Keeping Your Child Healthy With Chinese Medicine: A Parent's Guide to the Care & Prevention of Common Childhood Diseases - Softcover

Flaws, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0936185716 ISBN 13: 9780936185712

Publisher: Blue Poppy Pr, 1999

Synopsis

Written for parents, this guide to Chinese medicine covers all the most common pediatric diseases. Beginning with an overview of Chinese, it then discusses 38 of the most common pediatric complaints in chronological order, based on when children typically develop them. This book includes everything from colic and croup to whooping cough and hyperactivity. Under each disease, the reader will find a brief discussion of the different types of patterns typically encountered, what acupuncture and Chinese medicine have to offer, and tips on diet and home remedies.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This book covers all the most common pediatric diseases in an easy-to-read style for parents and laypersons. It begins with an overview of Chinese medical theory regarding pediatric diseases and then discusses 38 of the most common pediatric complaints in chronological order based on when children typically develop them. Included are everything from colic and croup to whooping cough and hyperactivity. Under each disease, the reader will find a brief discussion of the different types of patterns one typically encounters, what acupuncture and Chinese medicine have to offer, and tips on diet and home remedies. In addition, this book includes information on the Chinese medical point of view on vaccinations and antibiotics and the importance of a graduated series of responses from simple home remedies to professional care, be that Eastern or Western.

About the Author:

The author, Bob Flaws, is one of the world's best know authors, teachers, and practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Besides being a Diplomate of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs, Bob is a Fellow and Governor of the National Academy of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine, a founder and lifetime Fellow of the Acupuncture Association of Colorado, and a founder of the Council or Oriental Medical Publishers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Blue Poppy Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0936185716
• ISBN 13: 9780936185712
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 182