Principles of Chinese Medical Andrology
This book is an advanced textbook and a clinical manual of Chinese andrology. Chinese andrology is a speciality within Chinese medicine and is usually practised by modern Chinese doctors who with few exceptions practise integrated Chinese-Western medicine (zhong xi yi jie he). Whereas there is a reasonably-sized body of professional andrology literature in Chinese, this text represents the first comprehensive English language Chinese andrology text to date.
Book 1 introduces the foundations of Chinese andrology and includes all of 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 2 covers specific andrological diseases including:
- Scrotal and penile diseases
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Prostatitis
- Erectile dysfunction
- Male infertility
- Peyronie’s disease
- Priapism
- Andropause
