Female Infertility & Reproductive Gynaecology

A Comprehensive Clinical Manual of Integrated Chinese Medicine and Biomedicine

Opis książki

Female Infertility & Reproductive Gynaecology is a clinical manual that is the most comprehensive and detailed book on the treatment of female infertility and reproductive gynaecology available in the English language. Its team of authors is led by Dr. Yuning Wu - a master of both traditional Chinese medicine and modern biomedicine. The Chinese medicine content is rooted in precise disease and pattern differentiaion and the herbal prescriptions and modifications are based on a profund understanding of the materia medica and decades of clinical experience. Acupuncture prescription are also provided according to pattern. At the same time, a cutting-edge account of current biomedical diagnosis and treatment enables practitioners to assess the prognosis and best treatment for their patients and communicate effectively with allother infertility specialists. The theory is illustrated by numerous case histories.

Spis treści

1. How to use this book
2. Basic theories of Chinese medicine gynaecology and infertility
3. Core strategies for treating female infertility
4. Regulating the period using Tiao Jing Fang (Regulate the Menses Formula)
5. Short cycles
6. Long cycles
7. Irregular cycles
8. Menorrhagia
9. Scanty bleeding
10. Prolonged periods
11. Midcycle bleeding
12. Abnormal uterine bleeding (beng lou)
13. Dysmenorrhoea
14. Premenstrual Syndrome
15. Amenorrhoea, Anorexia nervosa
16. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
17. Myoma
18. Ovarian cysts
19. Endometriosis and adenomyosis
20. Luteal phase defect
21. Luteinised unruptured follicle syndrome
22. Hyperprolactinaemia
23. Tubal infertility
24. Recurrent miscarriage
25. Immune infertility and immune recurrent miscarriage
26. Using Chinese medicine to support assisted reproductive technology treatment
27. Ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome (OHSS)
28. Pregnancy care