Handbook of Menstrual Diseases in Chinese Medicine

by Bob Flaws

Based on exhaustive review of dozens of pre-modern and contemporary Chinese gynecological texts and hundreds of articles appearing in Chinese medical journals as well as the author's more than 18 years of experience specializing in Chinese medical gynecology, this new book is unparalleled in its scope and depth. If a practitioner wants to understand how to diagnose and treat women's complaints in Chinese medicine, this book is an absolute necessity. Filled with easy-to-reference charts and diagrams, this book also includes acupuncture and moxibustion and individulally prescribed standardized desiccated extract Chinese herbal treatments.

612 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Bob Flaws (born 1946) is a practitioner of and prolific author and translator on Chinese medicine. He began his study and practice of Chinese medicine in 1977 under the late Eric (Xi-yu) Tao of Denver, Colorado and continued his Chinese medical education at the Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine from 1982 to 1986. In 1982, he and his wife, Honora Lee Wolfe, established Blue Poppy Press which eventually grew into Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc. of Boulder, Colorado.