interact with Western medical practitioners."--Publisher

Inspired by personal observations of the climate crisis, as well as health issues from patients involving ministerial fire, this text dives into the concepts of ming men and ministerial fire - core concepts of Chinese medical diagnosis and treatment. This book will assist practitioners in understanding the mechanisms of treating patients with autoimmune diseases, allergies, skin disorders and arthritic disorders. With material from the classic texts, Z'ev Rosenberg explains the concepts ming men and ministerial fire and its relation to the clinical treatment of chronic disorders and its ecological and philosophical implications for life on this planet. Including case histories, acupuncture strategies and herbal formulas, Afterglow is for practitioners that want to deepen their Chinese medicine knowledge in order to treat these complex yet common disorders.