JCM Review
This book can be seen as a companion to A Handbook Of TCM Pediatrics but aimed at the layperson rather than the practitioner. It covers much of the same material, but is explained in simpler terms and with the emphasis on home care, simple remedies and prevention. Much of the information will be valuable to the intelligent parent, though I am personally unsure about the inclusion of herbal formulas, often accord-ing to differentiation. As an experienced practitioner, I find that correct differentiation is not always easy, and I cannot but feel concerned about the prospect of parents with no training in Chinese medicine being tempted to feed their child even patent formulas on the basis of poorly under-stood pattern differentiation.
JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE NUMBER 54 MAY 1997
Contents
Preface
1 An Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
2 The Main Cause of Most Children's Diseases
3 Chinese Dietary Therapy & Pediatrics
4 The Prevention of Disease & Promotion of Health
5 How Chinese Medicine Diagnoses Babies
6 The Main Methods of Treating Children in Chinese Medicine
7 Chinese Medicine & the Commonly Encountered Diseases of Children
Neonatal jaundice
Colic
Vomiting of milk
Diarrhea
Diaper rash
Prickly heat
Cradle cap
Oral thrush
Teething
Fever
Ear infections
Cough (common cold & bronchitis)
Whooping cough
Pediatric pneumonia
Pediatric asthma
Swollen glands (strep throat & tonsillitis)
Strep throat
Lack of appetite
Constipation
Cold sores
Bed-wetting
Impetigo
Allergies
Pediatric eczema
Pediatric hives
Common & planter warts
Poison ivy
Nosebleed
Canker sores
Conjunctivitis Hyperactivity Measles
Rubella
Chickenpox
Scarlatina
Mumps
Diphtheria
Traumatic injuries (burns, bruises, Cuts; sprains & strains, imbedded foreign objects, insect stings)
8 Case Histories
Cough
Vomiting
Earache
Diarrhea
Thrush
9 How to Find a Chinese Medical Practitioner
10 Developmental Mileposts
11 Resources for Going Further
Bibliography
Index
