The wisdom of 4,000 years of traditional Chinese medicine, with its accompanying philosophies, continues to gain popularity in Western culture, even with many Western medical practitioners. Dr. Lu familiarizes the reader with the ”thirteen syndromes” identified in Chinese medicine but incorporates more familiar Western medical terminology. The result is a handbook that straddles both traditions.
Dr. Lu provides treatments for everything from bronchitis, cirrhosis, and chronic hepatitis to hypertension, osteoporosis, and sciatica; conditions that plague us and are often untreatable with conventional Western medical techniques. In addition to providing help for chronic ailments, Dr. Lu provides treatments for problems that affect men or women specifically, with a section on diseases of the prostate gland and impotence for men and a section on pre-and postnatal care; he also discusses ways for women to alleviate symptoms of PMS and menopause.
Dr. Lu provides guidelines and specific instructions for using exercises, herbal cures, acupuncture, and food cures that are not as drastic or invasive as Western medicine, yet can be very effective while producing very few side effects. Many of the techniques not only rejuvenate the body and sustain it when it has undergone longterm stress but also help maintain lifelong good health through the balancing of the body’s complex systems. Both preventative and curative, Traditional Chinese Medicine provides an alternative to achieving and maintaining good health.
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