Path of Pregnancy, Vol. 1: A Handbook of Traditional Chinese and Gestational Birthing Diseases

This book discusses the disease causes and mechanisms, pattern discrimination, and Chinese herbal treatment of three dozen commonly seen complaints occurring during pregnancy and delivery, such as morning sickness, edema, low back pain, threatened miscarriage, premature labor, habitual miscarriage, malposition of the fetus, and delayed delivery. Numerous Chinese medicinal formulas are given for each pattern of each disease as well as acupuncture protocols for the emergency conditions treated by acupuncture in China. This book is a must own clinical reference for any practitioner treating pregnant women with Chinese medicine.

Bob Flaws is one of the most famous practitioners, teachers, and authors of Chinese medicine in the world today. He is the author, editor, and/or translator of over 100 books and scores of articles on all aspects of Chinese medicine. Bob Flaws has specialized in Chinese gynecology for more than 20 years. When it comes to Chinese gynecology, Bob Flaws is indisputably the leading Western authority on this specialty, having written more than 90% of all English language materials on it.