Internal Medicine of Traditional Chinese Medicine (English-Chinese)

Internal Medicine of TCM is a clinical subject dealing especially with traditional Chinese diagnosis and treatment of the diseases and disorders of the viscera of the human body under the guidance of TCM theory.

This book introduces the basic theories of Chinese internal medicine, the basic knowledge of common internal diseases and the law of syndrome differentiation and treatment. It includes two parts: Introduction and Treatment of Diseases. The former deals with the Classification and Characteristics of Internal Diseases of TCM; and the latter, according to TCM theory, are divided into 8 chapters: Syndrome Patterns of the Lung, Syndrome Patterns of the Heart, Syndrome Patterns of the Liver and Gallballder, Syndrome Patterns of the Kidney, Syndrome Patterns of Qi, Blood, and Body Fluid, General Disease and Acropathy, and Other Diseases. Introduced in the latter part are 47 kinds of syndrome patterns, including the General Description, Essentials for Diagnosis, and Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment. Other Treatments such as Chinese Patent Drugs, Single-drug or Experiential Prescriptions and External Therapy are also introduced.

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1 Introduction

1.1 Classification and Characteristics of Internal Diseases in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
1.1.1 Classification of Internal Diseases in TCM
1.1.2 Characteristics of Internal Diseases in TCM
1.1.2.1 Endogenous pathogenic factors--the major causes of internal diseases
1.1.2.2 Concurrence of cold, heat, deficiency and excess--the pathogenesis of internal diseases
1.2 The Procedure and Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment of Internal Diseases in TCM
1.2.1 The Procedure of Diagnosis and Treatment
1.2.1.1 To recognize the disease based on the information obtained with the four diagnostic methods
1.2.1.2 To identify the nature and location of a disease
1.2.13 To infer the cause and judge the pathogenesis of a disease
1.2.1.4 To design the therapeutic principle and method
1.2.1.5 To choose drugs and formulate a prescription
1.2.3 Basic Requirements for Diagnosis and Treatment
1.2.2.1 Making an overall analysis of the patient's condition
1.2.2.2 Differentiating principal and secondary aspects, insidious and acute conditions
1.2.2.3 Bringing out the dominant aspect of a disease
1.2.2.4 Paying special attention to the transformation of syndromes
1.2.2.5 Differentiating cold and heat, True and false
1.3 Therapeutic Principles and Methods of Internal Diseases in TCM
1.3.1 Therapeutic Principles
1.3.1.1 Routine treatment and treatment contrary to the routine
1.3.1.2 Strengthening anti-pathogenic qi and eliminating pathogenic factors
1.3.1.3 Replenishing and eliminating methods for zang-fu organs
1.3.1.4 Different principles for different case
1.3.2 Commonly principles for different cases
1.3.2.1 Diaphoretic therapy
1.3.2.2 Emetic therapy
1.3.2.3 Purgative therapy
1.3.2.4 Regulating therapy
1.3.2.5 Warming therapy
1.3.2.6 Heat-clearing therapy
1.3.2.7 Resolving therapy
1.3.2.8 Invigorating therapy

2 Treatment of Diseases
2.1 Syndrome Patterns of the Lung
2.1.1 Colds
2.1.2 Cough
2.1.3 Asthma
2.1.4 Lung Cancer
2.2 Syndrome Patterns of the Heart
2.2.1 Insomnia
2.2.2 Arrhythmia
2.2.3 Coronary Arteriosclerotic Cardiopathy
2.2.4 Viral Myocarditis
2.2.5 Epilepsy
2.2.6 Schizophrenia
2.3 Syndrome Patterns of the Spleen and Stomach
2.3.1 Chronic Gastritis
2.3.2 Peptic Ulcer
2.3.3 Gastric carcinoma
2.3.4 Chronic Colitis
2.3.5 Constipation
2.3.6 Large Intestinal Carcinoma
2.4 Syndrome Patterns of the Liver and Gallbladder
2.4.1 Headache
2.4.2 Vertigo
2.4.3 Viral Hepatitis
2.4.4 Hepatocirrhosis
2.4.5 Liver Cancer
2.4.6 Cholecystitis
2.5 Syndrome Patterns of the Kidney
2.5.1 Chronic Nephritis
2.5.2 Chronic Renal Failure
2.5.3 Urinary Infection
2.5.4 Urolithiasis
2.5.5 Impotence
2.5.6 Spermatorrhea
2.6 General Disease and Acropathy
2.6.1 Fever due to Internal Disorders
2.6.2 consumptive Disease
2.6.3 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
2.6.4 Hypertension
2.6.5 Apoplexy
2.6.6 Rheumatoid Arthritis
2.6.7 Gout
2.7 Syndrome Patterns of Qi, Blood and Body Fluid
2.7.1 Depressive syndrome
2.7.3 Hemorrhagic Syndrome
2.7.4 Thrombocytopenic Purpura
2.7.5 Leukoppenia
2.7.6 Hidrosis Syndrome
2.7.7 Edema
2.8 Other Diseases
2.8.1 Simple Obesity
2.8.2 Hyperlipoproteinemia
2.8.3 Diabetes Mellitus
2.8.4 Hyperthyroidism
2.8.5 Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

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