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160 Essential Chinese Herbal Patent Medicines

By: Bob Flaws

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160 Essential Chinese Herbal Patent Medicines

By: Bob Flaws

This is a textbook on and compilation of 160 ready-made Chinese herbal medicines. Organized according to the same categories as Chinese formulas and prescriptions books, it discusses the ingredients, functions, indications, dosages, and contraindications of 160 medicines. These medicines and the companies that produce them have been selected not only for their clinical utility but also because they are free from heavy metals, pesticides, Western pharmaceuticals, or endangered species. The author also discusses how to combine these medicines to treat complex pattern presentations. There is an extensive symptom index and a formula index.

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Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.

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ISBN 10

1891845128

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9781891845123

The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus with Chinese Medicine

A Textbook & Clinical Manual

By: Bob Flaws,Lynn M. Kuchinski,Robert Casañas

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The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus with Chinese Medicine

A Textbook & Clinical Manual

By: Bob Flaws,Lynn M. Kuchinski,Robert Casañas

The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus with Chinese Medicine is a textbook and a clinical manual on the Chinese medical treatment of diabetes mellitus (DM) and its many complications. Each facet of this complex condition is discussed in terms of its Western medical definition, epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, current standards of care, complications, and treatment plans. This text outlines goals of therapeutic care, general considerations, diet & exercise, patient education, blood glucose monitoring and much more. This text discusses: * Gestational Diabetes * Diabetic Ketoacidosis * Diabetic Hypertension * Diabetic Hyperlipoproteinemia * Diabetic Retinopathy * Diabetic Neuropathy * Common opportunistic infections in patients with diabetes * Patient adherence and practitioner monitoring * Appendix of Chinese medicinals, and Western pharmaceuticals.

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Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.

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1891845217

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9781891845215

The Treatment of Modern Western Medical Diseases with Chinese Medicine

A Textbook & Clinical Manual

By: Bob Flaws,Philippe Sionneau

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The Treatment of Modern Western Medical Diseases with Chinese Medicine

A Textbook & Clinical Manual

By: Bob Flaws,Philippe Sionneau

This book is a textbook and clinical manual on the treatment of modern Western medical diseases with Chinese medicine. By modern Western medical diseases, we mean all the disease categories of Western medicine excluding gynecology and pediatrics. By Chinese medicine, we mean standard contemporary professional Chinese medicine as taught at the two dozen provincial Chinese medical colleges in the People's Respublic of China. The two main therapeutic modalities used in the practice of this style of Chinese medicine are acupuncture-moxibustion and the internal administration of multi-ingredient Chinese medicinal formulas. Treatment plans for each disease discussed herein are given for each of these two main modalities.

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632

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Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.

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1891845209

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9781891845208

Menopause and Chinese Medicine

By: Bob Flaws

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Menopause and Chinese Medicine

By: Bob Flaws

This Book describes the disease mechanisms, pattern discrimination and Chinese medical treatment of perimenopausal and menopausal syndromes. In it, Bob Flaws explains the precipitating and on-going roles of the liver, spleen and heart in the climacteric, not just the kidneys.

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Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.

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1891845403

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9781891845406

Curing Headaches Naturally with Chinese Medicine

By: Bob Flaws

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Curing Headaches Naturally with Chinese Medicine

By: Bob Flaws

Chinese medicine has effective answers for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of headaches. This book explains the benefits of Chinese medicine and covers self-care and home remedies, including self-massage, magnet therapy, moxibustion, aromatherapy, Chinese patent medicines, and herbal teas.

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Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.

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0936185953

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9780936185958

Keeping Your Child Healthy with Chinese Medicine

A Parent's Guide to the Care and Prevention of Common Childhood Diseases

By: Bob Flaws

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Keeping Your Child Healthy with Chinese Medicine

A Parent's Guide to the Care and Prevention of Common Childhood Diseases

By: Bob Flaws

Discusses 38 common paediatric diseases and their treatment using Chinese medicine and alternative therapies

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Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.

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0936185716

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9780936185712

Curing Depression Naturally with Chinese Medicine

By: Rosa Schnyer,Bob Flaws

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Curing Depression Naturally with Chinese Medicine

By: Rosa Schnyer,Bob Flaws

Depression seems to be epidemic in our society. Every day, we meet people who are currently on antidepressants. On the one hand, the discovery of a new line of medications, suc as Zoloft and Prozac, has made antidepressants easily administered, and, therefore, also over-prescrived. On the other hand, the rapidly growing demands of our cultural evolution submit us to very high levels of physical and emotional stress.

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Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.

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0936185945

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9780936185941

Curing Hay Fever Naturally with Chinese Medicine

By: Bob Flaws

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Curing Hay Fever Naturally with Chinese Medicine

By: Bob Flaws

This book explains the Chinese theory on the cause of allergic conditions. It offers many low-or no-cost home therapies to prevent and heal this widespread disease, including self-massage, Chinese patent medicines, and herbal teas.

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164

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Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.

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0936185910

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9780936185910

260 Essential Chinese Medicinals

By: Bob Flaws

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260 Essential Chinese Medicinals

By: Bob Flaws

While there are more than 6,000 Chinese medicinals described in the Chinese medical literature on herbal medicine, only about 260 of these are typically used in day to day clinical practice. This book describes the clinical uses of this core repertoire of Chinese medicinals. This book is the ABCs of the art of practicing Chinese herbal medicine.

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Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.

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1891845039

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9781891845031

Better Breast Health Naturally with Chinese Medicine

By: Honora Lee Wolfe,Bob Flaws

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Better Breast Health Naturally with Chinese Medicine

By: Honora Lee Wolfe,Bob Flaws

This book is a laywoman's guide to using Chinese medicine to maintain breast health. In it, the author presents the Chinese medical theories about breast disease. Then based on these theories, the authors go on to explain how professional Chinese medicine diagnoses & treats breast complaints. Following this, the authors give the reader a number of low or no cost Chinese self-help techniques for a wide variety of breast problems. These include diet, exercise & deep relaxation, Chinese herbal patent medicines, Chinese aroma therapy, self-massage, magneto therapy, moxibustion & light & flower therapies. In addition, the author explains the Chinese medical view on beast cancer. She finishes up by presenting advice on & resources for finding a local professional Chinese medical practitioner as well as giving an annotated bibliography for learning more about Chinese medicine. A glossary of all technical Chinese medical terms makes this book even easier to read & use, & there is a good general index.

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Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.

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0936185902

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9780936185903

Curing Fibromyalgia Naturally with Chinese Medicine

By: Bob Flaws

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Curing Fibromyalgia Naturally with Chinese Medicine

By: Bob Flaws

Millions of Americans suffer from the debilitating symptoms of fibromyalgia, which may include sleep disturbances, fatigue,depression, and digestive complaints, as well as generalized body pain and stiffness. This book is the first to discuss this common disorder from the point of view of Chinese medicine. In addition to the Chinese medical viewpoint on fibromyalgia, this book gives a host of safe, simple, low-or-no-cost home therapies to help prevent or heal this all-too-common problem. -- Provided by publisher.

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1891845098

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9781891845093

Clinical Handbook Of Chinese Medicine

By: Bob Xu,Chun-su Yuan

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Clinical Handbook Of Chinese Medicine

By: Bob Xu,Chun-su Yuan

This is a concise handbook providing a quick clinical reference on Chinese medicinal treatments for many diseases, based on Traditional Chinese Medicine theory and practice. Organized by different clinical conditions and diseases, it provides clinicians and healthcare professionals with definitions and recommended treatment methods, especially herbal medicine formulae. In addition to being a comprehensive quick reference source, this handbook also conveys a generalized understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

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World Scientific

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9814579882

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9789814579889

The Successful Chinese Herbalist

By: Bob Flaws,Honora Lee Wolfe

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The Successful Chinese Herbalist

By: Bob Flaws,Honora Lee Wolfe

This book is a distillation of over 20 years of knowledge from two well known American practitioners' of Chinese medicine. It is not a materia medica or a formula book. Rather it is a conversation in which the authors share both clinical and business knowledge and tips that can only be learned through years of running a practice.What is covered in this book?~ the essence of getting to the right pattern discrimination every time~how to write the best possible prescription for each patient~things to consider when deciding dosages~how to avoid the phenomenon of habituation with your herbal patients~the main toxicity issues to consider when using Chinese herbal medicine~when it is appropriate to use pills and powder extracts~how to gain better compliance when using decocted formulas~why we should avoid using the term "patent" medicine~thoughts on running a successful clinic dispensary~a sample herb-instruction form for patients~why the harmonizing formulas are the most useful category of formulas for our patient population~how to work safely with patients who are taking Western drugs~a list of the most important treatment principles in Chinese medicine.

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Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.

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1891845292

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9781891845291

Chinese Medicinal Wines & Elixirs

By: Bob Flaws

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Chinese Medicinal Wines & Elixirs

By: Bob Flaws

Presents the ingredients, method of preparation and administration, indications, and contradictions of over 200 authentic Chinese medicinal wines. These medicinal wines are especially useful for the treatment of traumatic injuries, bi syndromes, and debility in the aged"--Provided by publisher.

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0936185589

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9780936185583

Chinese Medical Obstetrics

By: Bob Flaws

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Chinese Medical Obstetrics

By: Bob Flaws

This book is both a study text and clinical manual on the Chinese medical treatment of obstetric conditions, or diseases women may experience during pregnancy, childbirth and shortly thereafter. However, in addition to everything one would expect to find in such a book, this text, also, includes: abstracts of recent Chinese research for most chapters; case history examples of common clinical presentations throughout the book; clinical tips at the end of each chapter from the author's personal experience; special medicinal or important acupuncture points for specific conditions; cautions or danger signs that every practitioner of Chinese medical obstetrics needs to know; and protocols for five dozen Chinese gestational, birthing, and postpartum conditions.

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1891845306

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9781891845307

630 Questions & Answers about Chinese Herbal Medicine

By: Bob Flaws

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630 Questions & Answers about Chinese Herbal Medicine

By: Bob Flaws

This book is a study guide and exam preparation workbook for Chinese herbal medicine. Its 630 questions cover all aspects of the theory and practice of Chinese herbal medicine including materia medica; medicinal combinations; processing of medicinals; formulas and prescriptions; additions and subtractions; case history analysis. This book is extremely useful for preparing for various school, state, or national Chines herbal exams. However, no matter what your degree of expertise, answering the questions in this book can help you reach a higher level of Chinese herbal practice. -- Provided by publisher.

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1891845047

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9781891845048

IBM DS8870 Architecture and Implementation (Release 7.5)

By: Bertrand Dufrasne,Werner Bauer,Artur Borowicz,Adrian Orben,Robert Tondini,Bob Xiao,IBM Redbooks

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IBM DS8870 Architecture and Implementation (Release 7.5)

By: Bertrand Dufrasne,Werner Bauer,Artur Borowicz,Adrian Orben,Robert Tondini,Bob Xiao,IBM Redbooks

This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the concepts, architecture, and implementation of the IBM DS8870. The WhitepaperRedpaperbook provides reference information to assist readers who need to plan for, install, and configure the DS8870. The IBM DS8870 is the most advanced model in the IBM DS8000® series and is equipped with IBM POWER7+TM based controllers. Various configuration options are available that scale from dual 2-core systems up to dual 16-core systems with up to 1 TB of cache. The DS8870 features an integrated High-Performance Flash Enclosure (HPFE) with flash cards that can deliver up to 250,000 IOPS and up to 3.4 GBps bandwidth. A High-Performance All-Flash configuration is also available. The DS8870 now features 16 Gbps host adapters. Connectivity options, with up to 128 Fibre Channel/IBM FICON® ports for host connections, make the DS8870 suitable for multiple server environments in open systems and IBM zTM Systems environments. DS8870 Release 7.5 brings new and enhanced IBM z SystemsTM synergy features. These features are covered in detail in IBM DS8870 and IBM z Systems Synergy, REDP-5186. The DS8870 supports advanced disaster recovery solutions, business continuity solutions, and thin provisioning. All disk drives in the DS8870 storage system have the Full Disk Encryption (FDE) feature. The DS8870 also can be integrated in a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) infrastructure. The DS8870 can automatically optimize the use of each storage tier, particularly flash drives and flash cards, through the IBM Easy Tier® feature, which is available at no extra charge. This edition applies the IBM DS8870 Release 7.5.

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