TCM Case Studies: Pain Management

Hu You-ping, PhD TCM

Professor and Chief Physician
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Chengdu, China

Al Stone, LAc DAOM

Instructor and Clinic Supervisor
Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine
Santa Monica, California

Wu Jun-mei, PhD TCM

Professor
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Chengdu, China
Visiting Scholar and Research Fellow
Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Description

TCM Case Studies: Pain Management, a volume in the TCM: Case Studies series from the International Standard Library of Chinese Medicine, discusses common clinical presentations of pain syndromes. For a Western integrative health audience, the text references both TCM and modern Western medicine terms.

Representative cases for each condition provide discussions advancing the analytical thinking process behind effective TCM pattern differentiation and treatment. TCM pain disorder treatments mainly include manipulating techniques, herbal formulas, acupuncture, and Chinese prepared medicines.

Commentary and discussion, provided by the Western co-author, serve to compare, corroborate, and contrast the various approaches to diagnosis and treatment. Students of Chinese medicine will find the study questions and answers at the end of each case study to be useful aids for exam preparation and continuing study.