The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus With Chinese Medicine: A Textbook & Clinical Manual

by Bob Flaws, Lynn M. Kuchinski, Robert Casanas

This text presents clinical information on the Chinese treatment of diabetes mellitus and its many complications. Flaws and Kuchinski, who are Western medical experts, present 19 chapters that discuss the history and causes of the illness; commonly used Chinese medicinal formulas, treatment, diet and exercise; gestational and hepatogenic diabetes; complications (hypertension, retinopathy, arteriosclerosis, etc.); psychological disturbances; patient adherence and practitioner monitoring; and integrating Chinese and Western medicines. Following discussion by Robert J. Casa±as, M.D. of each medical condition in terms of its Western medical definition, epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, current standards of care, and prognosis, material drawn from Chinese medical journals describes disease categorization, causes and mechanisms, treatment based on pattern discrimination, representative Chinese research, and case histories. Concluding remarks address clinical tips and concerns. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

401 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2002

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.