Principles of Chinese Medical Andrology: An Integrated Approach to Male Reproductive and Urological Health

DAMONE, Bob

ISBN 10: 1891845454 / ISBN 13: 9781891845451

Published by Blue Poppy Press, Boulder, CO, 2012

About this Item

Large octavo. 7 x 10 in. viii, 410 pp. Very good in original pictorial wrappers with some light shelfwear.

Seller Inventory # 9513

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Principles of Chinese Medical Andrology: An Integrated Approach to Male Reproductive and Urological Health
• Publisher: Blue Poppy Press, Boulder, CO
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891845454
• ISBN 13: 9781891845451
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Fourth Printing.
• Condition: Very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

About this title

Synopsis

This book is an advanced textbook and clinical manual of Chinese andrology, a speciality within Chinese medicine. While there is a reasonable-sized body of professional andrology literature in Chinese, this text represents the first comprehensive English language Chinese andrology resource to date.

Book One introduces the foundations of Chinese andrology and includes the following:
* The history of andrology in Chinese medicine
* Anatomy of the male genitourinary system
* The channels and network vessels in andrology
* The viscera and bowels in andrology
* Andrological disease causes and pathomechanisms
* Chinese andrological diseases
* General treatment principles in andrology
Book Two covers specific andrological diseases including:
* Scrotal and penile diseases
* Prostatitis
* Priapism
* Benign prostatic hyperplasia
* Male infertility
* Andropause
* Erectile dysfunction
* Peyronie's disease

About the Author

Bob Damone, M.S., L.Ac. has over 18 years experience as a practitioner and teacher of Chinese internal medicine. He reads medical Chinese and has studied Chinese medicine in Taiwan and in mainland China. He has been teaching at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine for over 12 years, where he is currently the chair of the department of Oriental medicine, and he is one of the most respected practitioners and teachers of Chinese medicine in the San Diego area. Bob is the co-translator of Ten Lectures on the Use of Formulas from the Personal Experience of Jiao Shu-De, and co-editor of A Heart Approach to Gynecology; Essentials in Verse.