[Dossier Santé Democrite 01] • Ancient Herbs, Modern Medicine

The best of Eastern and Western medicine in an integrative healing system for

the mind, body, and spirit.

Now, for the first time, a Western physician and a doctor of Orientalmedicine

combine the unparalleled technological advances of the West with the unmatched

wisdom and healing touch Chinese herbal medicine provides for many diseases

and conditions that elude modern medicine. Ancient Herbs, Modern Medicine

demonstrates the many important, highly effective ways Chinese medicine and

Western medicine can complement each other in treating everything from

allergies and insomnia to mental illness and cancer. Thisaccessible,

comprehensive guide offers many informative and enlightening case studies and

up-to-the-minute information on:

\- How integrative medicine combines the best of Western pharmacologyand

Eastern herbology

\- How integrative medicine helps fight the diseases and illnesses of our

time, including allergies, asthma, and chronic fatigue syndrome, and eases and

even reversessymptoms of arthritis, diabetes, depression, osteoporosis, AIDS,

heart disease, and cancer--often without side effects

\- How Chinese medicine can help you recognize signs before anillness

becomes a crisis

\- The importance of Western techniques in diagnosing serious diseases

\- Why Chinese medicine offers the most effective treatmentfor many

chronic/recurrent illnesses

\- Restoring essential balance to the Five Energetic Systems--the Heart, Lung,

Spleen, Liver, and Kidney Energies

\- The EightStrategies of Herbal Therapy--how herbs work in your body

Plus illuminating discussions of the basic principles of Chinese medicine, as

well as food remedy recipes, diagrams, glossaries of medical termsand herbs,

resource listings, and much more to help you tailor an integrative health

regimen that is right for you. "From the Trade Paperback edition."