This book is an advanced textbook and a clinical manual of Chinese andrology. Chinese andrology is a specialty within Chinese medicine and is usually practiced by modern Chinese doctors who with few exceptions practice integrated Chinese-Western medicine (zhong xi yi jie he). Whereas there is a reasonably-sized body of professional andrology literature in Chinese, this text represents the first comprehensive English language Chinese andrology text to date.
Section 1 introduces the foundations of Chinese andrology and includes all of the following:
* The history of andrology in Chinese medicine
* Anatomy of the male genitourinary system
* The channels and network vessels in andrology
* The viscera and bowels in andrology
* Andrological disease causes and pathomechanisms
* Chinese andrological diseases
* General treatment principles in andrology
Section 2 covers specific andrological diseases including:
* Scrotal and penile diseases
* Benign prostatic hyperplasia
* Prostatitis
* Erectile dysfunction
* Male infertility
* Peyronie's disease
* Priapism
* Andropause