Author: Giovanni Maciocia CAc(Nanjing)
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: chinese, acupuncture, herbs, diseases, treatment, medicine, practice
Number of Pages: 1546
Published: 2007-12-12
List price: $156.00
ISBN-10: 0443074909
ISBN-13: 9780443074905

The new edition of this popular clinical text describes the application of traditional Chinese medical theory to the diagnosis and treatment of up to 48 diseases, conditions and disorders. In addition to the existing 34 covered in the first edition, 14 new conditions and symptoms have been added, and these include common, chronic and acute conditions which clinicians may see in their practice. Each chapter contains aetiology and pathology; differential diagnosis according to TCM; selection of treatments with acupuncture and herbs, with explanation of choices; case studies for illustration; sum

Author: Giovanni Maciocia CAc(Nanjing)
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: acupuncturists, herbalists, second, text, comprehensive, chinese, medicine, foundations
Number of Pages: 1236
Published: 2005-07-13
List price: $166.00
ISBN-10: 0443074895
ISBN-13: 9780443074899

This successful Chinese medicine textbook covers the theory of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, and discusses in detail the use of acupuncture points and the principles of treatment. The material is based on rigorous reference to ancient and modern Chinese texts, and explains the application of theory in a Western practice context. The new edition features new and updated material, including discussion of 50 additional acupuncture points and more patterns. A redesigned layout complements the accessible writing style and makes the material even easier to follow. Plus, an accompanyi

Author: Giovanni Maciocia CAc(Nanjing)
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: channels, extraordinary, vessels, eight, secondary, acupuncture, clinical
Number of Pages: 768
Published: 2006-10-20
List price: $139.00
ISBN-10: 0443074917
ISBN-13: 9780443074912

One of the most highly-regarded and respected authors and lecturers in the West, Giovanni Maciocia, illuminates and examines the art of traditional Chinese acupuncture with this in-depth look at the secondary channels and other key structures encompassing the human body in Chinese anatomy. This book describes in detail the pathways, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of the Luo, Muscle, and Divergent secondary channels, as well as other key structures such as the Cou Li and Huang membranes, and gives a thorough, clear overview of subjects poorly understood and incompletely covered in other E

Author: Giovanni Maciocia CAc(Nanjing)
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: medicine, chinese, gynecology, amp, obstetrics
Number of Pages: 992
Published: 1998-01-15
List price: $193.00
ISBN-10: 0443054584
ISBN-13: 9780443054587

Nanjing Univ. of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China. Covers physiology and pathology, etiology and diagnosis, differentiation and treatment, and prevention and prognosis. For students and practitioners.

Author: Giovanni Maciocia
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: acupuncturists, herbalists, text, comprehensive, chinese, medicine, foundations
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 1997-01
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 0443039801
ISBN-13: 9780443039805

From the internationally acclaimed practitioner, Giovanni Maciocia, comes a first-class textbook that explains the application of the theory of Chinese medicine to Western medical practice. It emphasizes Western types of diseases and patients.

Author: Giovanni Maciocia
Publisher: Eastland Press
Keywords: medicine, chinese, diagnosis, tongue
Number of Pages: 210
Published: 1995-06
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 093961619X
ISBN-13: 9780939616190

Examination of the tongue, like the pulse, is one of the principal diagnostic methods in traditional Chinese medicine. This book--newly revised in 1995--systematically describes each of the primary characteristics of the tongue (body color, shape and coating) and their significance in the clinic. It traces the historical development of tongue diagnosis and its relationship to externally- contracted disorders and the eight principals. Featured in this revised edition are 59 color plates and accompanying case histories from the author’s own practice. Other aspects of tongue diagnosis new

Author: Giovanni Maciocia
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: guide, comprehensive, medicine, chinese, diagnosis
Number of Pages: 960
Published: 2004-02-06
List price: $169.00
ISBN-10: 0443064482
ISBN-13: 9780443064487

Easily accessible and heavily illustrated, this complete guide to diagnosis in Chinese Medicine places an emphasis on "real world" issues. Focusing on clear interpretations of signs and symptoms, it addresses the practice beyond the theory and leads readers through both basic and sophisticated levels of diagnostic interpretation. Since Chinese medicine diagnosis relies on a subtle appraisal of a patient’s disharmony, many factors beyond traditional Western symptoms are considered, including a patient’s voice, the absence of thirst, feeling hot or cold, the patient’s smell, to